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PCWorld Dubs Firefox Best Product of 2005

Posted by Zonk on from the /agree dept.

Peaceful_Patriot writes "PCWorld's list of the 'Best Products of 2005' is out and Firefox tops the list. Also notables are GMail at number 2, Apple OS X, Tiger at number 3, Skype ranks in at 8 and Ubuntu at 26!" From their Firefox article: "Are you sick and tired of Internet Explorer? Have you grown weary of the constant vulnerabilities and patches? Do you scratch your head at sudden program lockups and crashes? Are you dismayed that Microsoft hasn't lifted a finger to improve or enhance IE since it buried Netscape's Navigator browser at the dawn of the century? Yeah, me too."

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  1. Re:Dupe by DeafByBeheading · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's the number one dupe of the year.

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  2. My work here is done by theblackdeer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mozilla Team: "Well guys, we got our goal. PC World #1 spot. Close the web site down; we're satisfied with a job well done."

  3. Re:IE Really hasn't improved by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you're still using IE, then try this ...

    Alt+F4

  4. Re:IE Really hasn't improved by c_forq · · Score: 2, Funny

    I must not be fully patched or have some spyware or something, because that keeps crashing my IE ;)

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  5. What about Vim? by LittleBigScript · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is up to version 6.4

  6. Am I the only one that reads... by imess · · Score: 2, Funny

    PCWorld Dups Firefox Best Product of 2005?

  7. Why can't a browser give feedback? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    When a website sucks, wouldn't it be cool if you could press a button and tell the geek who runs it to screw off? When a website requires cookies and javascript just to view their products or get some info, wouldn't it nice to tell them to suck eggs?

    So why not put some buttons in the browser that simply load a URL like http://somesite.com/YourSiteSucks or http://somesite.com/IHateCookiesStopRequiring or other words "GreatResource", "GreatSite", "TooManyAds", "PopupsSuck".

    It would request the URL but not bother to show the "Page Not Found" error so you can go about your business.

    Then the webmaster will find those words in his logs and see them in his stat reports. If this gets popular, companies will find this a good source of feedback on their website.

    No one can patent this idea, I just posted it publicly on slashdot!

  8. The list seems rather arbitrary by dtfinch · · Score: 3, Funny

    I could be wrong, but I think they just took a top 10 list and padded it with 90 sponsored links.