I don't like FireFox for IMB's. The cursor covers up the last letter I'm typing.
Firefox is gaining strength
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I used firefox for about 6 months and then went back to slimbrowser. It is IE based, but has many more features than IE (tabbed browsing, auto log-in, pop-up blocker, ect). I just never found firefox to do anything more than slimbrowser does, and slimbrowser seems to run better. Not sure if it still leaves all the vulneralbilities as IE (probably) but oh well. Thats what fire walls and Virus protection is for.
News today that Firefox is approaching the 50 million download mark.
That makes this month's 23.9% browser hit-rate for Firefox more believeable than the sub 6% number I've seen elsewhere.
That makes this month's 23.9% browser hit-rate for Firefox more believeable than the sub 6% number I've seen elsewhere.
i don't need to upgrade my 5 year old apple.
that said, i just bought new shiny laptops for me and the wife. midpoint ibooks, about $1000 each.
I hear you. I'm fed up with the spyware and it has cost us, but unfortunately at work our customer's have sites that require IE to work and do business with them.
I am just waiting for the day when a customer mandates we throw away Novell and go Windows Server in order to keep their business. That's when I do the Pontius Pilate thing.
Unfortunately in business you don't get to select your best software, it just gets mandated by some by company you do business with.
I am just waiting for the day when a customer mandates we throw away Novell and go Windows Server in order to keep their business. That's when I do the Pontius Pilate thing.
Unfortunately in business you don't get to select your best software, it just gets mandated by some by company you do business with.
you can get a mac mini for $499. if you compare mac and wintel boxes feature to feature, there is virtually no worthwhile cost difference.
besides, after you buy all the anti-virus and spyware and miscellaneous crap to keep the windows box running it's not even close.
Yes, but when I upgraded my 5 year old PC with a new MB, CPU, PC3200 Ram and SCSI card it only cost me $75 after I sold off my old parts. Now try that with a 5 year old Apple!
Interesting to see Microsoft flattening out the growth of Firefox.
ou couldn't pay me enough to use IE on a regular basis. We just had a piece of spyware infiltrate one person's fully patched computer via IE, play havoc with the network!
I wonder if Microsoft's marketing machine will slow Firefox's growth even more. Seems to me all the "news" about the next Windows Vista/Foghorn/Leghorn is typical Microsoft in their attempt to stifle competition in the pre-pre-release "vapor-ware" phase. It won't be released for at least 1 year, probably slipping into 2007 with their track record.
ou couldn't pay me enough to use IE on a regular basis. We just had a piece of spyware infiltrate one person's fully patched computer via IE, play havoc with the network!
I wonder if Microsoft's marketing machine will slow Firefox's growth even more. Seems to me all the "news" about the next Windows Vista/Foghorn/Leghorn is typical Microsoft in their attempt to stifle competition in the pre-pre-release "vapor-ware" phase. It won't be released for at least 1 year, probably slipping into 2007 with their track record.
Are there some new stats?
rally the troops!
Check the link in the original post...
By this "official" tally, it's over 10% of all browser requests: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39235378,00.htm
I use 'Fox but latelly it has been unstable. I have wiped it, re-installed but is still showing signs of crashes and un-able to open certian sites it used to run just fine.
Firefox is up to 25% of total web hits (in the link at the start of this thread)!
Competition is good for the consumer, even in web browsers.
Considering there's another IE zero-day exploit, I can't imagine recommending IE for anything anymore. http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=183700672
Competition is good for the consumer, even in web browsers.
Considering there's another IE zero-day exploit, I can't imagine recommending IE for anything anymore. http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=183700672
I've completely switched over to Fx. And convinced a few of the relatives too although some are tough and resistant to my zealous Mozilla Propoganda .
Just over one year ago I read an interesting article about dying companies—one of them being MS (as per this fellow's opinion):
The health of established firms, especially great ones, is more difficult to diagnose. The balance sheet can give some clues, but, because it captures the recent past rather than the near future, it can fool you. Most veteran reporters look at more subtle clues, like the comings and goings of key employees, slippage in the release dates of new products (or missing features), and subtle shifts in the tone of company news releases, advertisements and executive speeches.
But most of all, at least for me, there is the smell test: the faintest whiff of decay that comes from dying companies.
ABC News: Silicon Insider: R.I.P. Microsoft?
Just over one year ago I read an interesting article about dying companies—one of them being MS (as per this fellow's opinion):
The health of established firms, especially great ones, is more difficult to diagnose. The balance sheet can give some clues, but, because it captures the recent past rather than the near future, it can fool you. Most veteran reporters look at more subtle clues, like the comings and goings of key employees, slippage in the release dates of new products (or missing features), and subtle shifts in the tone of company news releases, advertisements and executive speeches.
But most of all, at least for me, there is the smell test: the faintest whiff of decay that comes from dying companies.
ABC News: Silicon Insider: R.I.P. Microsoft?
IE7 Beta 2 > FF 1.5
JMHO...
Interphase and RSS integration is much better on IE 7.
JMHO...
Interphase and RSS integration is much better on IE 7.
I still use IE, as it's habit. I used to be a loyal Netscape user, but the redesign that made it more like IE turned me off.
I do use Firefox thhough, when I'm offshore. For some reason, IE is much slower and less reliable over the firewalled net-nannied connection out there, where Firefox plain works, anytime there is any connection.
I do use Firefox thhough, when I'm offshore. For some reason, IE is much slower and less reliable over the firewalled net-nannied connection out there, where Firefox plain works, anytime there is any connection.
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