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Browser Wars III (BW III): Google Chrome vs. Everyone?

vrijdag, november 20th, 2009 (Philip Brands)

In de digitale steentijd (BW I) nam eersteling Netscape Navigator –hoezo, Mosaic?– het op tegen Microsoft Internet Explorer. “Wij hebben toch zeker een betere GUI-Internet-browser?”, droeg Netscape uit: “En zonder dat het je wordt opgedrongen…”. Netscape verloor dit pleit in 2007 definitief dankzij de ongeëvenaarde marketing-vaardigheid van Microsoft die niet overal in goede aarde viel.

Maar Netscape transformeerde in FireFox (BW II), dat een distributie-record vestigde met het hoogste aantal downloads ooit in één dag; meer dan 8 miljoen … Ooit zullen we er om lachen, maar in 2008 was het nogal wat …

Nu (straks voor niet-Windowers) hebben we Google Chrome. Niet iedereen van de vorige Browser Wars leeft nog, maar de strijd wordt bijkbaar nog steeds vanuit de zelfde loopgraven gevochten;

Google Chrome ancient 'Sales'-strategy raises the finger at Microsoft?

IE-only page-insert on google.com main-page: Google uses ancient 'Sales'-strategy just to bully Microsoft?

As always; devolopment of a MacOS port lags behind

As always; devolopment of a MacOS port lags far behind. I can though subscribe a notification-email information-list.

… dankzij de hoge vlucht die OpenSource development heeft genomen en alle initiatieven om monopolisme in te dammen zou je verwachten “dat alles uiteindelijk wel goed komt”. De web-developers –de zusters van de Browser Wars slagvelden– houden alvast hun hart vast …

“Meer verband!!!”

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MultiTouch support voor Firefox

donderdag, augustus 27th, 2009 (Ronald van der Feer)

Stagiar Felipe Gomes is te zien in een video-demo waarin hij de status toont van het “MultiTouch Polish” research project van Firefox. Het research richt zich op de mogelijkheden om een bruikbare API ter beschikking te stellen waar ontwikkelaars van web-applicaties mee aan de slag kunnen. Ook wordt er nagedacht over een interface voor de eindgebruiker om (eventueel zelf aangemaakte) ‘touch gestures’ te koppelen aan functionaliteit binnen de browser zoals bijvoorbeeld vorige/volgende pagina, vorige/volgende tab selecteren etc.

Het verloop van de rest van de Sprints is hier te volgen.

Er zijn overigens al een aantal gestures waar Firefox 3.5 naar luistert, en een tweetal gestures die met een kleine tweak van de config aangezet kunnen worden. Typ ‘about:config’ in de adresbalk en filter op ‘gesture’…

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internet explorer vs firefox (courtesy kill bill’s browser)

donderdag, april 27th, 2006 (Maikel Kersbergen)

1. You’ll only see porn when you want to.

Sick of seeing pornographic pop-ups all over your computer while you’re helping your daughter with a research project? Since Firefox blocks pop-ups, you won’t get tons of porn in your face when you’re least expecting it. On the flip side, since Firefox stops spyware from taking over your computer, there will be nothing to slow you down when you go and look for porn.

2. Your kids will only see porn when they want to.
Sorry, buddy… the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

3. Your computer won’t spend its free time telling the world about Viagra soft tabs.
Experts say 80% of spam comes from hacked PCs. Firefox has much better security, so your computer will get hacked less. Do it for the children, the children! (caveat: reducing Viagra spam may also reduce total number of children.)

4. Mozilla doesn’t inflate prices and use the money to vaccinate children in Africa.
Uhh… wait a second. Maybe Microsoft’s monopoly hasn’t been all bad. Better donate to Oxfam. Seriously, you should.

5. If we knew web designers would hurl themselves off it, we wouldn’t have put the Golden Gate bridge so close to San Francisco.
Every year, hundreds of web designers take their own lives rather than continue the hopeless struggle of making their websites IE compatible. Is that what you really want?? Dead web designers????? Cause that’s what you’re going to get!!!!!! See if I care!!!!!!!!!!

6. Keep squinting and your eyes will get stuck like that, stupid
Unlike IE, Firefox makes it easy to make text bigger. Just hit Control and “+” at the same time. And Control “-” makes it smaller.

7. It will make Bill Gates soooooooooo mad.
Seriously– super, super mad. And even more than Bill, let’s think about Steve “I’m going to fucking kill Google” Ballmer for a second (actual quote). If there’s anyone that’s going to absolutely blow a gasket when they see this website, it will be him. (video proof of Steve Ballmer being a crazy, sweaty man.)

8. Mozilla has never made a talking paperclip.

9. Ritalin is fun, but A.D.D. is not.
Tabbed browsing, ad blocking, and pop-up blocking make it a lot easier to stay focused. Better for epileptics too: with Firefox’s ad blocking ability, there won’t be as many large swaths of flashing, pulsating colors on the websites you visit. Nothing worse than getting thrown into a seizure by a “Test your IQ!” ad.

10. It’s like switching from dating a 14-year-old to dating an 18-year-old.
…for a 16 year old, we mean. You know, it’s a win-win.

11. Reduce your weekly family & friends tech support load to 8 hours.
You won’t miss hearing this:
“I verified my credit card number since the computer said it had spyware, but now I can’t email…”
“Honey, I found a new business partner in Nigeria but I can’t email him our bank account info because the internet is broken…”
“The Secret Service called this morning and said that our computer sent 20,000 scatalogical emails to the President…”

12. More effective than throwing pies.
Switching to Firefox works better than throwing a pie in Bill Gates’ face. Pies just make him more determined, but Firefox steals his mojo.

13. Because the Department of Justice Lacks Balls.
They spent years and years on the Microsoft anti-trust suit and it did absolutely nothing to reduce Microsoft’s monopoly. Great work guys. It’s time to take the law (erm, the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?) into our own hands.

(source: killbillsbrowser.com)

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Switch your users to Firefox and make money.

donderdag, april 27th, 2006 (Maikel Kersbergen)

You already want people to switch to Firefox. Now’s the time to get serious about it.

Google is paying $1 for each new Firefox user you refer.

This is pretty amazing. Now you can advance your ideals, save people from popups and spyware hell, and make some serious money. Millions of people have heard about Firefox and are ready to switch–all they need is a friendly push.
That’s where these scripts come in. They’re specially formulated to give just the right push, maximizing souls-saved and dollars-for-you.

visit explorerdestroyer and learn more!

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