http://www.thomaspurves.com/2008/08/28/new-microsoft-browser-not-terrible/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:59:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thomaspurves.com/2008/08/28/new-microsoft-browser-not-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-12542 Design neutrality and why Google Chrome rocks » ThomasPurves.com Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:57:39 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=419#comment-12542 [...] Last week, I gave Microsoft’s new browser a shake, now it’s time to look at the competition. There is a lot else to like about Google’s new browser. But this, this is my favorite feature: [...] [...] Last week, I gave Microsoft’s new browser a shake, now it’s time to look at the competition. There is a lot else to like about Google’s new browser. But this, this is my favorite feature: [...]

]]> http://www.thomaspurves.com/2008/08/28/new-microsoft-browser-not-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-12518 Thomas Purves Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:24:09 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=419#comment-12518 There's definitely two sides to it, the developer perspective and the common user perspective. Dev's may be happy and comfortable carrying on with FF as their main developer environment. However, if certain IE8 features like webslices or what-have-you turn out to actually drive some more and meaningful volume to your site, then you may find yourself wanting to spend more time supporting/coding for IE. There’s definitely two sides to it, the developer perspective and the common user perspective. Dev’s may be happy and comfortable carrying on with FF as their main developer environment. However, if certain IE8 features like webslices or what-have-you turn out to actually drive some more and meaningful volume to your site, then you may find yourself wanting to spend more time supporting/coding for IE.

]]> http://www.thomaspurves.com/2008/08/28/new-microsoft-browser-not-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-12517 Colin Smillie Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:46:03 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=419#comment-12517 IE 8 is better but it still way behind FF v3. I think the biggest momentum changer for FF might be Firebug. It makes it so much easier to build and debug AJAX/JS development environments. The result is that most people develop for FF first ( Facebook is a great example of this ) and then 'make it work' for IE. As long as this is true I think FF momentum will continue. The IE developer tool bar and the IE 8 developer tools are still way behind, if MS were smart they would buy or build a clone of Firebug... IE 8 is better but it still way behind FF v3. I think the biggest momentum changer for FF might be Firebug. It makes it so much easier to build and debug AJAX/JS development environments. The result is that most people develop for FF first ( Facebook is a great example of this ) and then ‘make it work’ for IE. As long as this is true I think FF momentum will continue. The IE developer tool bar and the IE 8 developer tools are still way behind, if MS were smart they would buy or build a clone of Firebug…

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