I drew the above cartoon cause I hate IE. Him or one of his younger cousins always manage to assassinate all my hard work. It kills all my designs. It probably costs thousands of dollars because companies have to pay their developers to debug in IE. Lynch IE!

Not going into the details of what Googles new browser Chrome is, (it’s a browser. Get it here), the web ladies and gents is a’ changin’!
First let me say I really enjoy Chrome, it’s faster to start up than Flock (I use it for the built in RSS reader) and that’s enough for me when it comes to doing things in a rush. The browser needs some help in the realm of plug in support, but I believe that’s only a matter of time. I hesitate to compare Chrome to Firefox as I don’t think one could ever replace the other. I use Chrome to hop on, check my twitter, email, bank account and that’s all. I use Fire Fox for work, news, goofing off if I know I will be able to sit at the computer for a period of time. It’s really a matter of when do I need to use the add ons of Firefox, or my bookmarks from Fox Marks. Chrome’s my speedster, on off and then off to work.

(We had trouble embedding the video. Plus its huge so instead here’s a link:)
Aurora (complete video without commentary) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

For more information on Aurora and the folks at Adaptive Path you can check them out here.

And to get Ubiquity or for more information about the awesome alpha, check them out here.

And the Folks that tie it all together.
Mozilla Labs

I believe as it stands that 80% of the world uses Internet Explorer 6. I don’t recall exactly how long it has been, but Internet Explorer 7 has been out for a while as well. Firefox is an amazing browser as it follows standards, and they will be releasing a new version later this year. Internet Explorer is also working on their next version. One mustn’t forget that Opera and Safari also exists too.

There is a sea of browsers and I’ve only mentioned the mainstream ones. For all I know there are numerous others that a small niche group are using. The problem with all these browsers is that each browser has its own set of rules and with that, webpages display different in each. As a design firm, all I can say is, it is one of the most aggravating things to deal with. You can have something that displays perfectly in IE and FF but when you open it up in Safari it looks like you threw up the design on the page.

Unfortunately, the only solutions are that everyone start using the same browser or the companies developing the browsers get their butts in gear and start following the same standards. Sorry for the rant, but I just needed to vent that I am not looking forward to a new IE, unless they standardize it with Firefox. By the way, if you are tired of IE like most people are, Firefox is amazing.