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Confessions of a Web Developer

Suggestions wanted for Alternative Browser Alliance relaunch

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:15:50 PM

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You may have seen my website, the Alternative Browser Alliance. I put it together in 2005, when flame wars between Opera users and Firefox users were at their height, to show that we shared a common goal: opening the web. The most popular page on the site is a list of web browsers, which is linked as a resource from a number of sites and also gets a steady stream of traffic from people searching for alternative browsers.

Of course, things have changed a lot since 2005, so I'm planning an overhaul of the whole site.

Definite plans include:
  • Reflect the current state of web browser marketshare & technologies.
  • List new tools, such as Dragonfly and Firebug.
  • Update the list of browsers. (Add Chrome, figure out whether anyone uses Galeon anymore, etc.)
  • More button/banner sizes.
  • Release the whole thing under a Creative Commons license so that it's easier for people to do translations.

I'm considering adding a blog for browser-related commentary. This would have to be low-frequency, comparable to something like css3.info, or I would have to bring other people in, because I just won't have time to keep it updated regularly. On the downside, it adds a layer of software complexity. Also, I'm not sure it would add anything to all the blogs out there that currently focus on browser news.

I'd appreciate any suggestions from the general web user, developer, and browser fan communities.

Thanks in advance!

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Comments

drabsv Friday, September 26, 2008 9:13:26 PM

a) integration with http://www.anybrowser.org

b) a comparison table like the one in http://www.wikimatrix.org

c) forum/ comments/ etc to be made on the GetSatisfaction.com platform

Leeljhaywood Friday, July 3, 2009 2:44:41 PM

I've been using the Alternative Browser Alliance site for over a year as a redirect from my own site, for all visiting Microsoft users. I've only just noticed that it no longer seems to have DNS entries. Are you aware of this, and when do you think it might be resolved?

Thanks.

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Lee Haywood.

Leeljhaywood Saturday, July 4, 2009 9:35:33 AM

Oh, it's back again today - it just seemed that a lot of people were reloading because the site had disappeared. Never mind.

(-:

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Lee Haywood.

Kelson VibberKelson Tuesday, July 7, 2009 9:27:37 PM

@ljhaywood: sorry about that. There was a server snafu last Friday (July 3) morning, and it looks like you got caught in the middle of it.

Leeljhaywood Monday, July 20, 2009 11:17:34 AM

Right, that's nice to know - thanks.

It seems that people just reload my page over and over anyway... they seem to think that their use of MS IE is just a temporary problem, easily fixed by reloading a dozen times!

http://discussionator.com/sorry.html

Perhaps my message should say 'please switch to a standards-compliant browser and then come back...'

(-:

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Lee Haywood.

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