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Gartner Says it's a 2-Browser World

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sunlight-on-the-horizon dept.

prostoalex writes "In its advisory to the IT managers Gartner says that even though the factors that drive the current Firefox growth are not sustainable, IT departments better get used to a two-browser world. "Concerns about security currently favor Mozilla Foundation's Firefox, but the market tide can shift if security breaches result from increased usage of Firefox", says Gartner and ZDNet adds that "Microsoft must deliver an improved version of its browser in Longhorn if it is to "determine the outcome" of the browser war.""

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  1. Standards Dammit! Standards! by bokmann · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The average IT department or web developer shouldn't care if it is a 1, 2, 12, or n browser world.

    Ideally, we would all be coding to standards. Is your html compartible with the defined standards? XHTML, CSS, and so on?

    After all, my cable company doesn't think of this as a '137 television world'... they are concerned about video standards.

    Does the NBC Nightly News start up with a banner ad saying, "This broadcast best viewed on RCA Televisions"? No. That is just absurd.