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TheWraith · 03-09-2005, 11:51 AM

exactly what data is that graph based on? a lot of people have adopted firefox - but mainly in addition to ie, which is still more widely accepted. i hear all the time about sites that don't work right on ff, and 99% of users are going to keep ie around for that reason, not to mention it's basically built into windows. I think more realistically what's happening, is that firefox usage is definitely going up, and ie is declining, just at a far lower rate than shown there. Your graph seems very much biased on usage of one browser or the other, you can't use both. In my opinion, firefox will need to work perfectly with 99.9% of the sites on the net, and I don't see that happening in the next 6 months, especially because if a lot of sites were modified to work perfectly in firefox, they might sacrifice ie functionality. So it's basically a big catch 22, firefox might not get big enough to pass ie without some serious web site adaptation, but the web site adaptation won't happen until firefox gets enormous. Basically the same argument in a nutshell that has kept microsoft operating systems dominant forever now. People aren't going to start porting their software over to other operating systems unless there's a user demand, and people aren't going to move over to other operating systems without the software.

i also think ie is currently, and will continue to be the heavily dominant browser in a corporate environment, because most intranet apps are very specifically written for ie support.

03-09-2005, 11:51 AM	#6
TheWraith Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Allentown, Pa Posts: 257 iTrader: (0)	exactly what data is that graph based on? a lot of people have adopted firefox - but mainly in addition to ie, which is still more widely accepted. i hear all the time about sites that don't work right on ff, and 99% of users are going to keep ie around for that reason, not to mention it's basically built into windows. I think more realistically what's happening, is that firefox usage is definitely going up, and ie is declining, just at a far lower rate than shown there. Your graph seems very much biased on usage of one browser or the other, you can't use both. In my opinion, firefox will need to work perfectly with 99.9% of the sites on the net, and I don't see that happening in the next 6 months, especially because if a lot of sites were modified to work perfectly in firefox, they might sacrifice ie functionality. So it's basically a big catch 22, firefox might not get big enough to pass ie without some serious web site adaptation, but the web site adaptation won't happen until firefox gets enormous. Basically the same argument in a nutshell that has kept microsoft operating systems dominant forever now. People aren't going to start porting their software over to other operating systems unless there's a user demand, and people aren't going to move over to other operating systems without the software. i also think ie is currently, and will continue to be the heavily dominant browser in a corporate environment, because most intranet apps are very specifically written for ie support.