Battle of the browsers - again? I doubt it.
Ok, call me just a little disappointed as I browse through news articles across the net and learn of Apples ‘new’ and ‘innovative’ products. Unfortunately, I’m going to play the doubting thomas in this entry in the same way I did with this post about Apple’s iPhone. Why is Apple introducing a new browser for PC’s called the Safari? What’s the point? The fact that they have captured 5% of the market share of browser is merely because it’s something new that some geeks want to try out, and because of name brand recognition.
The battle of the browsers have existed since the commercial viability of the internet exploded in the mid-90’s. I’ll admit, I was dead-set against Internet Explorer as my browser of choice, given Netscape’s stability, or Mosaic. As a tech support analyst, supporting Netscape was an absolute breeze. It handled HTML language quite well. That is, until HTML evolved just like any other language and more site start appearing that required a dependable browser. Over the years I noticed the marketshare literally reversed over night, and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer dominanted what used to be mostly a Netscape landscape.
Sure, we now have Firefox. Aaaah, the guys at Mozilla have not let me down. And many of the geeks I know have come to appreciate Firefox. The fact that Apple is trying to show up to the party a little late with their Safari browser is a little amusing to me.
Say with the Mac people guys. For real. I don’t see Safari dominating the browser wars anytime soon.