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Mozilla Gains on Internet Explorer
Alizarin Erythrosin writes "PCWorld is reporting that Internet Explorer's share of the browser market has dropped 1%, the 'first noticeable decline since WebSideStory began tracking the browser market in late 1999.' With all the exploits and security holes in IE recently, it's no wonder! Google News has related stories, including many on the recently disclosed (and patched!) bug in Mozilla on Win2k/XP machines (documented on Slashdot on Thursday)"
an article with no comments? can such a thing be?
In all seriousness I don't understand why Mozilla hasn't taken over the browser market already. It has all the features that anyone would want in a web browser and I've been using it for years. Why doesn't...
Oh, right. I remember my mother, the standard by which all computer users can be compared. I can't even imagine trying to explain to her what an internet browser is, much less explain that there are better ones around. This is the woman that once asked me in a panic-stricken voice "where's the K key, I can't find the K key!" while trying to give her a walkthrough on how to use Microsoft Publisher.
I love her to death, but she is the bane of technological civilization.
Actually I read that as if the market share dropped to 1%... :)
For a moment I was completely stunned.
"Once people start examining the features of Mozilla versus Internet Explorer instead of looking at a brand name . . . I think they'll see there's a lot more value," he said. - quoted from article.
Yeah... it even blocked the pop up that pcworld tried to through at me. YAY for features!
"(Posting AC for obvious reasons.)"
;-)
That's o.k. Mr. Gates, we understand.
bitiwiti
$ cat ice-cream > /dev/mouth /bin/eat
$ cat ice-cream |
???
Bad analogy. Bad!
Not all that is gold does <BLINK>
Not all those who are open are lost.
The lizard that's strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the exploits.
From the ashes a phoenix^Wfirebird^Wfirefox shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring.
Renewed shall be Netscape (that was broken),
The crownless again shall be king
Just for shits and giggles I tried this.
I really would've thought IE would be first. Sign of the times, I suppose.
I always say to people wondering why they should use another browser than IE: do you think safe sex is a wise thing to do when you jump into the sack with a stranger? Well, if you think it is, why are you surfing the internet totally unprotected using the most unsafe browser there is: IE?
;)
However, people who say "It's Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' in full effect!" do have a point
Never underestimate the relief of true separation of Religion and State.
That's right, Microsoft....today, 1% of the browser market...tomorrow..ummm........2%. Mu. Ha.
Sleep is futile.
You betcha Microsoft considers losing 1% of its marketshare as a big deal. Microsoft is the underdog, remember?
it'll come out the same day he asks for it, first he needs to learn how to talk....
every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
I finally convinced my mom to switch a few weeks ago (ok well maybe leo laport (sp?) did). First off she was expecting some big differences but thought it looked and felt the same. The main thing she misses is the autofill from google toolbar. Get this, she asked why there was no history button on the toolbar. So I said "I could fix that" but before I could steal the mouse away, she was already setting it up on her own... I was so proud *wipes tear from eye*
That being said, IE is still the default browser because of my dad. I know better then to give firefox to someone who hasn't mastered the intracacies of the right-click or double-click. Yes he has to take his hand off the mouse to find the right mouse button... *sigh*
The sad thing.. 25 years ago, my dad was doing some fortran programs (not as his job, but as a small part of his job) and little later we had an apple2 that he used to teach us kids some BASIC. Where do they go wrong...
Oh ya this was supposed to be about firefox.. well I've done my part in switching 3 people, where's my certificate and lapel pin.
Screw themes. Let's work on functional features.
Heretic. YOU MUST BURN!
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
I explained to all my non technophile married buddies that the better security and popup blocker of Mozilla along with an after session cleanup procedure makes hiding your porn habits from the wife and kids a breeze. That's six converts who wouldn't have considered it otherwise by me.