Rumour: Sony In Talks With Mozilla?
We recently received a tip from a source very close to Sony who says that they have been in talks with Mozilla lately about possibly porting firefox over to the PS3. That said, our source made sure to point out that they were unsure if any deal had actually been reached at this point, but it is great news none the less considering the complaints Sony has been getting about the lack of reliability with their current built in PS3 web browser. Throwing firefox into the mix would give PS3 the ultimate advantage when it came to internet functionality. I know I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for this one, and PSInsider will be sure to bring you any updates to this rumor as they become available.
I use Firefox on my Laptop & PC, for me it's much better than IE though i doubt i'd bother with it on the PS3 if the rumours are true, hell even turning the console on would be a major step forward :)
Firefox beats Internet Explorer 6 in popularity
Web developers rejoice: more people are now browsing the web using Firefox than Internet Explorer 6, according to Net Applications figures quoted by Ars Technica. The data show Firefox commanded 24.1% of the market last month, compared to 23.3% for IE6. (In September, the same two browsers had 23.8% and 24.4% market shares, respectively.)
Of course, IE6 is growing long in the tooth—even downright senile by modern standards. Microsoft first introduced that browser in August 2001, and it's since released Internet Explorer 7 and 8. However, the Net Applications market share numbers show IE6 remains the single most popular version of the browser: version 7 only has 18.6% of the market, while IE8 commands around 20.5%.
In case you're wondering, Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome both resided around the 4% mark in terms of usage share in October, and Opera barely got over 2%. So, until last month, IE6 was the single most popular browser on average. Progress is great, isn't it?
That said, Net Applications' numbers cover 160 million visitors across a broad pool of websites each month. Market share numbers look a tad different for sites that draw in more tech-savvy folks: Ars, for instance, says only 19% of its readers run Internet Explorer, while most of the rest run either Firefox or Safari. TR, too, sees more visits from Firefox users than IE users overall.
24% use Firefox, but 76% use IE. Nice title but it's all in context.
Quote from: Failed on November 19, 2009, 11:42:26 AM
24% use Firefox, but 76% use IE. Nice title but it's all in context.
i thought that too :)
It beats IE when you break down the figures but is some way off in total
my sister uses FF i just don't like it, prefer IE, had it now for many years.
Firefox just works better for me, had loads of problems with IE on my old laptop, whereas Firefox ran perfectly, so i've since stuck with it. Though i still use IE on the odd occasion.
If FireFox on PS3 supports plugins, it was be a hug leap in Sony's favor.
Personally, I currently use IE8. A few years ago, I used FireFox over IE6 mostly because of the little 'tricks' I could do, plus the features it sported that IE6 lacked.
Today, IE8 has stolen a lot of the great features of past FireFox. It does not support community plug-ins like FireFox, but I also don't have a need for them anymore. IE8 also improves the capabilities of various 3rd-party programs and media sharing software I use.
If FireFox does release for PS3 and supports plug-ins, I would definitely use it. But I'll stick with IE8 on my PC.