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IE9 vs. Firefox 4 (done in canvas)

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Re: IE9 vs. Firefox 4 (done in canvas)

#11

Post by fungi »

> What's missing in IE9? ... text-shadow ... CSS3 Gradients ... border-image ...

really? MS wont even support frikken text shadows? ffs ms. don't ship the fucking thing then, just take your time and get it right, please don't break everything again, my life is to short.

what did i do to you to make you hate me so :(

Re: IE9 vs. Firefox 4 (done in canvas)

#12

Post by Groxx »

catshirt wrote: post #3

seeing all this energy wasted trying to convince people firefox 4 is better than ie 9 sort of solidifies my belief that chrome reigns supreme

Not saying I agree or disagree, merely: "consider the following"

Chrome: 10.0.648.45 dev

  HTML5 score: 293  FF4: 255
Compatibility differences from [1]:

( "-" == in other category )

         Chrome 10          FF 4
  Partial:
     CSS Text-Overflow
     Datalist Element        - 
     WAI-ARIA                - 
     SVG for HTML            -
     SVG filters             -
       -                    h264 video
       -                    Web notifications
       -                    SVG fonts
       -                    Web SQL
       -                    WebSocket
       -                    HTML5 Form
  Complete:
      Server-sent DOM events
      CSS Text-Stroke
      Progress & Meter
      h264 video             -
      CSS masks
      Web notifications      -
      SVG fonts              -
      Web SQL                -
      CSS Animation
      WebSocket              -
      HTML5 Form             -
                            Form Validation
       -                    Datalist Element
                            calc() in CSS
                            Animated PNG
       -                    WAI-ARIA
       -                    SVG for HTML
       -                    SVG filters
  Summary:
        87%                 81%
And WTF are they doing with that table[2] (disable "detailed tables")? It doesn't render correctly on anything I've got (OSX).

[1]: http://caniuse.com/#agents=firefox,chrome&eras=near,unof... [2]: http://caniuse.com/#agents=firefox,chrome&eras=near,unof...

Re: IE9 vs. Firefox 4 (done in canvas)

#14

Post by fungi »

nhebb wrote: post #6

Kind of reminds me of when Scott McNealy was so obsessed with Microsoft that he didn't seem to notice Sun's real competition sneaking up behind him.

it reminds me of the last 10 years of my life wasting countless days/weeks cleaning up after msie 6/7/8.

Re: IE9 vs. Firefox 4 (done in canvas)

#15

Post by tmgrhm »

jlongster wrote: post #8
catshirt wrote: post #3

seeing all this energy wasted trying to convince people firefox 4 is better than ie 9 sort of solidifies my belief that chrome reigns supreme

IE 9 is a valid contender, especially outside of the tech crowd. It's also about to be released, so it makes sense for marketing to focus on it.

True, but it's not the contender they should be focusing on.

It's like Apple comparing iOS to Symbian and lauding how great iOS is, when really they should be watching Android.

Re: IE9 vs. Firefox 4 (done in canvas)

#17

Post by alanh »

fungi wrote: post #11

> What's missing in IE9? ... text-shadow ... CSS3 Gradients ... border-image ... really? MS wont even support frikken text shadows? ffs ms. don't ship the fucking thing then, just take your time and get it right, please don't break everything again, my life is to short. what did i do to you to make you hate me so :(

The craziest thing about it is they removed the old `filter` hacks for (bad, but hey) text shadows without replacing them with their modern CSS3 equivalent. (I should clarify: I mean in IE9’s IE9 mode, naturally.)

Re: IE9 vs. Firefox 4 (done in canvas)

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Post by jefe78 »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #5
catshirt wrote: post #3

seeing all this energy wasted trying to convince people firefox 4 is better than ie 9 sort of solidifies my belief that chrome reigns supreme

Not sure why their marketing affects the actual merits of Firefox or Chrome, but. I agree that Firefox is trying a bit too hard (though this appears to simply be one user). Additionally, Chrome is still faster and has less ui-chrome that gets in my way. I also find the extensions to be more cleanly implemented still than Firefox 4's.

I have to agree.

I was an avid FF user for many years. I shied away from Chrome for quite some time, until this December. A fresh FF install with no addons was painfully unresponsive, given 'too many tabs'. Those same tabs in Chrome chugged along.

I hope FF can get back on track(relative to Chrome:P) and reduce some of the bloat.

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