Comments on: Fall 2009 Web Browser Outlook

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:15:03 +0000

Midori isn’t a major player.
Internet Explorer IS going away.
Balances are shifting – Chromium is superb, Opera 10 is excellent, and Firefox is a swiss army knife.

Firefox can’t go away, but the others can fight it out between themselves.

The only one that doesn’t enter the equation for me is Internet Explorer because it is the Microsoft tool for domination.

By: orlando

orlando — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:10:11 +0000

tanstaaf

correcting my sentence:

“Until now ( 09/30/2009 ), there are no public and positive facts that invalidate the following affirmation: Microsoft is not interested in the progress of HTML 5. But perhaps Steve Ballmer is thinking right now: ‘i would like to advance HTML5, yeah! i will talk with the IE team now!’

By: Tanstaafl

Tanstaafl — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:12:42 +0000

I’m using Chrome as my primary. Fast and effortless. Firefox is just too stodgy–glad to hear they are focusing on startup performance. However, even if it was fast, I think I like the UI of chrome better now. It will be a tough sell to get me back to firefox.

Orlando: Ascribing motivation is not helpful–focus on behavior. In other words, SVG is not supported currently. That’s a statement of behavior. “Not interested” is a hard claim to substantiate unless you are on Microsoft’s BOD.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:22:34 +0000

I’ll suggest Ti-Took (titook.net) as well. A sefe web browsing platform with a built-in web browser based on Google Chrome.

By: madnessjack

madnessjack — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:25:33 +0000

IE is the default for the majority of users. It doesn’t matter if we like it or not, it’s not going away.

I would also like to point out that HTML5 is a draft so we shouldn’t expect it to be in browsers, to start using it now would be foolish because the spec could change.

By: orlando

orlando — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:20:10 +0000

Microsot is not interested in the progress of HTML 5. Examples:

. SVG not supported
. ACID 3 terribly supported ( 15- compliance versus +95 the other browsers )
. completely absent in WHATWG and WC3 HTML5 working groups ( until recently , with a lightly participation )
. canvas not supported and no formal plans to support this and the other HTML5 main features
. etc
. etc

I don’t like to say it, but it is game over for Internet Explorer, the web won ( silverlight, active x, propietary extensions, un-commoditazion of protocols are gone ).

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:37:41 +0000

Feel free to write a summary of what the Midori developers are doing.

By: Markus

Markus — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:15:50 +0000

What about Midori?

By: Igorette (igorette) 's status on Tuesday, 29-Sep-09 19:55:28 UTC - Identi.ca

Igorette (igorette) 's status on Tuesday, 29-Sep-09 19:55:28 UTC - Identi.ca — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:55:46 +0000

[...] http://www.markdeepwell.com/2009/09/fall-2009-web-browser-outlook/ [...]