If I were still building machines they'd ship with Firefox as the default browser, but that's just me.
The stats for my non-tech site with 5000 unique visitors a month show IE at 85% and FF at 9% (so FF is now bigger than all the rest combined). Before FF, Netscape was the "other browser" and it never got above 4%. Draw your own conclusions. -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 17 February 2005 12:18 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Internet Explorer 7 (no really!) You know that one thing that everyone seems to miss in these "my browser is bigger than your browser" threads is this: We are techies....we like what we like...we understand it all and can see the differences. The average user (ya the ones that keep AOL in business etc.) do not. They buy a computer with Windows and IE on it...that is all they know. For a lot of them it's not a "browser"....it's not "IE or FireFox"....it's simply known as the "Internet" (yes my mother calls her browser the Internet). This is an alien world to us techies and we have to remember to think like those awful uneducated masses. The only way I can see that FireFox (or any other newcomer) can truly make a dent (and/or scare MS) is to convince computer manufacturers/retailers to package FireFox with their computers. That of course will require the heavens to open up and large bolts of lightning will spill form and strike Redmond ;-) So until then...we can like what we will...but IE will remain Lord of the Browsers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194995 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
