Richard, did you ask this global company why they've dropped their own svg investments long time ago?
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Richard Gnyla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Francis Hemsher wrote: > > >Hi Ricard, > >As a long-time web developer, trying to make cross-browser stuff > >work, therefore initially designing to the lowest common > >denominator, had been a difficult journey. Happily, a few years ago, > >I abandoned AOL and Apple's lag in picking up IE's capablities. And, > >also, the bleeding hearts of Netscape, who most times confused the > >issue, and always fell flat on their face whenever they issued a new > >browser version. > >Let's face reality, Firefox is just another temporary blip on the > >scope of confusing web development. After all, do you really believe > >that MS will include Firefox in their future Windows updates? > >Sure, if you are just a web browsing type of a viewer, then it > >probably just dandy. But if you want to develop sites that have > >serious substance, then you must base your design on the resident > >capablities of the IE browser. > >Francis > > > > > > > > > >--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, "richard_gnyla" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I have in the last few days been reading a lot about the upcoming > >>Firefox with native SVG out in July. > >> > >>What i have found interesting is the several sites that are > >> > >> > >dedicated > > > > > >>to Firefox and also some of the news floating about. > >> > >>Since Firefox was realeased in November there have been over 61 > >>million downloads taking 5% share from IE and continually growing, > >> > >> > >AOL > > > > > >>is also basing its next browser on Firefox. There is a download > >>counter on www.spreadfirefox.com > >> > >>More information on www.spreadfirefox.com - an open source > >> > >> > >marketing > > > > > >>site where the community gets together to help get Firefox more > >> > >> > >popular. > > > > > >>If Firefox continues at this rate then can Adobe / Macromedia > >> > >> > >really > > > > > >>ignore SVG if they want to go up against M$ in the vector wars? > >> > >>According to statistics, Firefox has 22% of browser market in > >> > >> > >Germany. > > > > > >>Richard > >> > >> > > > >Firefox a blip on the market, are you really going to ignore these numbers as shown on this map http://www.spreadfirefox.com/? q=node/view/15888 > > > > > With these numbers going up i think its important to make software work > for both browsers. > > Im not saying Firefox will overtake IE but can you really ignore this > market. I develop software ideas and one of our clients will only use > our software if it will work with Firefox, the company is global and > the contract could be worth large if we are succesful. > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
