the_pm
12-20-2004, 11:38 AM
More proof that optimizing for one browser or a small group of browsers is, and always has been, a very, very bad idea.
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=node/view/8873
In Autumn of 2004 we have seen a dramatic increase in customer usage of the Mozilla/Firefox browser on our Web site. Mozilla has positioned their Firefox browser as a more secure, faster tool for browsing the Internet. Firefox has received a lot of visibility in the press, and this is contributing to the rapid conversion rates in our user population.
In order to support our customer's efforts to better control their online experiences (through the use of browser choice, security related issues and speed) we need to ensure that all pages will successfully render in this tool. To fail to do so would be a conflict with our Total Customer Experience (TCE) goals.
Effective immediately, HP.com will formally adopt the Firefox browser as a standard browser.
http://h10014.www1.hp.com/news/nov04.html#four
DID YOU KNOW THAT MOZILLA IS THE #2 BROWSER ON HP.COM?
Our latest browser technology statistics indicate that the use of Mozilla is increasing dramatically in our Web audience. The advent of Firefox has been a major catalyst for Web users to switch to Mozilla. This browser has received widespread publicity recently, including an article in the Wall Street Journal (scroll down to browsing safely subhead).
As a result, after IE6, Mozilla is the most popular browser used to access HP.com. Fortunately, our HTML pages render very similarly on Firefox to the way they render in IE. However, we are getting a rapidly increasing stream of complaints from our Firefox customers about portions of our site -- especially Web applications -- that do not work in Firefox. Often our Firefox customers are faced with unfriendly error messages, and missing functionality.
Take Action Now!
Download Firefox browser from Mozilla's web site http://www.mozilla.org/.
Test your pages in Firefox
Make sure your Web Section is as smooth and polished in Firefox as it is in IE. Don't let your customers find your bugs first!
Lovin' it! On IWDN, we've been having an Opera v. Mozilla battle - how's that for a modren-age browser war? ;) IE doesn't even register on the radar when it comes to talking about browser functionality, security and industry standards compliance. Opera of course is exercising its dominance in the mobile computing industry, and FireFox is working on supplanting IE as the most favored browser in use (it'll take some time, but it's picking up steam). If you weren't convinced before of the universal nature of the Web and the importance of understanding standards and semantically correct markup, hopefully you're starting to understand the writing on the wall.
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=node/view/8873
In Autumn of 2004 we have seen a dramatic increase in customer usage of the Mozilla/Firefox browser on our Web site. Mozilla has positioned their Firefox browser as a more secure, faster tool for browsing the Internet. Firefox has received a lot of visibility in the press, and this is contributing to the rapid conversion rates in our user population.
In order to support our customer's efforts to better control their online experiences (through the use of browser choice, security related issues and speed) we need to ensure that all pages will successfully render in this tool. To fail to do so would be a conflict with our Total Customer Experience (TCE) goals.
Effective immediately, HP.com will formally adopt the Firefox browser as a standard browser.
http://h10014.www1.hp.com/news/nov04.html#four
DID YOU KNOW THAT MOZILLA IS THE #2 BROWSER ON HP.COM?
Our latest browser technology statistics indicate that the use of Mozilla is increasing dramatically in our Web audience. The advent of Firefox has been a major catalyst for Web users to switch to Mozilla. This browser has received widespread publicity recently, including an article in the Wall Street Journal (scroll down to browsing safely subhead).
As a result, after IE6, Mozilla is the most popular browser used to access HP.com. Fortunately, our HTML pages render very similarly on Firefox to the way they render in IE. However, we are getting a rapidly increasing stream of complaints from our Firefox customers about portions of our site -- especially Web applications -- that do not work in Firefox. Often our Firefox customers are faced with unfriendly error messages, and missing functionality.
Take Action Now!
Download Firefox browser from Mozilla's web site http://www.mozilla.org/.
Test your pages in Firefox
Make sure your Web Section is as smooth and polished in Firefox as it is in IE. Don't let your customers find your bugs first!
Lovin' it! On IWDN, we've been having an Opera v. Mozilla battle - how's that for a modren-age browser war? ;) IE doesn't even register on the radar when it comes to talking about browser functionality, security and industry standards compliance. Opera of course is exercising its dominance in the mobile computing industry, and FireFox is working on supplanting IE as the most favored browser in use (it'll take some time, but it's picking up steam). If you weren't convinced before of the universal nature of the Web and the importance of understanding standards and semantically correct markup, hopefully you're starting to understand the writing on the wall.