Firefox fanbase reaches new high

BBC ^ | 11/4/05 | n/a

[ShadowAce]

[mlc9852]

Love it.

[CodeToad]

"reaches new high"


The FireFox base are pot smokers?

[frogjerk]

[Mr. K]

ok so... millions of people are using firefox (for free)

what is the big deal? are these independantly wealthy prople progaming firefox just for fun? no money is changing hands...??

I just dont get how this is important

[ShadowAce]

no money is changing hands...??

Same thing for IE, Opera, Konqueror, Lynx,....

What's your point?

[Moral Hazard]

"I just dont get how this is important"

As a user of Firefox I like to see its share increase because it means that more sites will likely move to being w3c standards compliant (and thus supported by Firefox) rather than tailoring their sites to the peculiarities of Internet Explorer and breaking Firefox compatibility.

[TommyDale]

"I just dont get how this is important"

It now has 14 or 15 times as many users as Apple Safari?

[thoughtomator]

Anything that causes a reduction in the number of "IE-only" sites is a good thing. (Some sites are IE-only in that they use a function that is custom to the IE browser rather than something more widely supported.)

[mcshot]

I use and enjoy Firefox but detect Mozilla's mail client Thunderbird as my saved inbox disappeared over a few days never to be seen again. When troubleshooting the problem I noted over a thousand pages devoted to mail problems - so back to OE I went.

mc

[Antoninus]

The Fox Rox.

[Names Ash Housewares]

hmmm I thought maybe the DVD got re-released from the subject title.....

[Moral Hazard]

"I use and enjoy Firefox but detect Mozilla's mail client Thunderbird as my saved inbox disappeared over a few days never to be seen again. When troubleshooting the problem I noted over a thousand pages devoted to mail problems - so back to OE I went."

So how many pages have you found on security problems with Outlook Express?

Given that virtually every widespread virus has depended on security vulnerabilities in OE there's no way I would ever use it.

[zeugma]

Useful URLS:

• SpreadFireFox.com
• Mozilla.org
• FireFox at Mozilla.org
• Thunderbird at Mozilla.org
• MozillaZine
• FireFox Extensions
• Thunderbird extenstions

[clyde asbury]

The research also reveals that Americans are the biggest fans of Firefox with 14.1% using it.

The author assumes too much here. Users of software are not necessarily advocates or "fans."

[knews_hound]

FYI

[N3WBI3]

We are on the cusp of actual competition in the consumber browser market for the first time in more than 5 years, thats pretty imporant..

[raybbr]

I use and enjoy Firefox but detect Mozilla's mail client Thunderbird as my saved inbox disappeared over a few days never to be seen again.

Use the Mozilla suite. It has a mail server. I have been using it for three years now.

[Mr. K]

I see your point, and understand competition is good, but what are the econimic driving forces?

Is Firefox being developed for free? Who is paying the bills for their web site, graphics.. etc..

If it is all donated time by deeply concerned geeks then more power to them...

But lets say Firefox took over completely... then what?

Where is the law of supply and demand goign to make this mean something?

I can only think of giving away free software in terms of destroying a marketplace.

For example, all the free food we send to 'starving' countries puts more farmers out of business... then makes the famine worse.

Firefox may drive everyone else out of the market 9because it is given away free) but then who has any financial incentive to invest time and money into innovation from that point on?