Why Internet Explorer will survive and Firefox won't
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Re: Why Internet Explorer will survive and Firefox won't
#2This article argues that apps are the only future for browsers and by virtue of the fact that Firefox doesn't have a dedicated "app ecosystem" it will be extinct.
I don't follow the reasoning since I don't really see why I have to use Internet Explorer to use a Microsoft web app just as I don't have to use Chrome in order to get my Gmail.
Re: Why Internet Explorer will survive and Firefox won't
#3What's the backstory here? You usually only see this style of contrariness in old timers, and it's usually reserved for IBM.
Did Ed Bott have some skin in IE6, and he's upset that Firefox blew a hole in the side of Microsoft's lack of maintenance on IE6?
Re: Why Internet Explorer will survive and Firefox won't
#4This article argues that apps are the only future for browsers and by virtue of the fact that Firefox doesn't have a dedicated "app ecosystem" it will be extinct. I don't follow the reasoning since I don't really see why I have to use Internet Explorer to use a Microsoft web app just as I don't have to use Chrome in order to get my Gmail.
I would say if it doesn't make any sense, or is making some kind of broad logic leap like this, then it is probably MS purchased FUD.
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#5I simply beg to differ.
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
Re: Why Internet Explorer will survive and Firefox won't
#6This article argues that apps are the only future for browsers and by virtue of the fact that Firefox doesn't have a dedicated "app ecosystem" it will be extinct. I don't follow the reasoning since I don't really see why I have to use Internet Explorer to use a Microsoft web app just as I don't have to use Chrome in order to get my Gmail.
I would say if it doesn't make any sense, or is making some kind of broad logic leap like this, then it is probably MS purchased FUD.
It is incredible how consistently throughout the years ZD Net has been a mouthpiece for MS FUD.
Re: Why Internet Explorer will survive and Firefox won't
#7This reads like linkbait to me. The author doesn't really have a coherent argument: he spends the first half of the article talking about Firefox's relatively slow* release cycle, but never bothers to explain why that's a death sentence.
Instead, he jumps to another argument entirely in the second half: Firefox's lack of an "app ecosystem". This is truly delusional. Firefox has just as much of an app ecosystem as IE: it runs code on websites you go to. It's true that it lacks Chrome's app store (which right now amounts to little more than a glorified link directory and alternate bookmark system), but if that's a disadvantage it applies equally to IE.
* Relatively slow only with sufficient handwaving: call IE's platform previews equivalent to Chrome's full releases, then dismiss without justification Mozilla's new accelerated schedule for Firefox.
Re: Why Internet Explorer will survive and Firefox won't
#8I believe if Firefox dies, it will be because it did not learn from the Netscape Navigator it was born from.
I switched from Netscape to IE when I realized the application had become bloated beyond recognition. I didn't need an email client inside of Netscape, I didn't need a news reader inside of Netscape, I didn't need all of these things.
I'm seeing shades of this in Firefox. Specifically, Firefox Sync.
It's a great idea, for some people. However in my scenario my tabs and bookmarks in one location are completely different from my tabs and bookmarks in another. I don't need the ability to bridge them. It would be a neat add on, but I don't need it built into the core.
That is what made Firefox great in the first place. Add ons. That's why I've stuck with Firefox. Add ons. Features like Sync are cool, but in my opinion they should be optional add ons.
Re: Why Internet Explorer will survive and Firefox won't
#9Fact is: Firefox had 4.6 Million downloads in the first 24 hours after its launch, IE9 had 2.3 Million downloads in the same period. The previous IE versions have continuously lost ground.
I expect better researched articles from ZDNet.
Re: Why Internet Explorer will survive and Firefox won't
#10This reads like linkbait to me. The author doesn't really have a coherent argument: he spends the first half of the article talking about Firefox's relatively slow* release cycle, but never bothers to explain why that's a death sentence. Instead, he jumps to another argument entirely in the second half: Firefox's lack of an "app ecosystem". This is truly delusional. Firefox has just as much of an app ecosystem as IE:…
Chrome Web Store is not a link directory, that's as much FUD as you accuse them of spreading about Firefox release cycle (which I agree with).