browser-wars on S Anand

Move away from IE

Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:00:00 +0000

AOL, and hence its 30 million subscribers, could move away from IE towards Mozilla. That’s big.

Opera 6 Beta

Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Block MSN access

Sun, 28 Oct 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Microsoft first tries to block MSN access to non-IE browsers, and then surrenders. I still can’t access their photos section through Opera.

OggVorbis

Sat, 23 Jun 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Will OggVorbis beat MP3 Pro? Will Netscape 6.1 beat IE 5.5? Will OpenBSD 2.9 overtake Linux? Unlikely. But should be interesting to watch.

Opera 5

Fri, 08 Jun 2001 12:00:00 +0000

I shifted from Netscape Navigator to Internet Explorer because I could cut and paste tables from IE to Excel. But now that I’ve downloaded Opera 5.11, used its zoom function, it’s gesture keys, and so on, I’m moving over to Opera. Long live Opera! (Which, given Netscape’s fate, is perhaps no more than a fond hope.)

Internet Explorer 6 preview

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 12:00:00 +0000

The preview release of Internet Explorer 6 is out.

Browser stats

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 12:00:00 +0000

The latest browser stats say that 69% of the world uses, Internet Explorer, while only 27% use Netscape. BrowserWatch says 57%-26%. Netscape 6 might do something about it, given that Microsoft’s split.