dieseltaylor Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 From ZDNET this welcome news. I suffer from IE only sites so the pressure to make these websites Standards compliant rather than M$ compliant is very welcome http://blogs.zdnet.com/community/?p=125&tag=nl.rSINGLE People are voting with their feet (or at least their mouse) for Firefox. The browser has crossed the 20% market share threshold, at least according to stats compiled by Net Applications. Starting the week of October 5, Firefox crossed the 20% mark for the week and has been hovering around that mark since. Naturally, this is the result across a number of sites — if you do the stats on a lot of tech sites, Firefox hovers over 50% in many cases. Read Write Web, for example, points to this report and shows that Firefox surpasses 55% market share on that site. Why does market share matter? Pretty simple — even though Firefox is easily feature-competitive and just as (if not more) standards compliant as IE, there are still sites coded specifically for IE (though far fewer than a few years ago). Those of us using non-Microsoft platforms need sites that support more than IE, but it’s hard to make a case for doing the extra testing if you can’t show a sizable user base. Market share isn’t just a popularity contest — it’s a metric that vendors and developers use for choosing the platforms they support. Substantially upgraded Irfanview 4.2 is available for download now. Its one i have used for years and of course is feree and not bloatware http://downloads.zdnet.com/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 This pic reminds me of the Firefox icon. Oh so cozy!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 I never took you for a pussy lover .... my cat is envious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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