Four Reasons Firefox 4 can make a go of it--And one reason why it can't.

[Basil Chupin]

In 2004, Internet Explorer (IE) 6 was already a security nightmare 
<http://practical-tech.com/network/use-firefox-for-a-safer-system/3857> 
but since Microsoft has stomped all over Netscape and alternative 
browsers like Mozilla, now SeaMonkey <http://www.seamonkey-project.org>, 
and Opera <http://www.opera.com> had little traction, Windows users 
pretty much stayed with IE... until Firefox appeared. It was a breath of 
fresh air. IE users concerned with security 
<http://practical-tech.com/network/internet-explorer-is-too-dangerous-to-keep-using/3221> 
and open-source fans quickly flocked to the new Web browser, and over 
time others followed. But, in the last few years, Firefox lost some of 
its luster 
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/howlett/firefox-3-rc2-still-flawed/409>. Can 
Firefox 4 restore it?

Now that Firefox 4 has been released a day early 
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/firefox-4-quietly-released-official-launch-planned-march-22/8514>, 
albeit after months of delays, I asked myself if Firefox 4 really was, 
not just better than the Firefox 3.6.x series, but it's more serious 
competitors: IE9 
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/five-reasons-not-to-8220upgrade-8221-to-windows-8217-internet-explorer-9/817> 
and Chrome 10 
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/chrome-10-close-to-a-perfect-web-browser-10/775>.

[More]

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/four-reasons-firefox-4-can-make-a-go-of-it-and-one-reason-why-it-cant/8521

-- 
"Aaah....another pointless day when I've achieved nothing."
                   Bender, Futurama.

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