you also have to consider that 25% of internet users still use IE6. On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:40 AM, P. A. Bagyenda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I haven't watched the movie below, but intend to do so shortly. > As long as M$ is dominant on the OS side, no prizes for predicting which > will be the dominant browser. What would be surprising though is to see > Chrome overtaking Firefox (interesting as it sounds -- and those javascript > speed tests... wow!) Firefox has momentum. Momentum matters a lot in > software platforms/standards. > > P. > > > On Sep 03, 2008, at 09:20, Reinier Battenberg wrote: > > >> making a prediction is very hard. Firefox has a *lot* of extentions that >> currently is their big advantage. >> >> Why they have a role to play, i think, is very nicely anwsered in the >> stephen >> fry movie that simon posted yesterday. It is a proper version of the >> opensource pitch i gave at barcamp last friday and explains free software >> very well. >> >> ftp://www.etech.ug/GNU/Happy_Birthday_GNU.ogv >> if you run winblows and have no ogv support yet, you can get VLC from >> here: >> >> http://hosting.mountbatten.net/downloads/Download/AccessTheInternet/VLCMediaPlayer/ >> >> >> rgds, >> >> Reinier Battenberg >> Director >> Mountbatten Ltd. >> +256 782 801 749 >> www.mountbatten.net >> >> On Wednesday 03 September 2008 09:12:02 joseph mpora wrote: >> >>> Anybody want to predict which will be the dominant browsers five years >>> from now? >>> >>> I think Firefox will be the loser. IE is backed by Microsoft, Safari >>> by Apple and Chrome by Google. Can Firefox compete? >>> >>> Why is Firefox popular? Why does Firefox have a bigger share of the >>> browser users than Opera or other free downloadable browsers? >>> >>> These are the questions Google will have to answer to compete with >>> Firefox and then to eventually take on IE and Safari. >>> >>> J >>> >>> On 9/3/08, Simon Vass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/02/google_ch >>>> rome_comic_funnies/ >>>> >>>> Reinier Battenberg wrote: >>>> >>>>> rest asure, it *is* an advert. >>>>> >>>>> and it worked wonderfully, not so? >>>>> >>>>> Quoting joseph mpora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>>> >>>>>> Read the first 10 or so pages of their (google chrome) comic. >>>>>> Everything they say makes sense, but it could be a cleverly worded >>>>>> advert. >>>>>> >>>>>> J >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Kenneth Kabagambe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> IE8 beta! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Reinier Battenberg >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> webkit is extremely standard-compliant, so the sooner FF & Chrome >>>>>>>> shoot IE6 >>>>>>>> back into a history we all want to forget really soon, the marrier. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> rgds, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Reinier Battenberg >>>>>>>> Director >>>>>>>> Mountbatten Ltd. >>>>>>>> +256 782 801 749 >>>>>>>> www.mountbatten.net >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tuesday 02 September 2008 12:24:16 Mark Tinka wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tuesday 02 September 2008 13:48:01 joseph mpora wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Google is launching an open source web browser to compete >>>>>>>>>> with Internet Explorer and Firefox. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Here we go again, yet-another-browser-war. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This should be interesting... :-). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Mark. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> LUG mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>>>>>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >>>>>>>> (including attachments if any). 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