itnews.com.au — Firefox now owns 11.8 percent of the global browser market share, said Net Applications, a jump of .5 percent from July's 11.3 percent. Internet Explorer, meanwhile, now accounts for 83 percent of browsers used to surf the Web; that's down from July's 83.5 percent.
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area51mafiaSep 10, 2006
Errmm: <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines_(CSS)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines_(CSS)</a><a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines_(DOM)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines_(DOM)</a>Gecko (layout engine used in Firefox) has a large number of CSS/DOM properties implemented that IE either doesn't have at all, or doesn't have correct. Saying that Firefox doesn't load pages correctly is laughable in comparison to how IE renders pages.
tektalkSep 10, 2006
I love firefox! if they invited me to make the firefox cropcircle i would've made 2Dugg for the love of firefox!
tetracaSep 10, 2006
Go to a site that will not render properly in IE, or expose his compter to rediculous amounts of malware with both IE and an alternateive browser, clearing the malware after each browser's test. If it won't get him on firefox it should at least get him to opera.
Closed AccountSep 11, 2006
It's not just knowledge of these browsers. At my last job i ran a test run. I installed Mozilla Firefox on approximately 20 users machines. They ranged in age and in gender (from about 30yrs old to 50 yrs old) I even tweaked the about:config to maximize memory efficency and page speed rendering. I told each of them to use FF instead as it was far more secure. ( i was merely testing behavior here, nothing else). And what i thought would happen did happen.More than 90% kept using IE afterwards merely b/c that's what they were familiar with. I don't know if it was branding, or a comfort with the GUI that did it. But that's what they stuck with. People that don't know computers, don't adapt well to new applications at all. I've seen and heard the bitching and whining when custom applications get major overhauls in corporate offices. People complain of "why fix what's not broke" and "they spent all this time training us, and now we gotta learn it all over again.". Something as simple as moving a button on a toolbar can throw user's for a loop.
captainjySep 11, 2006
Damnit, you freakin' nimrods just aren't getting it- the only people that care are FF fanboys! So they have a whopping 11%, big deal! IE and MS still have the majority share and will always have the majority share. And because MS has the majority share, developers will have continue writing for it. So big f**king deal, those FF developers who are running blogs about their cat will write crash scripts for IE users. Wow, that's a loss. Get over the IE VS. FF bulls**t already!!!!!!!!!!
Closed AccountSep 11, 2006
You cant say that, it's not an anti-M$ comment. Clearly, you work for M$ or the CIA.=P
robotsuSep 11, 2006
my comment got dugg down for no real apparent reason, I suppose other than the truth hurts. I'm not rooting for Microsoft's browser to do well any more than the rest of you, I guess I'm just not as naive and perhaps a tid-bit better in not letting the fanboyism delute my sense of reality. You're all going to be crying when what I said turns out to be 100% true. Whateve. *shrugs*
Closed AccountSep 11, 2006
no, a guy sucking c**k is gay.a web browser or news story doesn't have a sexuality. thanks, come again.
joer80Sep 11, 2006
Firefox is good but it gets unstable with many addons.
stan57Sep 12, 2006
I am IE 7 user and i got to say its much better then IE6. I also don't have to worry about drive by spyware installs anymore. I haven't had 1 piece of spyware on my computer sense i started to use IE7.I also love that fact that when i minimize IE7 it releases allot of its memory.7 tabs open using 36.896 k, Minimized its 6.868k. Fabulous usage of memory there. Normal people could care less about standards,as long as the pages they load work thats all that matters. I have tryed FF its ok, but not compelling enough to switch,because every page i load with IE just works.
botraxSep 12, 2006
Firefox does not even respect padding values in HTML tables. That's BASIC HTML... I mean, really.
thestuSep 14, 2006
IE can't afford to lose .5% of the market to FF simply because it cannot support XHTML, CCS, and PHP. this could prove to be advantageous for IE if they wake up and reconfigure. one step back, two steps forward...
nurananiarcosNov 30, 2007
of course it is not easy to stop the rush exoduses to firefox... it could be alot of facility on firefox than IE... Nurana Niarcos
farffaJan 24, 2008
I?m not surprised :)
findhostcouponsMar 21, 2009
No doubts that FireFox is more convenient solution comparing with IE! Having tried this browser first time I realized that IE leaves much to be desired!
harshajmeraApr 6, 2011
internet explorer stopped working? fix it here http://www.harshajmera.com/blog/2011/03/internet-explorer-has-stopped-working-fix-it-easily/