Re: [NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE
Amen, amen, amen! Hal Kaplan wrote: > => -Original Message- > => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vince Teachout > => Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 14:48 > => To: ProFox Email List > => Subject: Re: [NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE > => > => Hal Kaplan wrote: > => > Netscape managed to snatch itself from the jaws of > => victory. Personally, I've used Netscape since day one. The > => only reason for using IE is the same reason for not using > => it: MSFT web pages always work better with IE than the competition. > => > > => I used to militantly use Netscape, since version 1.10, > => whenever possible. I eagerly awaited, and immediately > => applied, any upgrades that came out. > => > => > => Then came the fateful day when I eagerly downloaded and > => installed 6.0. > => Within 24 hours I had re-installed 4.78 and vowed never > => again to install a Netscape update until it had been out for > => at least 6 months. > => > => Then I met Opera. Opera. She of the blazing speed, flowing > => tabs and flirtatious mouse gestures . I never looked back, > => and my Netscape is still at 4.78. I literally can't recall > => the last time I used it. > => > > I know what you mean, Vince. Things got very flaky for a while. I am on 7.2 > but from a Mozilla download. It seems to work better than Netscape's 7.2. > Netscape 8 left me with the same feeling as Netscape 6. I haven't tried > Opera but based on your experience with it and our commonality with Netscape > I am going to try it ASAP. Thanks for sharing. > > HALinNY > [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE
=> -Original Message- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vince Teachout => Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 14:48 => To: ProFox Email List => Subject: Re: [NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE => => Hal Kaplan wrote: => > Netscape managed to snatch itself from the jaws of => victory. Personally, I've used Netscape since day one. The => only reason for using IE is the same reason for not using => it: MSFT web pages always work better with IE than the competition. => > => I used to militantly use Netscape, since version 1.10, => whenever possible. I eagerly awaited, and immediately => applied, any upgrades that came out. => => => Then came the fateful day when I eagerly downloaded and => installed 6.0. => Within 24 hours I had re-installed 4.78 and vowed never => again to install a Netscape update until it had been out for => at least 6 months. => => Then I met Opera. Opera. She of the blazing speed, flowing => tabs and flirtatious mouse gestures . I never looked back, => and my Netscape is still at 4.78. I literally can't recall => the last time I used it. => I know what you mean, Vince. Things got very flaky for a while. I am on 7.2 but from a Mozilla download. It seems to work better than Netscape's 7.2. Netscape 8 left me with the same feeling as Netscape 6. I haven't tried Opera but based on your experience with it and our commonality with Netscape I am going to try it ASAP. Thanks for sharing. HALinNY ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: [NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE
Hal Kaplan wrote: Netscape managed to snatch itself from the jaws of victory. Personally, I've used Netscape since day one. The only reason for using IE is the same reason for not using it: MSFT web pages always work better with IE than the competition. I used to militantly use Netscape, since version 1.10, whenever possible. I eagerly awaited, and immediately applied, any upgrades that came out. Then came the fateful day when I eagerly downloaded and installed 6.0. Within 24 hours I had re-installed 4.78 and vowed never again to install a Netscape update until it had been out for at least 6 months. Then I met Opera. Opera. She of the blazing speed, flowing tabs and flirtatious mouse gestures . I never looked back, and my Netscape is still at 4.78. I literally can't recall the last time I used it. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE
=> -Original Message- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Burcaw => Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 14:03 => To: profox@leafe.com => Subject: Re: [NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE => => > I don't trust these numbers. Firefox went up 0.5, IE went => down 0.9 and somebody else had to go up 0.4 to make things => even. Who was that? Netscape? => => Safari I bet. => Well, you might try reading the article. There is nothing new here in terms of choice v. no-choice. Netscape managed to snatch itself from the jaws of victory. Personally, I've used Netscape since day one. The only reason for using IE is the same reason for not using it: MSFT web pages always work better with IE than the competition. HALinNY ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: [NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE
I don't trust these numbers. Firefox went up 0.5, IE went down 0.9 and somebody else had to go up 0.4 to make things even. Who was that? Netscape? Safari I bet. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: [NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE
On 10/5/06, Hal Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: LOL ... at this rate Firefox will be #1 in, let me see h 2048! It's certainly possible. That's not necessarily the point. The good news is that *choice* is returning to a venue where it was gone. I don't trust these numbers. Firefox went up 0.5, IE went down 0.9 and somebody else had to go up 0.4 to make things even. Who was that? Netscape? Well, as a last resort, you could try reading the article. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE
=> -Original Message- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Roche => Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:21 => To: profox@leafe.com => Subject: [NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE => => "Firefox accounted for 12.5 percent of September's global => browser market, said Aliso Viejo, Calif.'s Net Applications. => That's an increase from August's 11.8 percent, which was up => from the 11.3 percent in July. Internet Explorer's share => slipped to 82.1 percent in September, down from August's 83 percent." => => http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/193104314 => => Inch by inch. Resistance is futile. => => -- => => Ted Roche LOL ... at this rate Firefox will be #1 in, let me see h 2048! It's certainly possible. I don't trust these numbers. Firefox went up 0.5, IE went down 0.9 and somebody else had to go up 0.4 to make things even. Who was that? Netscape? This all reminds me of the recent announcement that there are 250,000 people who have AIDS but do not know it, so everyone should get tested for it. It is a statistical crock. HALinNY ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
