Firefox fanboys again
Now I'll admit I haven't always given Firefox a good press. But sometimes I think they don't set themselves up in the nicest way. The religious fervour of Firefox fans goes to the levels of extremism. Yes, maybe you like it. But it's a web browser. Get a life.
I had mixed feelings, therefore, reading this post by Ed Bott.
I think one of the comments put it best: (UPDATE: I've now added the comment which went before that as it then makes sense.)
I suppose Microsoft haven't exactly been shining examples of good behaviour in the browser wars, but it still annoys me somehow. Maybe I've become an IE-fanboy.
I had mixed feelings, therefore, reading this post by Ed Bott.
Gee, guess who reserved the following domains:
ie7.com
getie7.com
Hint: It wasn’t Microsoft.
I think one of the comments put it best: (UPDATE: I've now added the comment which went before that as it then makes sense.)
Fanboyism at it’s [sic] finest. It will be fun to see Microsoft’s legal hounds jump on this and sue them into oblivion.
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The best part about this is that if Microsoft was to do this then they would be ripped a new one by the community. Is it me or does the underdog always end up being just as bad as the supposed Golith they are out to slay?
I suppose Microsoft haven't exactly been shining examples of good behaviour in the browser wars, but it still annoys me somehow. Maybe I've become an IE-fanboy.
5 Comments:
FANBOY! Stupidly, the only thing that occured to me throughout that was how odd "fanboy" looked to me, when in the HP fandom it's always "fangirl". Heh.
(Still using firefox, but avoiding any flamings.)
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Anonymous, at 8:40 am
That's a fair point, and since I knew about it already I should probably have been a little more careful with the way I phrased that post.
The comment makes more sense if I include the one before it, so you get:
"Fanboyism at it’s finest. It will be fun to see Microsoft’s legal hounds jump on this and sue them into oblivion."
Followed by:
"The best part about this is that if Microsoft was to do this then they would be ripped a new one by the community. Is it me or does the underdog always end up being just as bad as the supposed Golith they are out to slay?"
Better?
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simple57uk, at 3:01 pm
"Fanboyism at it’s finest."
I spy an errant apostrophe!
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Anonymous, at 1:04 pm
It's a quote! You lot aren't half demanding.
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simple57uk, at 4:41 pm
This always annoys the Fanboys:
http://www.FirefoxMyths.html
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Anonymous, at 12:29 am
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