January 1, 2005
Web Conferencing Companies Need To Start Supporting All Browsers, Not Just IE
As I have been just reporting in this column Internet Explorer will likely not be the Web browser of choice for the majority of Internet users in 2005.
Photo credit: Philippe Ramakers
Internet Explorer has been rapidly losing market share since the beginning of 2004 and in just the last 12 months it has left on the table over 20% of its previous loyal users.
The issue is of particular concern to Web conferencing, collaboration and live presentation companies who have been betting their cards on technologies that heavily rely on IE presence and which may find that their strategic choice in requiring Microsoft internet Explorer is gradually becoming a critical marketing liability that they hadn't planned for.
Who, among conferencing vendors is in and who is out of the Microsoft IE lock?
July 15, 2004
Numbers Talk: Internet Explorer Will Cease To Be The Most Popular Browser Before December 2005. Start Planning.
In about 6 months Microsoft Internet Explorer has lost nearly 10% of its market share due to security issues and availability of better features and tools inside competing browsers (Opera, Mozilla, Netscape). At this same speed (pessimistic view, as IE loss of market share has dramatically... read more
August 30, 2004
Carry Over Your Best Internet Explorer Features To FireFox
"I have been an explorer user for a long time. The question is not whether I like it or not. The question is, is there something that can reasonably replace it. Between spyware and BHO's changing my home page on a regular basis I was getting annoyed... read more
June 28, 2004
Internet Explorer Users Warned: CERT Recommends Use Of Non-IE Browsers To Protect Personal Information
"A new Internet virus has surfaced that allows hackers to steal passwords, credit card numbers and other personal information when someone merely visits an infected Web site, government computer security experts warned this week. Hundreds of Web sites have been targeted by the virus, which exploits... read more
June 23, 2004
Ciao Internet Explorer: Time To Switch To A New Browser!
"The time has come to dump Internet Explorer. I know, I know — you may have heard the same thing before from those that think it's cool to hate Microsoft; but I'm not one of those guys. I'm actually an MCSE and I happen to like... read more
August 31, 2004
Test IE Compatibility Inside Firefox!
This is something we have been longing for quite a while, and, in my humble opinion, something that can have a profound disrupting role in how IT departments and Web developers will select their Web coding and testing standards. As it appears, we may have a... read more
