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I see tons of ads for IE. Never for FF. Microsoft's marketing is working. FF is slower than Chrome (at least the desktop versions). FF still doesn't have separate processes for tabs, so when one fails, the whole browser crashes.
At home I switched back from Chrome to Firefox this spring. I think Firefox performs better on Ubuntu. On the Win 7 netbook I share with my wife we run only Chrome.
So uhm, I guess my story is that all three of those mainstream browsers are totally decent these days.
I see tons of ads for IE. Never for FF. Microsoft's marketing is working. FF is slower than Chrome (at least the desktop versions). FF still doesn't have separate processes for tabs, so when one fails, the whole browser crashes.
I see tons of ads for IE. Never for FF. Microsoft's marketing is working. FF is slower than Chrome (at least the desktop versions). FF still doesn't have separate processes for tabs, so when one fails, the whole browser crashes.
This is a misconception held by people that haven't used Firefox as of late. I actually frequently encounter crashes in Chrome, whereas I do not with Firefox.
I see tons of ads for IE. Never for FF. Microsoft's marketing is working. FF is slower than Chrome (at least the desktop versions). FF still doesn't have separate processes for tabs, so when one fails, the whole browser crashes.
> FF is slower than Chrome (at least the desktop versions). This is a misconception held by people that haven't used Firefox as of late. I actually frequently encounter crashes in Chrome, whereas I do not with Firefox.
I have to use IE 9 some at work and lately I've not been opening Firefox unless I'm debugging a website. IE 9 is just pretty decent most of the time. At home I switched back from Chrome to Firefox this spring. I think Firefox performs better on Ubuntu. On the Win 7 netbook I share with my wife we run only Chrome. So uhm, I guess my story is that all three of those mainstream browsers are totally decent these days.
For the internet savvy, it's more a feature competition at this point mixed with user loyalty (Firefox, you'll always have my heart, even if Chrome is better)
I see tons of ads for IE. Never for FF. Microsoft's marketing is working. FF is slower than Chrome (at least the desktop versions). FF still doesn't have separate processes for tabs, so when one fails, the whole browser crashes.
Are you using FF while browsing? Because I'm pretty sure those MS ads are using User Agent targeting. I would not expect you see any IE ads while already using IE.
Please remember that IE6 is barely used in NorAm and Europe (0.59% NorAm from statcounter). It's mostly in China. If China is not your target market, please ignore IE6.
(The top blue line is total Internet Explorer visits.)
The data backs up what you are saying. IE6 is definitely dead!
I still prefer Chrome, but partly because it is my preferred browser on Mac too - I like consistency. I also think that their devkit is ever so slightly better... but in saying that I'm not unhappy with IE - it does what I tell it to do, it's fairly consistent and feels quite light (compared to Firefox which still feels heavy to me even after their improvements...). Admittedly there are some tricks you need to learn in the IE devkit (e.g. add an attribute of style to create new CSS definitions) but all in all I think they've done a pretty good job at cleaning up their act!
PS: I used to do ALL my development in Firefox with Firebug and the Webdev kit. I find now that Chrome/IE handles things very well: though Chrome still allows me to install the Webdev kit if I need it (e.g. rulers, security checks etc). I guess I switch browser camps often based on my needs :)
