Comments on: Firefox Use is on the Rise http://www.beginnercode.com/2006/01/17/firefox-use-is-on-the-rise/ The adventures of an amateur coder Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:40:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bob http://www.beginnercode.com/2006/01/17/firefox-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Bob Fri, 21 Apr 2006 21:17:12 +0000 http://www.beginnercode.com/?p=76#comment-1125 Problems removing a beta, interesting.... Problems removing a beta, interesting….

]]> By: Lawk Salih http://www.beginnercode.com/2006/01/17/firefox-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Lawk Salih Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:47:08 +0000 http://www.beginnercode.com/?p=76#comment-355 I will be switching to Firefox due to all the trouble I went through with removing IE7 Beta. Lawk Salih www.lawksalih.com I will be switching to Firefox due to all the trouble I went through with removing IE7 Beta.

Lawk Salih
http://www.lawksalih.com

]]> By: ^Lestat http://www.beginnercode.com/2006/01/17/firefox-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-313 ^Lestat Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:51:09 +0000 http://www.beginnercode.com/?p=76#comment-313 Thanks for the response. One thing I'm learning about is those "quirks". As I'm learning css, I've resorted to creating a different style sheet for IE using a conditional comment. Of course, I'll save that for another entry as I learn about it ;) The more I read, the more I'm disgusted with IE. Not only does it not render css in standards(or strict) mode, but its entirely integral to the OS. Yesterday I removed IE7 from my machine, and couldn't reinstall IE6. I got the "a newer version is detected" warning. The only way to reinstall it was to do an <a href="http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm" rel="nofollow">in-place install</a>, which of course after rerunning all the updates etc took me over an hour. Why should it be so difficult?! I can install and uninstall Opera, or firefox all day long without any problems! The more I use firefox and it's extensions, I really like it. For those readers who don't know what an extension is, it's like a mini program that integrates with your browser. Some examples are a program that shows the weather in your status bar or more robust ones that aid in editing web pages, or even reading rss feeds. Thanks for the response. One thing I’m learning about is those “quirks”. As I’m learning css, I’ve resorted to creating a different style sheet for IE using a conditional comment. Of course, I’ll save that for another entry as I learn about it ;)

The more I read, the more I’m disgusted with IE. Not only does it not render css in standards(or strict) mode, but its entirely integral to the OS.

Yesterday I removed IE7 from my machine, and couldn’t reinstall IE6. I got the “a newer version is detected” warning. The only way to reinstall it was to do an in-place install, which of course after rerunning all the updates etc took me over an hour. Why should it be so difficult?! I can install and uninstall Opera, or firefox all day long without any problems!

The more I use firefox and it’s extensions, I really like it. For those readers who don’t know what an extension is, it’s like a mini program that integrates with your browser. Some examples are a program that shows the weather in your status bar or more robust ones that aid in editing web pages, or even reading rss feeds.

]]> By: Rijk http://www.beginnercode.com/2006/01/17/firefox-use-is-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Rijk Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:25:52 +0000 http://www.beginnercode.com/?p=76#comment-305 I'd say: try them both. If you ask the fans, they will of course say their favorite is much better. Both Firefox and Opera can have problems with sites that are only tested on MSIE. For the record: I'm also utterly biased :) As far as CSS in concerned, both Opera and Firefox are far ahead of most other browsers (though Safari comes close in some areas). There are some differences between them. See for an interesting comparison: http://www.quirksmode.org/css/contents.html Opera is now at version 8.51, and Opera 9 is in the oven. Opera 9 will offer support for a number of non-standard-but-popular techniques like Rich Editing, and will also offer an improved rendering engine to be compatible with even more sites. Firefox is at version 1.5 now, next will be Firefox 2 but that wil use basically the same rendering engine. The really serious improvements (for example to render the Acid2 test correctly) will have to wait for what is now expected to be Firefox 3: http://www.webstandards.org/act/acid2/ I’d say: try them both. If you ask the fans, they will of course say their favorite is much better. Both Firefox and Opera can have problems with sites that are only tested on MSIE. For the record: I’m also utterly biased :)

As far as CSS in concerned, both Opera and Firefox are far ahead of most other browsers (though Safari comes close in some areas). There are some differences between them. See for an interesting comparison:
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/contents.html

Opera is now at version 8.51, and Opera 9 is in the oven. Opera 9 will offer support for a number of non-standard-but-popular techniques like Rich Editing, and will also offer an improved rendering engine to be compatible with even more sites.
Firefox is at version 1.5 now, next will be Firefox 2 but that wil use basically the same rendering engine. The really serious improvements (for example to render the Acid2 test correctly) will have to wait for what is now expected to be Firefox 3:
http://www.webstandards.org/act/acid2/

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