‘‘BROWSER WARS’’

Written by: Oliver from Zeta.netPresented by: Olivia Chung

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Introduction

Early on

Emergence of Firefox

Internet Explorer’s Response

Conclusion

Early On

Internet Explorer• Before Firefox was released most widely

used web browser by 1999

• Packaged with Windows since 1995

• 2003 IE had 95% usage share compared to other web browsers

Emergence of Firefox

Firefox• Released in 2004

• In one day there were 8 million downloads creating a record

• More customizable

Emergence of Firefox

Firefox had more capabilities compared to IE• Tabbed browsing

• Integrated search box

• Third party add-ons

Internet Explorers Response

When Firefox was becoming the technophiles choice web browser IE released IE7• Offered some of the features from Firefox

• Embraced little to no new innovations

• Failed the web standards test Acid2 test

Internet Explorer’s Response

After the release of IE7, web developers were forced to add more conditional codes to compensate the difference between the codes creating the new IE8• Acid2 compliant

• New features• Activities assist which allows for :• copying and pasting in between web pages• More security touches (including searching for phishing)• Crash recovery mechanism

Conclusion

Firefox• Popularity surpasses most web browsers• Market share continues to increase

Internet Explorer• Remains to have a closed source approach

on web browsing• No add-ons• No customizations

Any Questions?