Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Browser War Links - We May Not Know Where We're Headed, But We're Making Good Time

Update: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes's article "XP's usage share down, Win 7, Firefox & IE8 up" describes a change afoot for OS and browser market share that's worth considering for compatibility test planning.
The latest data shows that XP is finally falling off and giving way to both Vista and Windows 7. As for browsers, Firefox continues to grab market share, while Chrome is closing in on Safari.

Firefox spoils an Internet Explorer Trifecta, while Safari and Chrome trail far behind. What the Latest Figures from the Browser Wars Tell Us

It's Netscape deja vu all over again. Andreessen working on a stealth browser project? Netscape founder re-enlists in browser wars

Speaking of Netscape: "1995 called and it wants its business plan back from Google." If this article holds any truth, then who's the next Microsoft? Is Google the next Netscape?

Now here's a battlefield in the browser war that may be the beginning of a tipping point. IE 8 is 5 times slower than Safari and Chrome? Yikes! Browser wars: Macs beat PCs on web speed

The mobile browser war appears to be over, or at least there's an armistice. Google Android (and Chrome), Apple Safari (and the iPhone), and now RIM move the mobile browser center-of-gravity in favor of WebKit. RIM acquires WebKit vendor for mobile browsing

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Anonymous said...

If Google is the next Netscape then maybe Apple is the next Microsoft?