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Firefox Keeps Nipping at Microsoft
- axod 18y agoAny stats on browser usage for Hacker News? I'd expect firefox to be maybe 80%+ here?
- aitoehigie 18y agomaybe, it may be even higher than that figure. Even non-techies now use firefox.
- axod 18y agoSure, although Safari seems a good choice, and what with the iPhone and abundance of macbooks I'd expect Safari to be used quite a bit here.
- aitoehigie 18y agoyes, that may be true, but firefox is quite huge now, especially firefox 3.0
- Hoff 18y agoI thought a central Mozilla goal for Firefox 3 was less hugeness. Oh, wait, nevermind.
- msg 18y agoI'm stuck with IE7 at work, Firefox 3 and Safari at home. So it all depends.
- AndyKelley 18y agoIceweasel for the win!
- tom 18y agoFirefox has Firebug. It is such a timesaver for me, I want to hug the developers on a daily basis (well, maybe just shake their hands). But for most of my actual browsing, Safari it is. It just feels faster on my machine...
- jpeterson 18y agoMuch of firebug's functionality is also available in the Safari developer console. Especially in the newest WebKit releases.
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoFirebug + NoScript + Nuke Anything + Web Developer + Tree Style Tab + AwesomeBar is a killer set of features to me. I don't see myself going to anything else in the near future.
- AndyKelley 18y agoWhy NoScript? That one seems like it would constantly be getting in the way and interfering with seamless browsing.
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoMostly because of my paranoia. I've seen too many friends lose sensitive data to XSS attacks and the like. Flash vulnerabilities too.