[Wsuug] A browser war is coming

[Jon Zuck]

I myself love FF... I find it's plugins indispensable.  But if all the
leading contenders start supporting standards fairly well, it's a moot point
for non-techies. But as for me and my geek friends, anything but IE!

One thing that I'd really like to see is IE abandon its Quirks mode. It
shouldn't be that important for backwards-compatibility now that most sites
have code designed to render well in FF. Remove Quirks mode entirely, and
all that should happen is that the new IE will just ignore all the
underscore hacks.

On Dec 20, 2007 7:44 AM, Jason Wilson <jason at jasonwilsondesign.com> wrote:

> 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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