Mozilla Builds a Special Bing'ed Firefox For Microsoft

[Benihana]

[citation][nom]mico12[/nom]Remember ie6. ie sucks not because it's a bad browser (well, sometimes also that) but mostly because when it re-gains monopoly status it will f**k the internet again with it non compatibly and stuff[/citation]
Ah yes, the long hiatus of uselessness. That alone is what keeps me away from IE, just knowing that they've done it once before.

 

[aaron88_7]

[citation][nom]11796pcs[/nom]Remember that IE9 did win in a Browser Grand Prix when it first came out.[/citation]
IE9 was also the fastest web browser to have a security flaw exposed.

I'll stick with Firefox and Chrome

 

[xerroz]

Chrome blows

 

[sonofliberty08]

i hv been using FF for half decade, but just switching to chrome, if FF fix the memory hog problem and not just make the browser look like chrome, then i will be happy to switch back.

 

[tipoo]

I'd be ok with Microsoft buying out Mozilla and integrating their two browsers completely, really. Maybe the end product would be worse than what Mozilla would have made on their own, but at least all the future computers of the world would ship with a half decent browser. Ok, IE9 isn't a screaming mess, but most would agree its still not even close to the worst of the rest of the browsers (safari on Windows apart).

 

[Pilk]

Yeah battle of the browsers continues, i agree with earlier statements and the fact is it does take time and very much effort into developing and testing a browser across all platforms, im a Safari fan i find it works very well for me however there are certain bug issues when it comes to google maps, which they have not been able to sort out. Microsoft is far to brash when t releases new browsers 6 and 8 where about the best we got, it just goes downhill from there, so lets see maybe they can improve if they consider reading this article and its responses!

 

[youssef 2010]

Google chrome all the way

 

[mariusmotea]

Microsoft invests in Bing between 550 and 700 million dollars every three months in development, maintenance and advertising. Payments to Mozilla to change the default search engine is an investment that will surely bring more markeshare to Bing, but also will decrease the marketshare of Firefox. Google will only be affected by this change in the short term, Chrome will gain even more market share, the disadvantage of Firefox

 

[louno]

What people dont understand is that IE is hated by many, not because of its flaws / performance ( which over time might have gotten better ) , but because it doesnt follow the standards...

Most html/css Coders/Integrator hate IE, its like you code something based on html/css standard and it works everywhere but then it doesnt work in IE because Microsoft acts like a baws and doesnt care about standards, but yeah, as long as they keep doing that, people will always download third party browsers and say "IE Sucks"...

 

[gionder]

Does anybody really use Bing? i don't know anyone who does. Oh, BTW, i also don't know anyone who still uses IE as for personal option.

 

[gionder]

are these things truth? i mean, what the guy above said... That sounds, smells and looks like bull___t and a helluva scam. But caught my attention.

 

[jbo5112]

[citation][nom]11796pcs[/nom]As I've been saying, the amount of time and effort Microsoft put into IE9 shows that they actually care about making a good browser. I think the "IE sucks" mentality should be re-evaluated. Remember that IE9 did win in a Browser Grand Prix when it first came out. Hopefully Microsoft can make lots of good improvements in IE10 to catch up with Chrome's speed and features. I do not think that the release cycles that Chrome has are a good idea though. You saw Mozilla try and fail with this concept. You should take your time on making a solid browser instead of just rushing everything out the door with no quality assurance.[/citation]
As IE9 does not run on XP, which my customers run, nor does it run on Linux, which I run, the IE9 evaluation is that it goes straight into the toilet. What use is it to me, if it doesn't run on any systems I support? Remember, XP still has about the same market share as Win7.

 

[slicedtoad]

bing makes me nauseous.

 

[Guest]

IE with IEpro (free) addon added on is the best and fastest , most user friendly, most powerful , compatible, customisable browser you can get.

period.

i hate bing.. google.ca please