Firefox 3.5 passes IE7 as most widely used browser

Firefox 3.5 has recently overtaken Internet Explorer 7 as the most widely used browser according to StatCounter. The belief is that more people are switching to Firefox because of its added speed and better adherence to widely accepted web standards.

What does this mean for website patrons? As browsers that poorly adhere to web standards, such as Internet Explorer, decline in use developers are able to utilize more advanced techniques (such a CSS3). These techniques empower developers to improve the end user experience by making sites more interactive and responsive. It also insures that web pages will look more uniform across a wider range of browsers without having to use special Internet Explorer "hacks". By minimizing the time developers spend on special-case formatting and tweaking more time can be spent on optimization and other techniques which makes sites faster and easier to use.

First Scribe continues to monitor technology trends in order to provide the best possible end user experience on sites we design. Contact us today for more information.

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AOL Drops Netscape Development

AOL is planning to stop all development on the Netscape browser beginning February 1, 2008.

Netscape spent the mid 1990s at the top of the heap of web browsers holding a 90% share in users. By the end of 2006 the usage share of Netscape browsers fell to less than 1% of total users and the end was in sight.

We are sad to see the end of the Netscape era. Competition is sorely needed in the browser ranks and this signifies the end of a quality player.

The First Scribe folks rely heavily on the Mozilla Firefox browser for every-day use. Firefox provides good usability, solid security as well as HTML standards.

We take pride in testing all sites on Mac and Windows in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 as well as Firefox and Safari.

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