Browser developments

Sat, 14 Jun 2003 10:19:00 -0400
/technology

Microsoft conceed the Mac browser market to Apple:

“The feedback we’re getting from our customers and the features they’re asking for is all pointing to Apple and Safari,” said Sommer. “Apple has better resources because they have Safari and the operating system.”

Sommer is Jessica Sommer, Product Manager for Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit.

Meanwhile, Mozilla (Firebird) is now so good even former ‘softie Joel Spolsky has switched to it.

There was a time when Microsoft looked set to use ISS and IE to remake the web in their proprietory image. That time is over. HTML and HTTP are staying open. Mozilla and Apache need more respect for that.

The battle now starts over the next layer of abstraction.