"Small-minded Mozilla mocked by wider world" - GreenHybrid

Jason · #1 (**permalink**) 02-27-2005, 08:59 PM

After reading this article, I don't think this is a case of "Small-minded Mozilla mocked by wider world" at all. I think it's quite the opposite: Mozilla putting the big boys back where they belong, sitting on their hands instead of stuffing their pockets. Do you concur?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02...la_nixes_idns/

tbaleno · #2 (**permalink**) 02-27-2005, 09:55 PM

Yeah I concure

It is a shame that Mozilla got bit for being inventive. Though I must say MS has been bitten by similar problems.

And the article says that Mozila pulled out the IDN support. I think that is wrong. I belive the disabled it by default and you can go in and set a variable to enable it if you want.

BTW jason, what do you have as a persentage of mozilla vs. IE users on your site. On my site I have a 30/70 split. I think the IE percentage is lower than the numbers often quoted.

Jason · #3 (**permalink**) 02-27-2005, 09:59 PM

Well, my numbers are skewed. First off, I use a significant portion of bandwidth on this site using FireFox. I'm logged for 10,000+ pages this month of 150,000. Also, this group as a whole is more tech-oriented.

Quote:

Browsers (Top 10) - Full list/Versions - Unknown
Browsers Grabber Hits Percent
MS Internet Explorer No 752611 71.4 %
Firefox No 152882 14.5 %
Netscape No 45788 4.3 %
Unknown ? 42851 4 %
Safari No 31109 2.9 %
Mozilla No 18564 1.7 %
Opera No 7455 0.7 %

Stevo12886 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 04:41 PM

I'll concur with you as well Jason, its always nice when the small guy can actually get something done. I personally use Firefox for its security (and i love tabs) and pluggins, so i think its great that they were willing to make a sacrifice to keep its users safer.

Hmmm, Safari is at 2.9% lovin' it. I realy wish people would wake up and Mac would take off. (yeah....and i am buying a PC for college, darn microsoft based ID program).

Jason · #5 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 04:55 PM

I'm not sure whether I want a PC or Apple laptop for college. The idea of Apple is extremely appealing to me, but to be honest I find the OS mediocre.

Stevo12886 · #6 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 05:39 PM

I mainly like it for the interface and security (not to mention unrivaled stability (ok, so unix has more...but really now...) I really think that PC is really a better idea for college just for integration purposes, especially for majors that require computer use. Just my .02, but before this gets too OT...i'm gonna start a new thread.