Firefox vs. IE (no holy wars, jersk)

[Slinky Ferret]

Ok seeing as some people are still IE lovers let me throw one little interesting comment into this foray.

Web developers have spent the past few years mainly testing in IE6 because there was no other main browser. During this time various standards have been introduced which Microsoft time and time again refuse to partake.

This will explain why if you are navigating certain sites in FF they appear broken or difficult to read. Why? Well thats because the developer did not test the site in FireFox and has written code developed for IE6 which must I add does not interpret CSS2 correctly.

What infuriates me is that IE7 still will not conform to CSS2. What is the point in having a new browser if it still contains the same bugs?!!

I use firefox because I loved the tabs feature in Netscape, I loved the way most things look, I like the fact that I can skin it and add accessibility toolbars. I like the fact that it lets me choose if I want to allow popups or not.

I know firefox isn't perfect, but what I love about it (as well as other Open Source software such as PHP and MySQL) is the whole community aspect, that people love the product and want to encourage its use because it interprets the standards alot better than IE6 as well as the whole principle behind it.

I still use IE6 for certain things: windows update, checking hotmail and testing websites. But FireFox fulfils everything that IE6 does and better. At least try it!