Grampy said:
SuperDave said:
Which browser is best really depends on what you're using it for. I find IE tends to run the fastest of the four major ones (FF, IE, Opera, Chrome), whereas Firefox tends to run the slowest and is a major memory hog.
If, like me you're a web developer however, Firebug and the Error Console are what really sets Firefox apart from the crowd. IE on the other hand is a terrible browser for web development since it's the worst of the browsers in terms of the acid test and javascript support.
If all you do is browse websites casually, then really no browser is any better then the next imo. |
I develop and maintain websites for a University and I basically agree with you about the disadvantages of IE for web development but I use it anyway because I know from tracking our monthly web stats that 82-85% of all visitors will be using IE so it has to work optimally in IE. Then I usually test the site in Firefox since a little less than 10% will be uisng it. I mostly use Dreamweaver so I haven't had any big issues between browsers. |
Yeah. I remember having web classes waaay back. My instructor's pet peeve was that IE (then, I dunno now) wasn't W3C standard compliant, yet web devs would optimize their sites for IE because it's the most used.
So what is a standard? The one brought forth by a governing body and/or standards commitee? Or the one used by the majority?
The same issue can also be attributed to Microsoft compilers.
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