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Firefox Record
We’ve been MIA the last couple of days because, among other things:
- There is nothing new to say about IE8 and all it’s suckiness.
- Eurocup is occupying some of our research time.
- Following the Firefox record occupied the rest of the time we devoted to exposing IE8 suckiness.
But don’t be scared, IE8 Beta 2 is just around the corner (about two to three months to be a little bit more exact) and we are sure we will have tons of information to post.
In the meantime we’ll keep our eyes open for any new developments on the IE8 front.
Let’s show Microsoft what a piece of crap browser he has !!!
Tomorrow is an special day, is the day our beloved Firefox 3 is released, and all the browser lovers, are willing to see this every day tool to be used more than Internet Explorer which is a shame and the most hated software out there, I can bet; so tomorrow, let’s take 3 minutes, to download and install this browser, every download counts. Mozilla, the peoples behind Firefox, are trying to make a Guinness record, the software most downloaded in 24 hr, u can check all the information here:
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord
So peoples, let’s do it.
Let’s show Microsoft, that he can take that piece of crap browser and introduce it where the back lose his name.
The Pledge
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord Take the pledge, spread the word, download Firefox and help us get rid of the IE nightmare once and for all.
Firefox 3 ready for public.
Firefox 3 Beta 4 has been released, and is now available for download. test
This is a list of CSS improvements for Firefox 3:
- The
displayproperty’sinline-blockandinline-tablevalues are now implemented. - The
font-size-adjustproperty now works on all platforms; previously it was only supported on Windows. rgba()andhsla()support forcolor(bug 147017):defaultpseudo-class support (bug 302186)-moz-max-content,-moz-min-content,-moz-fit-content, and-moz-availablevalues have been added towidth,min-width, andmax-width(bug 311415 and bug 402706)- HTML soft hyphens (
) are now supported. - Pre-formatted tabs work much better in proportional fonts, following the CSS 2.1 spec.
- The
ime-modeproperty is supported. - The CSS
text-renderingproperty for HTML is now supported (bug 387969). -moz-border-*-startand-moz-border-*-endCSS properties are implemented (bug 74880).-moz-initialis now implemented for almost all CSS properties (exceptquotesand-moz-border-*-colors) bug 80887.window.getComputedStyle()now supports all supported CSS properties (bug 316981).content’snonevalue is now supported (bug 378535).cursor’snonevalue is now supported (bug 346690).- Background images now properly clip to a
-moz-border-radius(bug 24998). white-space’spre-wrapvalue is now supported (bug 261081).- Selectors like :first-child, :only-child, :last-child (bug 73586), :empty (bug 98997), or the + combinator (bug 229915) are now updated dynamically (bug 401291).
- Negative
z-indexvalues are supported correctly.
What can i say about the improved performace:
- Reliability. Firefox 3 now stores bookmarks, history, cookies, and preferences in a transactionally secure database format. This means your data is protected against loss even if your system crashes.
- Speed. Firefox 3 has gotten a performance boost by completely replacing the part of the software that handles drawing to your screen, as well as to how page layout work is handled.
- Memory use reduced. Firefox 3 is more memory efficient than ever, with over 300 memory “leak” bugs fixed and new features to help automatically locate and dispose of leaked memory blocks.
And so much more. I think that this time, Microsoft’s IE is going down. The numbers of Firefox download are increasing. Even my mom is using Firefox.
Is still a beta. but can’t wait till is ready, i’m already using it. 
A Simple Browser Comparisson
This link does a good job of illustrating the differences between browsers:
http://operawatch.com/news/2007/09/opera-vs-firefox-vs-internet-explorer-picture.html
If you are still using Internet Explorer please join us on 2008:
Note: It’s funny, but Apple makes a better browser for Windows than Microsoft.
What’s The Point?
Some people have asked us: “What’s the point of this blog?” or “What are you trying to accomplish with it?” We don’t have a reals reason and apart from ridding the world from Internet Explorer, we don’t plan to accomplish anything with it. Truth be told, one day, after finalizing a website, and forgetting to test it on IE (we know, how dumb) we get a call from our client telling us: “What’s wrong with you guys? This website looks like shit” We quickly fired up firefox and saw our website looking perfect and working even better when it hit us, we forgot to test it on IE. At this point we opened IE7, Safari & Opera and found that website was working perfectly on them as well but we were not so lucky with IE7
Then, after hours beating our heads constantly trying to get all elements of a website to work correctly on IE7 and sacrificing some design and functionality, we call the client to let her know that everything should be fine now.
To our surprise we get a call back from her 30 minutes later asking us to please stop wasting her time and fix her website. We looked at each other wondering what was going on when suddenly, IE6. sure enough, the website look like hell on IE6.
Four hours later, including the time spent swearing at Bill Gates we had our own little “frankensteinian” website that worked well enough and looked ok enough in all browsers.
We called our client a third time and after hanging up we were all ready for some beers when suddenly, another call. This one wasn’t so bad but our client instructed us that there where still elements that look out of place. We open IE6 while still on the phone with her and saw that the website was looking correctly on our end. So after 15 minutes of going back and forth with settings and searching the internet, we had our client send us a screen print. To our surprise, for some strange and undocumented reason, the website was dropping some of the floated block elements making it look incorrect.
To be more precise, the same version of IE6, on two different computers, with the same operating system, monitor resolution, etc, were displaying a website on two different ways.
I hope this little story has helped you understand us a little bit better and now you can join us in our quest to make all web developers live easier.
