Internet Browsers: Why I’m not satisfied!
February 27th, 2008Let me just say this first. I hate being forced to do things specific ways. I despise websites that are only compatible with IE. I hate that Firefox is virtually the only browser to implement useful and reliable development tools. Most of all, I hate that Opera is so gosh darn easy to use.
Now that I have that off my chest… I’d like to confess something. On any given day, here at the office, I use all three browsers. Yes, I’m in the “business”, but I literally have all three browsers open around 90% of the day. It’s like the interweb is mocking me for trying to plug into it… and since it’s always right, I must deserve this mocking.
I use Opera for casual browsing. The fact that most everything Firefox can do, it can do, and it does better. Depending on which skin you use, you can maximize the amount of content you can view. You don’t need browse buttons or tabs since everything is done with gestures. Oh, did I mention gestures? Yeah, I can’t live without gestures. The extent of withdrawal I go through when I’m forced to use IE for more then ten minutes is unbearable.
I use Firefox for web development. Due to the overwhelming amount of tools and add-ons that are available. Just a few of the notable ones FireBug, GreaseMonkey, Web Developer, and NoScript all serve to make my life as a developer easier. Firefox also provides me with a sense of security while I’m surfing. Like a warm blanket, I love surfing the web in a warm fluffy blanket.
I use Internet Explorer as mentioned above, only when needed. I can accept the limited amount of testing I have to do in IE to make sure content renders correctly and javascript works as expected… but when I’m forced to use IE because someone decided that time entry wouldn’t be time entry without using this glowing jewel of individuality, I think I endure a small seizure and my left eye twitches uncontrollably.
Why doesn’t IE go ahead and accept web standards? Why doesn’t Opera get some good developer add-ons?
The interweb tells me all is well. Damn interweb.
8 Responses to “Internet Browsers: Why I’m not satisfied!”
By Ryan Hadley on Feb 27, 2008 | Reply
All-in-one-gestures! Can’t live without it.
By Mike Minton on Feb 27, 2008 | Reply
What is a gesture relative to web browsers? Is it like the middle finger?
By Ryan Hadley on Feb 27, 2008 | Reply
You can use your middle finger if you want. I do. Do most people use a different finger to right click?
By Ben Kaely on Feb 27, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for the tip Ryan! Out of the box, that gesture add-on works quite well. Now, if only I could hook all of my development commands to gestures that I can remember…
By Brady on Feb 27, 2008 | Reply
Firefox has had gestures for years. It’s a simple add-on.
By Cris Barbero on Mar 4, 2008 | Reply
Now I hate ie as much as the next guy. But in all reality most of that hatred comes from the requirement to interface with ie6. What a piece of junk that was. I’ll be honest. IE7 is actually starting to win my time back from FireFox. First of all Firefox can’t deal with the new AJAX’ed Yahoo Mail. What the hell did you do to your javascript engine in version 2 firefox? Whatever it was UNDO IT! Additionally, ie7 is just so much faster than Firefox.
By Cris Barbero on Mar 4, 2008 | Reply
As far as standards are concerned IE8 is poised to be fully compliant (when it ever ships). http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Microsoft_IE8_to_Go_with_Web_Standards/551-87337-643.html
By Ryan Hadley on Mar 4, 2008 | Reply
@Cris The solution to your firefox + yahoo mail issue is to drop yahoo mail because it’s the suck.
Gmail FTW!