Comments on: Please, Firefox - don’t drop the ball http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/13/please-firefox-dont-drop-the-ball/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:57:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: John http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/13/please-firefox-dont-drop-the-ball/#comment-26972 John Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:07:52 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/13/please-firefox-dont-drop-the-ball/#comment-26972 The last comment demonstrates why open source software will never become widely accepted and why MS still have no serious threat. Most users just want things to work, no messing, no going into setting and tweaking. If firefox cannot do this then people will scurry back to IE. Calling the users stupid is a bit like a mechanic calling someone stupid for not understanding the working of the internal combustion engine. Since the last few updates firefox crashes after a few hours use and refuses to be killed, I have to reboot. Personally I will use the most reliable browser, and right now that is IE warts and all. The last comment demonstrates why open source software will never become widely accepted and why MS still have no serious threat. Most users just want things to work, no messing, no going into setting and tweaking. If firefox cannot do this then people will scurry back to IE. Calling the users stupid is a bit like a mechanic calling someone stupid for not understanding the working of the internal combustion engine.

Since the last few updates firefox crashes after a few hours use and refuses to be killed, I have to reboot. Personally I will use the most reliable browser, and right now that is IE warts and all.

]]> By: Mashable* » Firefox is Dead, Long Live Opera? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/13/please-firefox-dont-drop-the-ball/#comment-443 Mashable* » Firefox is Dead, Long Live Opera? Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:57:05 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/13/please-firefox-dont-drop-the-ball/#comment-443 [...] PS. I’m not the only one with Firefox woes this week - Mathew Ingram and Richard MacManus are both wondering whether Firefox has dropped the ball. This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 at 2:55 pm. Trackback from your own site. [...] [...] PS. I’m not the only one with Firefox woes this week - Mathew Ingram and Richard MacManus are both wondering whether Firefox has dropped the ball. This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 at 2:55 pm. Trackback from your own site. [...]

]]> By: an occasional interruption » Blog Archive » Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/13/please-firefox-dont-drop-the-ball/#comment-442 an occasional interruption » Blog Archive » Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:06:21 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/13/please-firefox-dont-drop-the-ball/#comment-442 [...] I’ve been working with the IE7 Beta 2 Preview since it was available for download. I have since stopped using it because it is a major memory hog. The more tabs that are opened the more memory it consumes. At one point I had 12 tabs open and the app was taking up a whopping 312 MB of memory. This is obviously not acceptable. I am not the only person to encounter this problem as many others have posted about it here and have also stopped using the app for the same reason. What I find interesting is that my browser of choice, Maxthon, runs on the IE shell. As a result of this Maxthon is running on the IE7 Beta shell right now and while I currently have 10 tabs open the memory being used by Maxthon is only 33 MB. My other gripe with IE7 is the fact that I can’t get, or can’t figure out, how to open a group of tabs on startup. This is something I use quite a bit as each time I open Maxthon I have three sites immediately available, Gmail, Intranet app and a helpdesk app. This make the process of getting down to business much less cumbersome. I’m also not a fan of the RSS portion of IE7, or Maxthon’s for that matter. It may work for some but for me an offline reader (feeddemon in my case) is much easier to use and peruse. With all of that said I am happy with how Microsoft is addressing the next generation of IE. The fact that they are releasing these changes so late in the game is unfortunate. It does seem like something is happening out there though because Firefox may be losing some of its steam. You can keep up on the latest info at the IEBlog. It seems pretty clear that Microsoft is listening to all the comments being made in the forum. This is very welcome and will hopefully help them to be seen as something other than the evil empire. [...] [...] I’ve been working with the IE7 Beta 2 Preview since it was available for download. I have since stopped using it because it is a major memory hog. The more tabs that are opened the more memory it consumes. At one point I had 12 tabs open and the app was taking up a whopping 312 MB of memory. This is obviously not acceptable. I am not the only person to encounter this problem as many others have posted about it here and have also stopped using the app for the same reason. What I find interesting is that my browser of choice, Maxthon, runs on the IE shell. As a result of this Maxthon is running on the IE7 Beta shell right now and while I currently have 10 tabs open the memory being used by Maxthon is only 33 MB. My other gripe with IE7 is the fact that I can’t get, or can’t figure out, how to open a group of tabs on startup. This is something I use quite a bit as each time I open Maxthon I have three sites immediately available, Gmail, Intranet app and a helpdesk app. This make the process of getting down to business much less cumbersome. I’m also not a fan of the RSS portion of IE7, or Maxthon’s for that matter. It may work for some but for me an offline reader (feeddemon in my case) is much easier to use and peruse. With all of that said I am happy with how Microsoft is addressing the next generation of IE. The fact that they are releasing these changes so late in the game is unfortunate. It does seem like something is happening out there though because Firefox may be losing some of its steam. You can keep up on the latest info at the IEBlog. It seems pretty clear that Microsoft is listening to all the comments being made in the forum. This is very welcome and will hopefully help them to be seen as something other than the evil empire. [...]

]]> By: Kent Newsome http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/13/please-firefox-dont-drop-the-ball/#comment-440 Kent Newsome Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:57:33 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/13/please-firefox-dont-drop-the-ball/#comment-440 While the memory leak issues are a problem, I agree with Marc that extensions are what give FF the insurmountable lead over IE in the feature race. But I'm glad IE is covering some ground because a two horse race is better for the consumers. While the memory leak issues are a problem, I agree with Marc that extensions are what give FF the insurmountable lead over IE in the feature race. But I’m glad IE is covering some ground because a two horse race is better for the consumers.

]]> By: Architel News, Alerts & Tips Blog :: Turn Architel On and Get Back to Work http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/13/please-firefox-dont-drop-the-ball/#comment-432 Architel News, Alerts & Tips Blog :: Turn Architel On and Get Back to Work Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:30:22 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/13/please-firefox-dont-drop-the-ball/#comment-432 [...] The new version of Internet Explorer (IE7) is currently in beta and reports are that it is stable. Nik Cubrilovic blogged about how the new IE7 is chipping away at the advantages that Firefox currently boasts. Read the full article here. Also read more here, here, here, and here. [...] [...] The new version of Internet Explorer (IE7) is currently in beta and reports are that it is stable. Nik Cubrilovic blogged about how the new IE7 is chipping away at the advantages that Firefox currently boasts. Read the full article here. Also read more here, here, here, and here. [...]

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