Subj : Re: Firefox kicks ass
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Pandora Xero
Date : Sun Aug 29 2004 04:46 am


Willem van der Berg wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 02:52:57 -0700, Pandora Xero wrote:
>
> > I cannot possibly overemphasize how much ass firefox kicks. not
only is
> > it a really cool browser, and much more customizable than Mozilla,
it
> > offers me a lot more convenience, and it doesn't come included with
> > stuff i dont need. If this is going to be the future of mozilla, my
> > only question is: when is this future going to come? I wanna see
the
> > truly terrified faces of certain micro$oft officials prolly more
than
> > 50% of others on this group.
> >
> > --Pandora Xero
>
> Hehe, I agree. It is great, I have been using it for quite some time
now.
> However, don't forget that the vast majority of Windows users is
ignorant
> and really sees no need to look beyond the standard included Internet
> Explorer. Not even after all the security problems, those problems
are far
> too abstract for the average computer user. It works, so why bother?
If
> they were to use Firefox and come across a website designed for IE,
do you
> really think they will say "ohh, this website was badly designed".
No,
> they will say "this browser is crap, I'll use IE".

A good point. and well founded. I used to be like that even earlier
this year, but people learn, like i do ;).

> Microsoft isn't scared. They are only slightly worried. If companies
start
> getting serious with their security concerns and considering a switch
to
> Linux... THEN Microsoft will be worried. You see, when you work with
> Windows all day at work, you won't even bother ditching the
pre-installed
> Windows that came with your home-PC. But when you work with a Mac all
day
> at work, you will probably buy a Mac for home. If you work with Linux
all
> day long, you might want to do the same with Linux at home too.
> So, when companies switch... pretty soon afterwards, consumers will
> switch. When that process starts to speed up and only then will
Microsoft
> be scared.

Hmm... only slightly worried? then why are they crusading against
linux? And making IE exclusive websites, then claiming other browsers
cannot view the website, and claiming IE is better, as evidenced in a
previous episode where MSN.com used browser exclusion, and claimed that
other browsers did not have (as good) XHTML support?

> Right now IE has over 90% market share. Through all the relative buzz
> surrounding Firefox, I believe their marketshare skyrocketed from
perhaps
> 1%... to 2%. Or something. You think Microsoft is worried? Do you
think
> they will allow their market share to drop to say 80%? Or will they
have
> mimicked Firefox in every perceiveable way (with bugs) long before
that?

They most likely will copy firefox in every possible way. they have
copied copied off many concepts, especially innovations from Apple, and
*gasp* the Sun Java VM.

--Pandora Xero

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