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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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  1. And the one site is by fyrie · · Score: 5, Funny

    mozilla.org

  2. Lame story. by phasm42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Watch out Microsoft. The Fox is gaining fast.

    Booga-booga!

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  3. Re:Or, Firefox 2 sucked. by chriseyre2000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't upgrading your wife a little expensive?

  4. Re:Or, Firefox 2 sucked. by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  5. Re:IE - It's not for savvy users anymore by mattkime · · Score: 5, Funny

    >>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.

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  6. Re:Why alarm bells? by Tumbleweed · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

  7. Re:Or, Firefox 2 sucked. by binarybum · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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  8. Re:Why alarm bells? by bryce4president · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dwight Shrute? Is that you?

  9. Re:Why alarm bells? by OnlineAlias · · Score: 4, Funny


    There are ads on the internet?

  10. Re:Why alarm bells? by GeckoX · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

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  11. Re:Why alarm bells? by Anpheus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe I like the taste of that sugared tap water, you insensitive clod.

  12. Re:Why alarm bells? by Xtifr · · Score: 4, Funny

    IE7 is sooooooooo much slower to respond than Firefox

    Hmm, it responds instantly for me:

    ~ $ ie
    bash: ie: command not found
    ~ $ ie7
    bash: ie7: command not found
    ~ $ iexplore
    bash: iexplore: command not found

    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. :)

  13. Re:Why alarm bells? by dotancohen · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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