Comments on: Firefox 2 is Getting Worse by the Day http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2008/01/09/firefox-2-is-getting-worse-by-the-day/ My Experiences with Software Development Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:14:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brennan Stehling http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2008/01/09/firefox-2-is-getting-worse-by-the-day/#comment-27279 Brennan Stehling Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:52 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2008/01/09/firefox-2-is-getting-worse-by-the-day/#comment-27279 Yeah, I expect that IE8 will have some problems, but I think there is much more happening in terms of automated testing. Even though John Resig works for Firefox he has reached out to the IE to get them on board with running a broad suite of tests on the widely used JavaScript libraries with nightly builds. Having the CSS interpreted properly, as the Acid2 Test supposedly ensures, as well as having a well-tested JavaScript engine will be a nice fit alongside Firefox 3. The biggest problem is convincing those IE6 and IE7 users to move forward. It is so easy to stay current with Firefox. More on the JS testing in Firefox here... http://ejohn.org/blog/first-js-test-suite-bug-caught/ Knowing this automated testing is in place makes me fee more confident in building on top of these libraries. Yeah, I expect that IE8 will have some problems, but I think there is much more happening in terms of automated testing. Even though John Resig works for Firefox he has reached out to the IE to get them on board with running a broad suite of tests on the widely used JavaScript libraries with nightly builds. Having the CSS interpreted properly, as the Acid2 Test supposedly ensures, as well as having a well-tested JavaScript engine will be a nice fit alongside Firefox 3. The biggest problem is convincing those IE6 and IE7 users to move forward. It is so easy to stay current with Firefox.

More on the JS testing in Firefox here...

http://ejohn.org/blog/first-js-test-suite-bug-caught/

Knowing this automated testing is in place makes me fee more confident in building on top of these libraries.

]]> By: Josh Schultz http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2008/01/09/firefox-2-is-getting-worse-by-the-day/#comment-27272 Josh Schultz Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:21:46 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2008/01/09/firefox-2-is-getting-worse-by-the-day/#comment-27272 From what I understand, they've admitted to some serious memory leaks in FireFox 2, which are supposed to be fixed in v3. I've installed the v3 beta, but haven't used it enough to benefit from any difference. (The problems take a while to show.) IE8 sounds great, too, but you're nuts if you think we'll ever be free of browser-specific bugs. That's magic-bullet thinking. Baby steps, dude. From what I understand, they've admitted to some serious memory leaks in FireFox 2, which are supposed to be fixed in v3. I've installed the v3 beta, but haven't used it enough to benefit from any difference. (The problems take a while to show.)

IE8 sounds great, too, but you're nuts if you think we'll ever be free of browser-specific bugs. That's magic-bullet thinking. Baby steps, dude.

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