Re: [WSG] 'It Works in Gecko Browsers ...'

[Mordechai Peller]

Robert Reed wrote: The only way I can see a browser beating IE is if it looks, feels and behaves like IE in every way possible. An average user will not go to the trouble of downloading and installing another browser to replace the one they got with the OS - even if it has 25% better features. M$ will dominate the browser market for a while to come - fact. Maybe so, but if that's your short term goal, then it's time to give up on Web Standards. Wars are rarely won in a single battle. I think it would be a major victory for WS if IE drops to 80% over the next two years. There is no need to topple IE, just to put enough pressure to make MS accountable and to become compliant. Combine XP's lack of success in the corporate world and MS unwillingness to give MSIE users an upgrade path without an OS upgrade, and you'll begin to see a change. One more thing will be required: Web pages need to be better on compliant browsers. For people to switch there must be a tangible advantage to switching. For what ever reason, security has been a no-go. The learning curve to use a new browser, no matter how slight, is an obstacle. Since most people tend to be visually oriented to some degree, if it looks better, even just a little, there is a chance they'll relate to it.