This is the first time I’ve ever had to write a piece I didn’t believe in. The subject: how much FireFox rules.
Now, I have no problems with FireFox. But the piece was supposed to be from a “wow, isn’t this adoption amazing?” perspective.
I did it, and I did it without compromising my beliefs (by cheering for “competition” instead of FireFox) but it was a bit of a quandary. Let’s see if my editor buys it or if it slips under the radar. One can only hope.
November 15th, 2004 at 4:26 pm
Link us to it if/when it gets published
November 15th, 2004 at 4:40 pm
I don’t think it’d be such a difficult article to write. I wouldn’t say Firefox “rules” though, but it is pretty cool.
November 15th, 2004 at 5:14 pm
my 2 pence …
the browser and the work that has gone into producing it is amazing, and anyone who says otherwise is talking out of … well who knows what.
But the adoption? It’s nothing new. We saw this in 96 with the IE / Netscape power struggle.
As for the competition, Opera are doing well as is Safari. I’m a little worried nay saddened by Microsoft’s lack of commitment to updating the browser that ships with over 80% of the world’s dektops but I’m sure you’d got all that.
I’d love to read it when it’s out.
Rob
November 15th, 2004 at 7:41 pm
Yeah, I see what you mean. Personally, I like Firefox, but I wouldn’t say it’s 1,000 times better than IE. (though I would say that it is quite a bit better, especially in the portions of tabbed browsing and plugins)
November 16th, 2004 at 9:09 am
FYI, here’s the article here. Hopefully I was honest, while still reporting what happened
http://www.ebcvg.com/articles.php?id=357