Comments on: Why Firefox Only in Alpha http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/ FeedLounge is a state of the art web-based feed reader. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:54:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4-beta by: Programming Tutorials http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-64600 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:15:33 +0000 http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-64600 <strong>Programming Tutorials</strong> I couldn't understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting Programming Tutorials

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting

]]> by: Jon http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-271 Sun, 28 Aug 2005 09:02:27 +0000 http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-271 As a web developer, I completely understand your situation. When design a more dynamic/DHTML site like this, it's definitely understandable to first support a browser that actually implements the standards then fix up stuff in the more non-compliant/non-standard browsers. As a web developer, I completely understand your situation.

When design a more dynamic/DHTML site like this, it’s definitely understandable to first support a browser that actually implements the standards then fix up stuff in the more non-compliant/non-standard browsers.

]]> by: Alex http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-205 Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:28:54 +0000 http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-205 At the moment, the interface won't load in Opera. Looks like Opera doesn't like some of the AJAX code. At the moment, the interface won’t load in Opera. Looks like Opera doesn’t like some of the AJAX code.

]]> by: Louis C. http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-204 Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:56:46 +0000 http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-204 Now I'm really curious. I wanna see if this thing'll work in Opera spoofed as Mozilla. I'm pretty sure it would. Now I’m really curious. I wanna see if this thing’ll work in Opera spoofed as Mozilla. I’m pretty sure it would.

]]> by: Peter Nixey http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-199 Fri, 22 Jul 2005 07:23:42 +0000 http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-199 I wonder if really-rich-apps like Feedlounge are going to mark a shift in users' browser-expectations. You guys are quite rightly viewing the browser as a runtime environment and have developed a platform-independent application which is more than can be said for most desktop apps. Designing for IE is designing for Windows only and when you've got the choice, why limit yourself? Users still view the browser as a rendering tool in which any errors are a result of the designers insufficiencies rather than the browsers' varying spec-interpretations. Getting javascript to work in multiple browsers is not the same game as getting CSS to render correctly though, it's a whole different ballgame. When javascript apps have reached and possibly surpassed desktop-app functionality I hope these expectaions may change. Users might start to realise that requesting that an app work in Opera is requesting a Java app debugged and released for linux. It's nice to have them both but whether it's worth doing depends on the market and is a feature-request not a right. I wonder if really-rich-apps like Feedlounge are going to mark a shift in users’ browser-expectations. You guys are quite rightly viewing the browser as a runtime environment and have developed a platform-independent application which is more than can be said for most desktop apps. Designing for IE is designing for Windows only and when you’ve got the choice, why limit yourself?

Users still view the browser as a rendering tool in which any errors are a result of the designers insufficiencies rather than the browsers’ varying spec-interpretations. Getting javascript to work in multiple browsers is not the same game as getting CSS to render correctly though, it’s a whole different ballgame.

When javascript apps have reached and possibly surpassed desktop-app functionality I hope these expectaions may change. Users might start to realise that requesting that an app work in Opera is requesting a Java app debugged and released for linux. It’s nice to have them both but whether it’s worth doing depends on the market and is a feature-request not a right.

]]> by: Erik Lane http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-198 Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:46:03 +0000 http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-198 No hard feelings. Thanks for the willingness to knock guys like me on the head a time or two before we get it. :-) No hard feelings. Thanks for the willingness to knock guys like me on the head a time or two before we get it. :-)

]]> by: Nathan Smith http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-197 Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:03:28 +0000 http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-197 I think that Microsoft has done it to themselves. Their years of tight-fisted, strong-arming of web users is coming back to bite them. Hopefully IE7 will be more standards compliant, so that y'all won't have too much trouble porting FeedLounge over. I think that Microsoft has done it to themselves. Their years of tight-fisted, strong-arming of web users is coming back to bite them. Hopefully IE7 will be more standards compliant, so that y’all won’t have too much trouble porting FeedLounge over.

]]> by: Josh http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-196 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 23:46:22 +0000 http://feedlounge.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-firefox/#comment-196 Oh, come on Alex. Just admit it. You guys hate Microsoft and want to promote Firefox as much as possible. I kid, I kid. ;) Oh, come on Alex. Just admit it. You guys hate Microsoft and want to promote Firefox as much as possible.

I kid, I kid. ;)

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