Are you done with Browser war or not?

Dec 14, 2007

Firefox Rules! Opera is the fastest browser! Internet Explorer is best because it has the biggest market share!

Aren’t you tired with all this ? Well, which browser we use and which not is something of personal choice and if someone is happy in accessing the websites in distorted way (because it’s meant to be built for Internet Explorer only) then let them use it, why do you have to poke your nose in it?

The browser war all heated up again, after Opera decided to file AntiTrust complaint against Microsoft (for making the browser market as monopoly, as they provide IE only with Windows). Well, to all their credit, they’ve raised the voice on some solid point which was overlooked for so many years. I think it makes sense that if the users are given the choice of the browsers and let them decide which one they want to use.

As seen on Mashable, Microsoft replied back with this statement :

“We believe the inclusion of the (IE) browser into the operating system benefits consumers, and that consumers and PC manufacturers are already free to choose to use any browsers they wish. Internet Explorer has been an integral part of the Windows operating system for over a decade and supports a wide range of Web standards.�?

Well, I think Microsoft should have taken a positive approach. They should have agreed to install other browsers on OS and slapped the complaint of Opera. This would have proved that Microsoft is confident about their product and that they think that the market share is just not because of the fact that it’s pre-installed with windows.

What ever, happens I’ll say that I’m done with all these stupid things and I’ll say that let user be the judge of what they want to use. What about you ? Do you use a browser just because they market it well or you use it because you find it useful ?

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