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This is my browser state of whatever

It's interesting to hear the latest round of "Check out this cool new browser" rants.

Over the past 2 years it's been mostly either the latest builds of either Mozilla or Opera that have brought about such murmurings.  Occassionally I've succumbed into spending my time downloading them but, on every single occassion I've uninstalled within days (or hours).

This time it seems like Mozilla Firebird is the latest browser to offer hope to the (seemingly) legions of developers seeking new UI challenges.  Nearly all of my friends have IM'd me extolling the virtues of this latest contender.  The good news - if you believe the hype - is that this browser can now do *most* things that IE can do - whoopee!

In my - ever so humble - opinion, these companies would actually be better off realizing that the browser wars were fought (and won) several years ago!  There's new battles to fight guys and the good news is that you can even use IE to fight them!

Disclaimer: I'm not currently, nor have I ever been an authoritative commentator on the true state of the browser market!

4 Comments

  • Interesting point.


    For the last 6 months i've found a great affinity to myie2. its a great browser, oh, but its the IE back end. so theres a brand new interface for IE (myie2) that allowes me to much much more.

  • Tariq, thanks for the post. That's exactly what I'm on about; by all means, use the IE engine to build a better product but, why anyone would go through all the pain to RE-build it is beyond me!

  • Will firebird support Behaviors or something similar to IE Behaviors?

  • Mozilla 1.x rocks. I am currently using Mozilla 1.4 RC1, and can't get enough of it. The popup blocker is the cincher for me, IE is so freaking annoying, you can't visit ESPN.com or MSNBC.com without having an annoying ad popping up and disrupting your flow.





    Never was a huge fan of Opera, didn't seem to do as well as rendering Web sites as Mozilla/IE, but it's always been the fastest browser I've used, especially on "alternative" operating systems.

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