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Story: Firefox loses market share
Posted by: Anonymous (Tuesday 16 August 2005, 6:30 PM)
There's a lot of comment here about folks having trouble with some websites and Firefox and then giving up. The truth as I understand it is that Firefox supports W3C standards, whereas IE does not support these standards fully and indeed implemements some of its own. I'm happy to be corrected here.
Here's how to change that compatibilty/standards issue. I cannot run IE at home as all those machines now run Linux, and they're not going back. So, when I find a site that does not function properly, I find the 'Contact Us' button and send the webmaster polite notification. In my experience it usually works, even if it takes time to fix. Offer to help if you can.
Imagine you're a business selling online and you get a courteous note that says 'Sorry I couldn't do business with you today because .....'. What would you do?
Standards exist for very good reasons. We can all do our bit for our community. Don't give up.
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Story: Firefox loses market share
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This is complete and utter rubbish. Firefox is kil... Anna Rovita -
Anna,
Why so emotional? I think your reaction... Anonymous -
My honest opinion.
I tried switching complete... Anonymous
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I dont know what in the world could make me g... Yax
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A couple of people have mentioned sites... Brendan Dodds -
I have myself started using IE more on my home pc... Anonymous
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I started using FireFox since it was first av... Anonymous
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Once you have tried firefox you will be... Rich Tores
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I'm developing a website - nothing... Mitch 74
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Netscape 8 has been released over this period. It... Anonymous
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A couple of things;
1. Netscape 8 came out
2. Dee... Anonymous
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Do not know about others, but I am still using Fir... Sudhakar
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There'a a lot to like about Firefox, but there are... Anonymous
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big problems with last few updated firefox browser... Dc s
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Firefox allows blocking of non-content websites.
T... Anonymous
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I don't want UK sites on my browsers, IE or F... DH
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Not true Anonymous
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There's a lot of comment here about folks hav... Anonymous -
Blah blah blah...all this techy bs....wh... Anonymous
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Cannot believe it, when we are getting a barrage o... Anonymous
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There's a lot to like about Firefox - tabbed... Anonymous
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Something smells here. Memory problems with Firef... irene B
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Kind of amused at people who consider "going... herman
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Hey, comments with NO log in... something smells h... Pedro Rosa
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Students are away for the summer and are often for... Anonymous
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So far I've been quite capable of finding alternat... Arthur B.
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Someone recently said Firefox behaves "strangely".... No More IE!!!
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As long as there are people who code their web pag... Anonymous
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don't forget that Opera identifies itself as IE6 b... Anonymous
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I use ff almost 100%...every once in a while somet... Anonymous
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I've been using FF since the beta of 0.9. Ye... John Newton
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