Tag Archives: firefox

Windows finally lets you choose your browser

The European Competition Commission have forced Microsoft to offer alternative web browsers with their operating systems, which will be available from March 2010 in Europe. This will obviously confuse some of the less techy users but it may also achieve something I think we all want – the accelerated demise of Internet Explorer 6!

Isn’t it time IE6 quietly disappeared?

In 2001 Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 became the most dominant web browser in the world.  Nine years on new technology and browsers such as Firefox and Google Chrome have left this average piece of software behind.  In 2009 I think it is time that the web helped IE6 finally move on, but will it?

Is Firefox really better than IE?

I am a web designer so dealing with multiple browsers is just part of the job.  Making sure that your pages appear correctly in as many browsers as possible is the key to make sure you touch as many users as you can.  With this experience I have seen a certain amount of snobbery when it comes [...]