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Interesting article. To sum it up:

In other words, the reason Firefox doesn't face the threats IE faces is that they aren't the browser used by 95% of consumers. That's a bit like avoiding the threat of terrorism by moving to Pitcairn Island. It works for a while, but if everyone has the same idea, your safety is compromised.



I like the fact that IE, and Microsoft, face real competition. What I don't like is the insistence that Web sites adapt to the upstart browser, not vice-versa. Remember, Microsoft has been down this path before, facing down a Netscape browser with a market share almost equal to that held by IE today. They chose to make IE fit the code developers produced, however non-standard, so that compatibility with IE involved little extra work. I see no reason why we shouldn't expect the same of alternative browsers such as Firefox.