>However, I completely fail to see how Mozilla is >going to help us here. Unless the author believes >that Mozilla will win the browser war on Windows >machines (dream on), it will do nothing to stop >people from producing Windows-only plug-ins or >writing Microsoft-specific code.
But Mozilla doesn't have to *win* the browser war. It needs only to recapture a sizeable portion of the (rather innacurate) browser statistics. Nothing more.
If Mozilla can get these reporting sites to list Netscape's total usage back to anywhere near 50%, companies will be unwilling to exclude large sections of their audience by using M$ specific extensions. The browser market dictates client-side web development decisions far more than any developer does.
And it doesn't matter that these statistics are largely useless. They are used and cited by people who pay for their sites to be built. One of the first questions asked on any development projects I have participated in has been "What percentage of users will be able to see foo..." And they don't care to hear about how irrelevant these statistics might be.
So, Mozilla can help by being the leanest, cleanest, fastest browser (and download) possible. There are plenty of people who will use it simply because it is *not* IE. And they have friends.
> I don't like it very much, but it typically gets the job done.
Then why don't you make the effort to vote with your dollar? If you don't like the way something is done in any way, then find an alternative. It is actually quite easy to pick and choose as a consumer. If everyone continues to slip into the lowest common denominator, then that is all companies will service.
Gabe
Read the report before making judgements.
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"...and it's inability to keep a log of what the computer has done."
If this paraphrase of the direct quote given in the article is indeed correct, in all it's false glory, then I think those people you know should have worked a little harder.
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>However, I completely fail to see how Mozilla is >going to help us here. Unless the author believes >that Mozilla will win the browser war on Windows >machines (dream on), it will do nothing to stop >people from producing Windows-only plug-ins or >writing Microsoft-specific code.
But Mozilla doesn't have to *win* the browser war. It needs only to recapture a sizeable portion of the (rather innacurate) browser statistics. Nothing more.
If Mozilla can get these reporting sites to list Netscape's total usage back to anywhere near 50%, companies will be unwilling to exclude large sections of their audience by using M$ specific extensions. The browser market dictates client-side web development decisions far more than any developer does.
And it doesn't matter that these statistics are largely useless. They are used and cited by people who pay for their sites to be built. One of the first questions asked on any development projects I have participated in has been "What percentage of users will be able to see foo..." And they don't care to hear about how irrelevant these statistics might be.
So, Mozilla can help by being the leanest, cleanest, fastest browser (and download) possible. There are plenty of people who will use it simply because it is *not* IE. And they have friends.
> I don't like it very much, but it typically gets the job done.
Then why don't you make the effort to vote with your dollar? If you don't like the way something is done in any way, then find an alternative. It is actually quite easy to pick and choose as a consumer. If everyone continues to slip into the lowest common denominator, then that is all companies will service.
Gabe
"...and it's inability to keep a log of what the computer has done."
If this paraphrase of the direct quote given in the article is indeed correct, in all it's false glory, then I think those people you know should have worked a little harder.
Until then, I'll consider this katz.org.
Good.
Do that, get the hell out, and take your tunnel vision with you.
There is a whole lot more going on in this world then tech and toys. I pity you for your world view.