Story: Firefox? Bah Humbug, I say
Posted by: David Wright (Friday 5 November 2004, 11:09 AM)
Having been involved in several e-commerce projects over the years, none of them were ever developed for IE, even those written in InterDev (.asp) were parsed by an standard HTML validator and then tested on 2-3 different browsers.
It was recognised, that being corporate systems designed for inter-company commerce, many clients used Unix, Apple, Linux or other platforms and IE wasn't a viable option.
I used to use IE on WIndows, but I apart from the Windows Update service, I don't think I've used it for web browsing for about 2 years, when I swapped to Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox.
I use Windows for development work with my customers, but usually I do most of my work on my Linux workstation, where IE isn't an option.
Also, saying that the other browsers should use the non-standard Microsoft specific extensions, at a time where everybody is sueing everybody else for copyright and IP infringement is patently (sic) insane!
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Story: Firefox? Bah Humbug, I say
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You're weird. Alexandre Juneau -
Forget Browsers getting anoyed at not being p... Samuel -
Bad luck about the traps inherent in standards est... Thomas Flewell
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You misunderstand how CSS height works. The outer... Jason Barnabe
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John Carrol? Bah Humbug, I say.
John Carrol is one... Arthur B.
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Firefox measures up to the challenge: Carrol... Anonymous
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Well of course John Carroll says 'Bah! Humbug!'. I... Chris Rankin
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I agree with Chris view but, wanted to uneart... sanjay
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I've found you can eliminate most browser inconsis... Damien Conlon
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The whole point of a browser is to view web pages.... Mark Jamies
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I have started using Firefox in the past few... Tim Jensen
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Older browsers?
Come on guys. You know t... squid -
squid wrote:
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Sentient AI is something that humans develop.... Kaisa Hannele Tervola
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http://yansanmo.no-ip.org:8080/test/css/bah-humbug... kwanbis
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Is this article simply saying that the author has... Gareth Williams
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John Carroll. You are a muppet.
I honestly cannot... Anonymous
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Hi John.
I read your article today. Sorry to say,... Ole Clausen
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To Ole Clausen, thanks for your thoughtful re... John Carroll
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John Carroll writes:
I take it, though,... Ted Powell
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In other news, I suggest that the Oxford... Anonymous
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Save us from all the giant browsers needed for par... Ole Clausen
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Firefox is actually the browser that is rendering... Anonymous
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When using any software application, including the... Sam Alexander
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John Carrol writes:
Likewise, as my article sugges... Adam
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John, you write:
"As a web developer, I have to de... Ole Clausen
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It's about time!
I know very little about web-deve... Bryan markis
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I am reporting you and your anti-FireFox article i... Ignatius Reilly
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If Firefox is a Bag umbug, what IE is? Anonymous
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Its Insane to judge firefox on this. The page you'... David Hyde
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Finally, some balance to the pointless rounds of I... Terry Pettitt
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The very fact that you ignore the advantages of CS... Anonymous
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Hi John,
I wanted to let you know that I have quot... Chris Beach
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Like Chris, I was glad to see someone saying what... Josh Titcomb
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I have been using Firefox for sometime now and fou... trevor johnson
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alexandre juneau you stole my name for i too go by... alexandre juneau
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