claytonchase
(Mar 26, 2009 - 6:18 PM)
I have to agree with most of the other posts - users choose their web browsers based upon their own browsing needs and/or it's ease of use. That said, as an open source developer who has worked with FF, Chromium, Opera, Apple and MS (to name a few), I don't see any clear winner EXCEPT for the end user in the current browser "war". Personally, I love Chrome for it's speed during research, FF for it's compatibility with web apps, Amaya for code work, and a little known browser called Lunascape 5 for testing web apps using three different standard engines in one browser. It seems unlikely that firefox will die when it is clear that the community it has built is apparently as die-hard as the one apple has built over the years for it's machines. I welcome the free flowing debate and competition that the browser "war" promotes. It seems that constant improvement of all the major browsers capabilities can only be good for all of us. While this article may indeed be a bit of propaganda used to get end users to comment, forums like this are where developers turn to to gauge reactions and to get ideas on what improvements to work on next. Adblock for Google Chrome, or a similar product will most likely be developed as a result. Will one browser ever win over any other? Probably not, and I for one certainly hope not - it would mean less choice for each of us. Monopoly always crushes creative invention.