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Firefox 3 Already Rules the Roost
Barence writes in with a data point on Firefox 3 adoption: it's been available for 10 days, and already one site is seeing 55% of its Firefox-using visitors on version 3. "Microsoft still has three out of ten people running an old version of its browser more than 18 months after Internet Explorer 7 launched, while Firefox has converted more than half of its users to the latest version in just over a week. That should set a few alarm bells ringing in Redmond."
The ratio of Firefox users (all versions) to IE users is about the same as the ratio of Vista users to XP users.
Yes, but what I'm saying is, people who use Firefox are going to continue using it because of inertia, not because Firefox is a hotbed of innovation. It obviously doesn't suck (or else they'd switch to something else), but neither is it amazing... it's just what they happen to be using.
Firefox won't gain any market share through inertia, but it keeps its market share that way.
I don't know if that's true... personally, I'm already looking for something to replace FF.
When they stopped thinking "Lets make a lean mean browser that people can customize as they wish." and started thinking "Lets make a browser that is pre-customized the way we think the average person would wish.", they started going downhill.
Between the Awfulbar and the gutting of the theme system in the name of OS integration, FF has really gone to shit.
Honestly.. whose brilliant idea was it to screw up the theme system? Used to be, I could use FF and TB on any of my Linux boxes or any of my Windows boxes, and the browser was consistent. That was a valuable feature. Now it's gone, and for what? Everything that was gained could have been realized with a few standard themes.
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
Hi! My name's Scott. Ok now you know me. I run IE. Because. Listen carefully: it doesn't suck. That's right! It doesn't FAIL while playing videos. It doesn't LOCK UP while browsing the web. It doesn't SCREW UP MY FONTS. It doesn't MESS WITH BACKGROUNDS AND BORDERS. That's right.
I'm an open source advocate. Part of being an open source advocate is differentiating between "open source" software and "open sores" software. They're not the same thing. Linux is open source. Firefox is riddled with security holes, bugs, and unnecessary features. It is "open sores" software - there are a ton of things wrong with it, and anyone can see them.
Especially with firefox 3. I mean come on. EVEN THE FIREFOX HOMEPAGE DOESN'T RENDER PROPERLY, WTF IS THAT?!
So. Now you know someone who knows more than you. And I use internet explorer. So, now that someone has given you a hint, why don't you go compare IE7 and FF3 for yourself? Which is faster? Which is more secure? Which is more capable? Which renders the web properly? Which locks up and hangs?
The only thing that sucks is that IE doesn't have extensions... it needs them bad.