New browser war battles arise
Wednesday, 30. November 2005, 17:32:26
New browser war battle arise in Betanews news article about Firefox 1.5 release. It was provoke just by this comment:
Yeeeeah! I like browser wars.
Also slashdotters have their usual browsers battle too.Opens page in IE 6.0. Ok.
Opens page in Firefox 1.5. Ok.
Opens page in Opera 8.5. Still doesn't work.
Yes, I see a pattern... Opera devs doesn't care about proper JavaScript support.
Yeeeeah! I like browser wars.
WIDGETIZE
Eddie # 1. December 2005, 18:46
I say it's simply a preference. Both have pros, both have cons. It's like arguing a religion because most people are simply unwilling to admit they are wrong or that there is another point of view that is equally as valid.
Oh well, it's still fun. I just jump in whenever I see a mistake nowadays. Gone are the days of me jumping in with comments like:
"well, Opera has had that feature since verion X!" because they are not really getting anyone anywhere.
For me, it all comes down to simplicity in distribution. I like Opera to manage everything. They get most of the features I like right and they do it for me. FF allows me to do it myself, but I don't want to take the time to make extensions and I get lost and frustrated trying to find and install an extension I need.
That and Opera really is an innovative company. I'll always jump on that bandwagon if anything to foster support for them to continue innovating.