Firefox articles

[Mark Holtz]

From ZDNet Australia:

Firefox’s biggest obstacle is lazy programming

The biggest obstacle facing widespread adoption of the Firefox browser is lazy programming – not from the Mozilla Foundation but from corporates that have not tested their applications with anything but IE.

FULL ARTICLE HERE (http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39168780,00.htm)

Firefox snaps at IE's heels

As Firefox marks its five-millionth download and moves to retail stores, a survey showed Microsoft's heavyweight Internet Explorer slipping below 90 percent market share.

FULL ARTICLE HERE (http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39167786,00.htm)

Firefox fortune hunters

Just because Firefox is free and open source doesn't mean developers aren't cashing in on the popularity of the Mozilla Foundation's new browser.

FULL ARTICLE HERE (http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/0,39023165,39167118,00.htm)

[SimpleSimon]

"The biggest obstacle facing widespread adoption of the Firefox browser is lazy programming – not from the Mozilla Foundation but from corporates that have not tested their applications with anything but IE."

Quite right - there's never been a reason to spend the money on testing with other browsers. And there may still not be. It costs a lot of money to deal with it, and they need to be shown that it's worth the expenditure.