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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."
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Booga-booga!
"No one likes working in a hamster wheel, and your shop smells of cedar shavings from here." - TaleSpinner
So in two more weeks, 165% of firefox users will be at version 3. Let's see the numbers after 18 months.
Anyway, my work machine still has IE6, because they're not bothering to upgrade it on the corporate servers and I use nothing but Firefox on it anyway.
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
I just ran the Firefox 3 installer, then loaded the Slashdot front page for its test-drive. This article was in the #1 slot. How did mozilla.org arrange for that to happen?
Isn't upgrading your wife a little expensive?
Isn't upgrading your wife a little expensive?
You can run Wife 2.0 and Wife 3.0 beta at the same time if you're careful.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
>>IE5, of course. Why? Because that's what was installed on the machine when we bought it.
Please have a talk with your father-in-law.
Its for the good of the internet.
Know what I like about atheists? I've yet to meet one that believes God is on their side.
IE7 and Firefox are basically equal in terms of features, unless you care about add-ons (and personally, I have yet to see one FF addon that excites me). Firefox used to be better than IE, mostly because it had tabs. Now IE has tabs, and the playing field is level again.
WOW. Clearly, you're a Slider. What colour is the Golden Gate Bridge in your reality? Did Bush get reelected there? And are they still coming out with new Firefly episodes there?
Really? LOL.
if you're already on 2.0, chances are you're not the careful type.
3.0b is also prone to consuming larger and larger amounts of resources and clock cycles.
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Isn't upgrading your wife a little expensive?
Yeah, but many people feel it's worth it since the upgraded version supports plug-ins.
Bow-ties are cool.
Dwight Shrute? Is that you?
i still love adblock and no-script , also I REFUSE to install IE 7 in WINE to use it on my fedora( Linux) box
"I don't pitch OpenSUSE Linux to my friends, i let Microsoft do it for me
There are ads on the internet?
Eating a salad at McDonalds is like buying vitamins at a crackhouse.
Apocalypse Cancelled, Sorry, No Ticket Refunds
I just ignore ads, and do so with ease. I never understood the need for an addon to do it, but maybe I'm just really good at ignoring ads or something. Some can be really nasty, but the majority I run into are easily filtered out mentally.
Come to think of it, that'll be a good comeback to the snarky "Oh, TFA has ads? I didn't notice, cause I use adblock" comments... "Oh, you use adblock? How quaint, I trained my mind to do that ages ago."
Really, the power of your mind truly amazes me.
I have never been able to ignore those lovely ads that cover half the page I'm trying to view with the power of my mind alone.
Ignore this signature. By order.
Let me educate you on the term "any more". Of course I don't know if sites have nasty ads when I first go there. If I go there, and find they do, I don't come back. How is that hard to understand?
"16MB (fuck off, MiB fascists)" - The Mighty Buzzard
ZOMG tabs!
Because firefox doesn't do anything else obviously.
I have an opinion right now. Considering the number of posts you've made in this thread, and the lack of anything substantial being said other than to counter what others have said...IMHO you are indeed trolling.
Opinions are indeed wonderful aren't they?
No Comment.
Maybe I like the taste of that sugared tap water, you insensitive clod.
IE7 is sooooooooo much slower to respond than Firefox
Hmm, it responds instantly for me:
But I have to say that it seems to be missing a feature or two compared to firefox. Like the ability to browse the web, just fer starters. :)
That feature of the Mormon plugin has been deprecated.
The creator of this post (Jacob Smith) hereby releases it, and all of his other posts, into the public domain.
well, duh, ... its Golden. That's like asking 'Who is buried in Grant's tomb.'
Think global, act loco
Not to mention that every study of "subliminal" advertising has debunked it as BS. I'll take my psuedo-science on astrology.com; I'd rather not have to deal with it on /.
*I* spotted the breasts in your post, sneaky.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
IE7's UI is several huge steps backwards, for no apparent reason.
;)
It has a reason--it's the bastard step-child of the new Office Ribbon Bar...
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