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Re: Is Microsoft trying to kill Firefox?

  • Subject: Re: Is Microsoft trying to kill Firefox?
  • From: "Anders" <anders_lindman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: 17 Sep 2006 10:01:43 -0700
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z wrote:
> Anders wrote:
>
> > I noticed that in a newer version of Firefox (1.5.0.7 for Mac OS X)
> > there is an auto popup that comes up with old text that I have written
> > in text input fields. That's not a very good thing. Suppose I have been
> > porn surfing or written other things that I don't want other people or
> > competitors to see; do you think I want that text to pop up? Not
> > really.
>
> You can fix that in your privacy settings.


But what happens when someone switches the setting back again? When I
installed the new Firefox version, very old texts from the PREVIOUS
version popped up.

>
>
> > Third, I have noticed major sites beginning to move into only Internet
> > Explorer content, such as MSN Live Video Beta and AOL Video.
>
> Microsoft have sometimes added JavaScript to their sites to break
> functionality in Firefox.  Don't use Microsoft tools, web sites, services,
> and software, and encourage other people to avoid MS also.


I use Microsoft software for the desktop, but seldom for development.
Java + Eclipse  is my choice.

al.


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