[access-uk] Re: Firefox rather than IE 8
- From: "James & Nash" <james.austin1984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:48:36 +0100
Firefox is just one example of a good stable open source product. In my
experience, the fact that there are plenty of folks constantly watching open
source application generally means that they are more stable because folks can
watch and correct errors and bugs almost as soon as they appear. They can also
implement new features.
Open Source applications are also generally free - but not always.
Unfortunately, there seems to be a mentality among some folks even in business
such as some Universities that free and Open Source means that they are not
necessarily as good as some commercial applications. This is not always the
case. I wonder how much money Universities would save if they all migrated to
Linux and used Open Office. However I don't think this will ever happen.
Take care
James, Lyn, Nash and Twinny
----- Original Message -----
From: Eleanor Burke
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:48 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Firefox rather than IE 8
Why?
Eleanor
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Beasley
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:21 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Firefox rather than IE 8
I entirely disagree.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Lloyd
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 7:30 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Firefox rather than IE 8
Just to add some balance, here's some disadvantages to Firefox.
Firstly, open source doesn't mean more stable, it generally means less
stable. That is why major businesses around the world in the main won't
entertain the idea of open source applications. Unless you are a programmer
and plan to download the source and modify it yourself, open source should
never really be a selling point. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of good
stuff going on in the open source world, Rockbox being a good example but there
will be many that will let you know that they've downloaded the latest release
that's been hacked around by inexperienced developers and had to revert back to
earlier versions.
Another drawback is that major businesses and organisations generally
don't invest much time testing a multitude of browsers and Firefox, although
growing in popularity, will always be down the pecking order after at least the
current and previous versions or two of internet explorer. That means it may
not be tested as well and may expose bugs that the developer is unaware of that
could cause browser issues. This could lead to missing information on a web
page or loss of functionality at best to at worst exposing security
vulnerabilities.
Finally, I haven't experienced any improvement in performance at all
between Firefox and internet explorer and really there's so little difference
in functionality that I really don't see what Firefox brings to the table that
IE hasn't for some considerable time apart from the Web Visam add on.
Regards.
Kevin Lloyd
E-mail: kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: James & Nash
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:28 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Firefox rather than IE 8
Hi Eleanor,
In my experience, FF seems to be much quicker and there are a lot of
cool plugins including Webvisim which allows you to solve CAPCHAS. Also, FF is
open source, which means that it is very stable as there are a lot of folks
constantly looking at the code so that it can be fixed faster when there are
bugs etc. It's jsut a shame that it does not work with Voice Over on Mac OS X
at the moment but hopefully this will be fixed later this year.
Hope this helps
Take care
James Lyn Nash & Twinny
----- Original Message -----
From: Eleanor Burke
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:51 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Firefox rather than IE 8
Can someone tell me the advantages of firefox instead of Internet
Explorer. I have been looking at the Firefox Web Browser and I choose to look
something up in both, I seem to just get the same results.
Eleanor
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