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Firefox 4 infographic from Mozilla taunts IE9
For the most part Rouget relies in Firefox's pure, numerical superiority, rather than real-world use cases. Firefox 4 supports more of the HTML5 and CSS3 standards. Firefox implements almost the entire JavaScript API, as opposed to IE9's mediocre 48%. Firefox supports more Web technologies. To really drive it home, the infographic even shows how Firefox 3.5 and 3.6 are superior to Microsoft's latest offering.
Don't be mesmerized by the tawdry typography, though: with juicy propaganda it's always what isn't said that matters. There is no mention of IE9's hyperspeed JavaScript engine, Chakra. There's no mention of pinned tabs or per-process tabs or Tracking Protection Lists. It feels a bit like a scrawny, bespectacled geek throwing stones at a fat billionaire with three trophy wives -- the nerd is probably right, but the pimp doesn't really care.
There's no doubt that Firefox 4 implements a broader range of Web technologies -- and don't get us wrong, it is an excellent browser -- but more stuff doesn't necessarily equate to better stuff. You can do a lot more with a pick-up truck than a Ferrari, but choosing which one you want to drive isn't necessarily an easy decision
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Subscribe to commentsSpeedGunFeb 15th 2011 12:51PM
"There is no mention of IE9's hyperspeed JavaScript engine, Chakra. There's no mention of pinned tabs or per-process tabs or Tracking Protection Lists."
Perhaps you forgot to mention Firefox 4's new JS engine. Or the fact that Firefox 4 has "app tabs" or that Electrolysis will probably hit FF4 this year or that FF4 supports the "Do Not Track Header" or...
In your attempt to provide some equal ground for both browsers you left out the fact that FF4 support what IE9 supports, but better. I'm very surprised you are hinting that FF4 is a dinged up pickup compared the "Ferrari" that IE9 supposedly is.
Plus, the point of the info-graphic was not to say that IE9 is missing all these "cool" features that you mentioned, but it was to show that IE9 is lacking in a lot of basic HTML5 and CSS3 features. And I don't know about anyone else but that is a BIG deal.
AemonyFeb 15th 2011 1:20PM
@SpeedGun
http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/10/07/html5-not-ready-for-general-open-web-deployment-says-w3c-html5-suffering-interoperability-issues-w3c-to-implement-api-changes-as-cross-browser-functionality-still-not-perfected/
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 15th 2011 1:33PM
@SpeedGun Aemony's link is a good one!
The problem is, raw standards support is not necessarily a good thing. I mean, if anything it will drive the progress of next-generation browsers -- but don't be fooled into thinking that we're going to see massive adoption of HTML5 by big-name Web service providers for a while yet!
IE9 was designed with real/applicable/human factors as prime concerns, not so much the future of the Web, which is Mozilla's concern.
MikeFeb 15th 2011 4:20PM
@Sebastian Anthony see that is the problem though. One of the large reasons you will not see a major adoption of the new technologies isn't because people aren't wanting to but rather because we need to deal with the lowest common denominator. That lowest point of access is any version of IE. with IE9 not even trying to hit on the new items the "real world" example are created to deal with the limitation that is IE.
SilverWaveFeb 16th 2011 2:57AM
@Sebastian Anthony
>raw standards support is not necessarily a good thing
???
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 15th 2011 4:24PM
@Mike Hey, it took years for Flash to be adopted, too!
We now have every big browser on the HTML5 band wagon. For once, they're all mostly aligned on the future of the Web.
If IE eschews bleeding edge tech for more stability/speed/etc -- I don't think that's a bad thing.
MxxConFeb 15th 2011 4:43PM
@Sebastian Anthony do you call following html5 specs as "bleeding edge"? if so then it's still MS's onus to make ie9 stable. if they want to become more relevant, they'll have to adopt those features sooner or later, and the sooner the better.
as for forgoing some features in favor of speed...notepad is very fast too, but how useful is it?
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 16th 2011 9:06AM
@MxxCon AFAIK, MS basically based IE9 on what users and website developers want _right now_. Yes, that doesn't necessarily drive forward the bleeding edge of the Web. But at the same time, is it really helpful to have two bleeding edge competitors?
Put it this way, I would probably recommend IE9 to my friends and family. I use Firefox 4.
TraceFeb 15th 2011 8:02PM
For the sake of argument I want someone from the Chrome team to do this against FF4.
SpeedGunFeb 15th 2011 9:26PM
@Trace
I'm quite sure that Chrome has some advantages, but on the major stuff Firefox 4 is equal to or even better then Chrome. Plus FF4 is much more friendly to addon devs and is fully customizable by the end user.
Luc SuccesFeb 15th 2011 10:32PM
Too bad Microsoft won't be smart enough to make their hard work cross-platform. IE9 will never be what Firefox is and has been for years now simply because it's tied to Windows which is never a pleasure to use. Even Windows 7, which by the way is a very good operating system, i will never use of Mac OS X or Linux.
SaisFeb 16th 2011 12:59AM
Why do nerds think their need is the universial need? :)
SilverWaveFeb 16th 2011 3:00AM
The main issue with ie are:
Its IE so by definition unsafe.
It takes ms too long to develop and release so ppl look at it now and it looks ho hum...
XP only.
If you dont pay (and keep paying) then ms dont let you play.
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 16th 2011 9:07AM
@SilverWave Do you use any other software that was released in 2001...?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP
SilverWaveFeb 16th 2011 2:11PM
@Sebastian Anthony
Well ms were still flogging this up to 1 year ago IIRC...
And LOTS of businesses are still running it.
What are the figure for ppl still on xp 50%?
MS are leaving them high and dry.
Luckily there are orgs like Mozilla who actually take the open web stuff seriously.
With ms its always "Show me the money."
Hugh JassolMar 20th 2011 11:22PM
@Sebastian Anthony - why do you care what he uses, or when it was released? You're so edgy and hip, aren't you? Gotta' be on the cutting edge, right? I'll bet you were a big fan of DOS 6.0, too. Nah, you were probably still crawling up your Momma's drapes right about then.
Sebastian AnthonyMar 21st 2011 6:42AM
@Hugh Jassol That's me, Hugh, edgy and hip. Yo.