The Firefox Thread.
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AkshayS
Chairman of Selectors
Do you really think so?
sohum
Executive member
Interesting. Yet Firefox has more than three times as many users.
Gurjot95
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I'm getting too many crashes with firefox now days. Hope they fix it or I will tend to go with other browser.
Gurjot95
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Surprised by the IE sales even though they are getting down every year.
Chewie
BCCI President
'sales' is not the right word, and IE is so high because lots of companies use it due to it being the default browser in XP, Vista and most versions of 7. A lot of people also don't know to download a different browser, though that proportion is decreasing steadily.
Yes, that's the reason.
The default browser provided by one of the most widely used Operating System has to be on the top, Always!
Chewie
BCCI President
That's why its a good thing that the EU made Microsoft include all the different browsers into the installation, but it means that older people who have no idea what the difference is will be confused.
sohum
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It's not just how long, it's also how feature-ful. Firefox clearly is more feature-ful with their solid add-on framework, whereas Google has struggled to make Chrome even work on all target platforms. In fact, they even have problems on some Windows platforms!
The only issue I have with FF is its start-up time, which I alleviate by keeping it open all the time. And this doesn't place any stress on my computer. FF has allowed me to use one platform for everything from a web browser to an FTP manager to a webpage debugging tool to a database browser due to its extension framework. Chrome's extension framework is premature, comparatively.
I only use Chrome if I don't have FF open already and just need to check something quick. I end up having to open FF anyway because I eventually browse to a page that can suddenly not be displayed or where the Flash controls aren't properly rendered.
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Even though IE has been crap for a couple of a releases, MS still built the brand way back when and most people who use computers still recognize IE. Secondly, you're completely ignoring corporate users, who are a large percentage of internet users. IE6 was the most stable browser back in the 90's and early 2000's and many internal web applications were designed for that platform. Companies aren't just going to throw away cash to redesign that to be platform-independent or targeted towards Firefox or Opera (Chrome doesn't even enter the discussion in a corporate environment).
That's the reason why IE still has such a large market share.
SciD
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IE's highest share come from corporate users as in most offices (non IT of course) you will hardly get anything except Windows XP, IE 6 and Mozilla Thunderbird. 
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sohum
Executive member
Probably because you have loaded it with a bunch of add-ons that you don't actually use.
Firefox is basically a much richer application platform. The few Google Extensions I used (stuff for Gmail and Wave) paled in comparison. However, this also means that its up to the end user to be intelligent about what add-ons they actually need.
