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I disagree with the article. When Firefox first got popular the default was internet explorer which was already installed on your computer. However because Fire

I disagree with the article. When Firefox first got popular the default was internet explorer which was already installed on your computer. However because Firefox was so far ahead word spread and people took the time to install it. These however there is no really big advantage to using Firefox over chrome, and when the difference is that close marketing and convenience will win. In other words if Firefox would've been on or with internet explorer years ago it would never have gained the market share it did in the first place. It's not just a marketing issue but a combination of a marketing and engineering issue.

DiThi 9y ago
> no really big advantage No _user perceived advantage_ but they are important: Privacy, freedom and avoiding the monoculture of a single web engine. The amount of websites that don't quite work well or outright has bugs on firefox is increasing.
- davidcbc 9y ago
  The average user is going to care more about whether or not websites work than about privacy, freedom, and avoiding the monoculture of a single web engine.
  - DiThi 9y ago
    Web standards are supposed to work everywhere the same. The result of having a vast majority with a single rendering engine is having pages use quirks of this engine and not following standards. (edit: also a security risk when a vulnerability affects most people) The average user does not care but it should care. People like us should inform them since we can.