Um the stuff I mentioned further up in the thread
If sites don't display in it then they need fixing. Its not Firefox's problem its theirs.
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Um the stuff I mentioned further up in the thread
If sites don't display in it then they need fixing. Its not Firefox's problem its theirs.
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To be fair, now Microsoft have ripped off pretty much every big feature of Firefox/Opera and put them in IE7, standard vs standard, there isn't a huge deal in it.
Extensions, Standards, Resource Usage etc. are areas where Firefox (and Opera to a lesser degree) begin to pull a long way ahead.
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Firefox still has the best tabbed browsing, and adware blocker. The main advantage is this.........................
1. 90% of the population do not make an informed choice about their browser, instinct tells them to use IE because M$ told them too.
2. Hackers like to steal from people
3. 10% of people use alternative browser
4 hackers dont waste their time ripping off the minority
in short. IE is full of security holes and M$ are notorious for not fixing them quickly, firefox is pretty hacker free. Dont believe me? if you use IE, scan your computer with ad-aware and be afraid of the results.!!
........right wheres those mozilla share certificates
1. 90% of the population do not make an informed choice about their browser, instinct tells them to use IE because M$ told them too.
2. Hackers like to steal from people
3. 10% of people use alternative browser
4 hackers dont waste their time ripping off the minority
in short. IE is full of security holes and M$ are notorious for not fixing them quickly, firefox is pretty hacker free. Dont believe me? if you use IE, scan your computer with ad-aware and be afraid of the results.!!
........right wheres those mozilla share certificates
Thats not entirely accurate. Hackers aren't about stealing or ripping off people. They're simply about exploring systems and finding bugs. Crackers are the ones who do the bad things. Also, more than 10% of people use an alternative browser. More people use FF when they visit my site than IE.
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Yeah ok, i was maybe a little bit fresh with the truth to make a point. What i mean is the problem with IE is its not as secure as firefox.
Not much more though.
That table on that site is pretty inaccurate as it explains underneath it. As a web technology site they accept they are far more likely to be visited by people who pick and chose browsers rather than stick with the default.
With your site there would be a number of factors for what you see:
* It would be mostly visited by creative people who will similarly take a more active interest in using the right tool and rather than just using the default offered.
* A higher number of Mac users in the creative community who cannot use realistically use IE.
* Is more likely to be visited from home or creative companies rather than from corporate environments where Windows is the only option.
I am an admin on a big forum site about a particular sport so our users are more "average" in their scope. Our stats show that IE accounts for 84% of users, Firefox 13.5%, and Safari 1.2%, and with an average of around 12k different visitors per day it is a pretty good sample size.
Whatever you think of IE (and from the perspective of having developed web sites I hate it) it is still by far the most popular browser out there in general. Unless you serve a particular community where you know another browser is more commonly used you have to work around it and live with it or risk alienating a lot of visitors.
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You say that, though i've never seen any to prove it is technically a more secure platform. It is likely to be far less targeted for whatever reasons meaning it is probably at a lower risk level but I don't think classing it as more 'secure' is entirely correct.
