The first part of the title is a headline from Information Week. The who
cares part is mine. Firefox 1.5 is already a better browser than IE7 so
the point is moot. We all need to do each other a favor and give up on IE.
It’s an insecure beast designed to perpetuate Microsoft proprietary
technologies that reduce usability, cost standards savvy web developers
time and money in hacks, and limit the experience of web surfers.
Firefox is gaining in market share for a reason. It’s a better browser. If
we, as a web community, can push Firefox to 50% market share we will,
at the very least, force Microsoft to pay attention to standards and come
up with a comparable product.
If you are a Mac user, help out by using Firefox instead of Safari or other
Mozilla base browsers, at least for a little while. Safari and the others are
great browsers, but only diminish the impact of our fight against Microsoft.
Firefox is a great browser and you won’t miss your stand by. You can always
return as a loyal fan when the fight is done. with 10s of millions of us, and
growing, we can make a difference.
Do us all a favor and get Firefox now.
Cheers,
J Andrew Morrison
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[…] So I applaud the rest of the world for recognizing the value of quality and for breaking the bonds of Microsoft propaganda. Here in the U.S. I hope we follow suit soon. And don’t forget, it doesn’t matter that IE7 will be released before Firefox 2. […]
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