[Wsuug] A browser war is coming

[Jason Wilson]

I'm honestly not sure what I'll do. My big concern is Microsoft's  
dedication to keeping to standards. We all know how long it has taken  
them so far and I'm fairly certain the only reason they can be arsed  
to do it now is because they see their market slipping to Opera and  
Firefox. What happens if we openly accept IE8 then they fail to  
develop anything else for another 6 years? Personally I think I'm  
going to wait for IE9 or IE X before saying "safe".


On 19 Dec 2007, at 22:11, Zach Young wrote:

> I'll probably still plug FF to friends who actually use the  
> Internet (for the plugins - adblock, especially), but it won't be  
> nearly the issue as it was with ie6.
>
> On Dec 19, 2007 7:56 PM, Christopher Jones < chrismjones at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> I honestly would probably stop pushing one browser over another for  
> the average person.  I actually have mostly stopped since IE7 came  
> out since it is not nearly the hinderance to development that IE6 is.
>
> For web developers, Firefox will still be the way to go due to  
> extensions like the Web Developer Toolbar and Firebug.
>
> I personally use Opera for all of my daily surfing (though Google  
> is messing with that), but if IE8 comes out strong in relation to  
> standards, I will cease caring what people use from a professional  
> stance.  People will always have their personal preferences, and  
> there will always be zealots.... but as a developer I won't care.
>
> ~ Christopher
>
>
> On 12/19/07, Dann S. Washko < dann at thelinuxlink.net> wrote:
>
> Well here is a question:
>
> If IE 8 came out passing the Acid-2 test and was just as standards
> compliant as Opera and they worked on beefing up security and  
> Firefox 3
> did not pass Acid-2:  Would you still recommend Firefox over IE to any
> users?  Would you continue to support Firefox with the gusto many do
> now?  Would you throw bones to Opera?
>
> Would the industry begin to settle back to IE at the expense of  
> Firefox
> and Opera?
>
>
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