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1. Comment - Firefox Architect Talks IE, Future Plans

   (Dec 2, 2004 - 4:19 PM)

   One of the guys I work with uses Avant and swears by it.. now that there is another person out there that says the same I will have to check it out.
   
   But seriously, A browser is a browser, they all do the same thing, some better than others. I dont care which one you choose as long as you dont use IE. I see computers come in all the time with Adware, Malware and Spyware all over them so bad you can barely use them. And what do they use? Whats provided for them of course, IE.
   
   The average user needs a browser that is set by default to protect them first then focus on the entertainment value. If everyone used something besides IE for surfing the web I would prolly go out of business...
   
   And thus continues the love hate relationship with IE.

2. Comment - Firefox Architect Talks IE, Future Plans

   (Dec 2, 2004 - 2:26 PM)

   Personally I do not believe that FireFox is a niche application post beta. With it having a 7% market share after only a couple months of its release I would say its well on its way to becoming a browser that has a large portion of market share. Netscape is currently somewhere around 15% and its been around for years.
   
   As for some website that will not open with FireFox, I personally have not come across one since the 1.0 release. Even so the only reason I could think that they wouldn't open is because of a JavaScript that some sites employ to check if your Browser is Netscape or IE which they wouldn't need if they stuck to the true HTML and other standards that the W3C puts forth instead of using 'special' tags that are only used and built into IE that Microsoft put there.
   
   FireFox has more going for it than just tabbed browsing which in its own right is enough for me to switch. It has built in pop-up blocking and the feature to block ads inside web pages, not to mention you can skin it. As well as the option to add a bunch of extensions created by other programmers, and it has the Google Search field BUILT in and the option to add other searchs in the SAME box with the option to switch between them. In order to equal the amount of search boxes that I have in FireFox I would have to install 7 different toolbars which would take up half my screen, IF I were still using Intenet Explorer.
   
   My family, which aren't the brightest poeple when it comes to using a computer, haven't had any troubles what-so-ever using FireFox. I do not know of this 'learning curve' that you speak of and I don't see where my family does either. As far as enjoying the web, I have had FAR few calls and yells from the other room with my family calling me over to look at some stupid pop-up window stating "You have a Virus, Please click here to remove" or some other nonsense and as far as I can tell they (and I know I most certainly) enjoy just surfing the web now A LOT more than I did before since I have switched to FireFix, and no thats not a typo (well it orginally was but I decided to leave it ;P ).
   
   About the only thing that I agree with you on is the fact that Ross stated "finally helping the Web live up to its original promise" which other than a good (if not odd) slogan/advertising point doesn't mean much, this point is VAIN in itself.
   
   I have been using other browsers, such as Opera, since the day I found out that there were others out there. About the only good thing that has changed about Internet Explorer since I started using it was this last release with XP service pack 2 where they FINALLLLLLLLY added SOME pop-up blocking, and I say some b/c it doesn't always work.
   
   I love FireFox, I think it is the best thing to happen to the internet since the first GUI web browser was released. And until someone comes out with something better I'm sticking with FireFox.
   
   Thank You,
   Brandon Burton