From the advent of the popular internet, Internet Explorer has held major market share. It comes installed on almost every computer sold today and functions well enough that the average user never really looked beyond IE to see what other choices are available. For a time there was Netscape, but that browser was short-lived in the internet scheme of things, thus not worth mentioning.

But now competition is again heating up. Mozilla’s Firefox burst onto the scene in a small way but has grown considerably putting a great deal of pressure on Microsoft to tune up and polish Explorer. After all, IE hasn’t seen competition like this in years.

The Bumpy Road of IE
Internet Explorer may be the most well known browser to professionals and casual users alike, but it is by no means perfect. Like many things Microsoft, it is produced with more than a few bugs that take time to identify and work out. And just when the system is working smoothing most of the time, a new version is released that has some improvements, such as tabbed windows and RSS feeds, but also has the kind of bugs that make you wish for something more. (more…)

For years Internet Explorer dominated other web browsers. It was available on every computer and worked well enough to satisfy the majority of users. Then, independent browsers began to make waves. First Netscape appears and disappeared. Then, after a long uninterrupted stretch, a new browser began to gain market share – Mozilla’s Firefox.

Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer may be the standard, but it had some flaws. Without competition to make it necessary for continuous improvements, the browser became stale. The features didn’t improve much and bugs didn’t get fixed. Windows would freeze and nothing new was announced - until there was a good reason to do so.

Introducing Firefox
Firefox is nothing new really; it’s been around for years. Its popularity has been steadily increasing through this time until it’s not only popular with techie geeks, but with casual internet users. Until the latest release of Internet Explorer, Firefox had a few features that really made it stand out. (more…)