Comments on: Browser Wars, Again

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:13:40 +0000

Alistair - Actually most SaaS project software achieve the same functionality. All without Flash. This Project Software for example. I wonder how these PM software will perform on Google Chrome, one of the reasons that I hesitate to use web based Project software is that the performance is NEVER good. There is always a delay on every action.

By: Mozilla Not Worried About Google Browser - GigaOM

Mozilla Not Worried About Google Browser - GigaOM — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:03:11 +0000

[...] GigaOM Interview with John Lilly, CEO, Mozilla Corp. * Browser wars again. * John Lilly on The GigaOM [...]

By: Skyfire Gets $13 Million To Fight Mobile Browser Wars - GigaOM

Skyfire Gets $13 Million To Fight Mobile Browser Wars - GigaOM — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:05:52 +0000

[...] Explorer and Apple’s Safari looking to one-up each other. While that certainly is true, the browser wars on the desktop are not as interesting as the sudden explosion of interest in the browsers on mobile [...]

By: Get ready to manage Silverlight, as MS takes the gloves off | Bitcurrent

Get ready to manage Silverlight, as MS takes the gloves off | Bitcurrent — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:53:08 +0000

[...] Want to see a great example of monopolistic practices? It’s playing out in Browser Wars 2.0. [...]

By: GigaOM Interview: John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla Corp. - GigaOM

GigaOM Interview: John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla Corp. - GigaOM — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:53:15 +0000

[...] did, discussing everything from shortcomings of today’s browsers, Mozilla’s late entry into the world of mobiles, and the Firefox 3.0, which according to him will go final and be ready to download in June 2008. [...]

By: Alistair Croll

Alistair Croll — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:33:27 +0000

@Charles: Wow, you guys did that without Flash? Color me impressed. That’s a lot of functionality to squeeze into a browser.

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:39:10 +0000

@Alistair - You can say that again! LiquidPlanner (which actually is pure browser, no Flash) pushes the limits of the browser hard. In our early testing with Firefox 3 we’ve seen really impressive gains in raw performance. With a project management application that does scheduling, it’s really easy to produce some big complicated pages. The schedule view is a combination of task grids and schedule bars with even more things like “uncertainty” overlays and dependancy graphics layered on. Add to that all the Javascript for things like drag and drop and suddenly memory and object management is a big deal.

By: O.

O. — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:50:52 +0000

From a Windows systems/network management perspective, it would be nice to see non-Microsoft browsers integrate with Group Policies in an Active Directory environment.

I believe that alternative browsers would be adopted much more quickly in some of the larger shops if they could provide the same integration and management features to administrators that MS broswers so, in this regard.

Just my 2c

By: El blog de Martín Arnedo » Blog Archive » La guerra de los navegadores v2.0

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:15:50 +0000

[...] años despues del fin oficial de la guerra, parece que podría reabrirse de nuevo el frente, con actores y estrategias por supuesto diferentes. Por un lado, un Firefox heredero natural del [...]

By: Vuelve la guerra de los navegadores « nibarcomblog

Vuelve la guerra de los navegadores « nibarcomblog — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:43:57 +0000

By: Vuelve la guerra de los navegadores » El Blog de Enrique Dans

Vuelve la guerra de los navegadores » El Blog de Enrique Dans — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:51:32 +0000

By: arjwdotcom

arjwdotcom — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:16:41 +0000

I agree that the wars that browsers are waging now are much harsher than those in the past. But its not just memory management; its making sure that the web remains usable. Meaning everything from semantics, to memory management, to just being transparent to the end user. The browser that does this best wins the better battle.

But if developers don't code things nicely, no amount of fudging by the browser will be able to make up for that.

By: lionheart

lionheart — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:40:57 +0000

Lilly is the Hillary Clinton of tech.

By: Saptarshi

Saptarshi — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:00:11 +0000

There is also browser war going on between javascript performance. I compared the browsers using Mozilla's newly released test called Dromaeo. You can compare the results of different browsers here.

By: Alexander Marktl

Alexander Marktl — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:43:02 +0000

Hopefully that fight around better implementing standards. Nobody wants another IE6 as the end result…