Firefox is THE success story in tech right now

Don’t believe me?

IE’s market share is dropping, dropping, dropping, & guess who’s taking its place? Firefox.

Microsoft’s IE continues to be seen as insecure and buggy, but guess what browser has a much better security record? Firefox.

Guess which browser has people asking why it’s so gosh darn “compelling”? Firefox. (Note: ignore the first link in the referenced piece - it’s an incredibly stupid cartoon.)

What browser has folks in India, Boston, & Britain talking? Firefox.

Which piece of software has reignited the browser wars, which everyone, including Microsoft, thought were over? Firefox.

What’s getting really super-knowledgable IT pundits to write about it? Firefox.

Which browser’s popularity is enabling developers to make money supporting it & writing addons for it? Firefox.

What software is now at the vanguard of the FLOSS (Free, Libre, Open Source Software) movement?

Heck, if you don’t know that answer to that one by now, you just ain’t been paying attention.

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Trevor

I had nothing but trouble with Firefox when I installed it. It wasn't compatible with my girlfriend's online games which for whatever reason needed IE. Then it either required Flash player to be installed in it or IE. I couldn't have Flash work in both simultaneously. Uninstall from one and install in the other. Real hassle. Maybe my PC was to blame though.

January 16 2005 at 5:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Marian

I've used FireFox since it wasn't called FireFox, but since I start using Maxthon (ex- MyIE2), which is a nice interface for IE with tabs, popup killer and a lot of other stuff, I don't use it too often. But I am glad that there is a good competitor for IE6

December 11 2004 at 1:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Sterling

Nothing is full proof. Foxfire security is a myth. Every piece of software has holes from Windows to Mac OS X, to Unix, from I.E. to Foxfire. Yes, it is a little more secure, but their is a false sense and overstatement of protection.

December 10 2004 at 6:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

John McCollum

I've had Firefox installed for awhile now, but never really broke myself from the IE habit. Well, my IE hangs and crashes about once an hour now. Firefox is treating me much better. I wonder how M$ plans on fighting back.

December 06 2004 at 11:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mike Outmesguine

It's also News for ABC World News Tonight (with Peter Jennings). They showed a story about it last Friday. Talk about mainstream. Now my parents are going to start asking me about it. Watch the video on BoingBoing: http://www.boingboing.net/2004/12/01/video_of_abc_news_on.html

December 01 2004 at 4:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply