Cheez Wrote:Firefox isn't the first browser to use tabbing, and even so, THERE WERE OTHER BROWSERS AROUND THE TIME IE7 WAS BEING DEVELOPED.
Enough of that retarded "Microsoft stole _______" BS, because if everyone else already has it YOU CAN'T SAY IT'S BEING STOLEN. Funny how people only claim things to be stolen when it's for something they dislike, but I guess that's bias for you.
There's a difference here. I can't clearly say "Firefox took the idea for tabs from x browser" because I do not know it. But I can say that Firefox was cutting into Internet Explorer's install base by a relatively large margin, and it is clear that IE would look to it's upstart competitor when deciding things that need changing within its own design. This same sort of thing happens all over. Compare this to what happened with Rock Band and Guitar Hero. A full band game isn't exactly a TOTALLY original idea (Konami touched the same concept in the arcades of Japan long before this), but if Rock Band hadn't proved successful in this format, Guitar Hero almost certainly wouldn't have made the leap either.
Quote:I have an addon that gives me everything firefox has (and more actually, because it's ALSO extendable). And what with Firefox 3 actually running slower on my computer, I don't see any reason for ME to run it.
Security... evil folks who mean to use their wits for evil tend to stick more exclusively to the most widely used software to rip apart security exploits. This is why it is much easier to get infected with a virus on a Windows system than a Unix-based one. By the same regard, it is easier to get messed up thanks to IE than FF (and by extension, it's easier to get messed up thanks to FF than Opera). Generally, so long as a browser is fully functional and supportive of your tastes, it is always best to use the less known of software.
In general though, open source software is of a better quality, so long as the project is active. And this is also assuming the open source software in question is something which is reasonably possible to achieve as a side project for a large group of basically anonymous programmers. An open source answer to Internet Explorer might be a reasonable endeavor, but I wouldn't expect an open source answer to Frooty Loops would hold up as well. Then there's the fact that there are open source projects available that serve as alternatives to expensive software, things like GIMP or Open Office.
Quote:Why yes, but anyone with a brain can use Windows and IE error free. I would be one of them, apparently. Why waste space on unnecessary things?
I also used IE for quite a while myself. I was even able to avoid getting viruses and such as well. But now, I use Firefox because that's what I'm used to, I went through a period of trying things out and Firefox was the one that stuck for me. Admittedly, I should probably switch to something else (like Opera), but like you, I use what I'm used to. It is not absurd for me to desire to use Firefox still, because I chose it. Did you honestly shop around before choosing to stick faithfully with IE? And that aside, the most recent version of Firefox is easy as hell to get my hands on. I wouldn't have any idea how to get an install of IE7. And this is ignoring the fact that I need to use a non-installed version of a web browser at work; can you point me to such a build of IE7? Because I can point you to one for
Firefox. Another of the benefits of being open source.
