I will admit, before I started getting too design savvy, I was one of the many people who was reluctant to try out Firefox despite the urgings of all my tech-y friends. In my mind, IE worked just fine so what was the deal? I don’t really remember what initially caused me to cross over – whether it was sheer peer pressure or IE displaying something (now not-surprisingly) wonky – but after some research I am left kinda wondering what IE is still doing out in the marketplace. According to browser usage statistics, not a whole lot anymore.
IE’s rates have dropped significantly over the past couple of years. Due to what? Probably the fact that their software is severely behind the times with current web technologies. If web designers need to code separately for their pages to display correctly within IE, that’s a sign that they either need to get with it or step out. Well, in my opinion at least.
I will say that I do still have IE installed on my laptop. Primarily to check for these discrepancies when I’m coding, but (very occasionally) I’ll sometimes pop it open if I’m in a hurry and just looking to grab something real quick. I’ll give them a small hand for their quick startup time. But that’s where it ends. Firefox has the market nailed. Not only are they current with the changing technologies, but all of their add-ons really allow users to customize their browsing experience.
Next browser trial will be Google Chrome, which is creeping up there in statistics also. While they appear to be just as good with displaying webpages (and quickly), I’m not sure on their customization – one of my favorite features of Firefox.
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