Web browser market: is the battle over for everyone?

Sunday, January 25, 2004

I don't like seeing "web browser" and "market share" in the same sentence. This is typical. This is why there is no new release of Internet Explorer. Microsoft was there to take Netscape down, but there is no Microsoft when standards compliance and user friendliness are concerned.

Is the web browser dead? It is dead as a product. From a user perspective you should see things differently. How much do you use your browser? Think about it.
I guess Microsoft is working on something big secretly to keep their mouth shut and take no action regarding the web browser. And don't tell me I have to wait until 2006 and Windows Longhorn!
Other players such as Mozilla are doing a great job on standards, user friendliness, extensibility and efficiency. You should support them for that reason.
I don't really count players such MyIE2 or AvantBrowser in as they rely on IE and so have the same problems regarding standards.

Firebird is my web browser of choice since 2002. It works well, there is no reason for sticking to Internet Explorer... except laziness/inertia. Microsoft's biggest advantage in many markets.

4 Comments

he wasn't talking about mozilla, he was talking about firebird.

Frans Bouma - Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:15:00 AM

Oops, *foot in mouth* he IS talking about mozilla..

Can someone delete my two postings here? thanks :D :)

Frans Bouma - Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:16:00 AM

I can delete your posts Frans, but I think (maybe I'm wrong) that Mozilla and Mozilla Firebird share the same engine.

Fabrice - Monday, January 26, 2004 12:59:00 AM

well, this was all in 2005, and it's '07 now and Microsoft still sucks and is the worst browser there is. Firefox, Navigator, Safari, Opera, and Konqueror are all better.

anonymous Opera and Firefox user - Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:02:48 PM

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