[Web4lib] Browser ennui

[Gillian Wiseman]

I think it is a combination of all things... I know that every time I want an update to my browser of choice (Firefox) I have to battle IT for it. And heaven help me if I want to update the public computers!

I also tend to think that the "all brosers are good enough" answer is a biggie. They're all FAR more similar now than they were five years ago, in their basic configurations. And I suspect that 95% of users never do any customization of their browser at all.

Gillian Wiseman
Electronic Resources Librarian
Waco-McLennan County Library
(254)750-5944
gwiseman at ci.waco.tx.us



-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Thomas Dowling
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:14 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Browser ennui


In the last couple of weeks, new betas have come out for Safari (4.0b1
on 2/24), Firefox (3.1b3 on 3/12), and Chrome (2.0b1 on 3/17), and IE8
was officially released today.  Once upon a time, any one of those
releases would have stirred up an active discussion on Web4Lib, but no
more.  I wonder if that's because we decided all browsers were good
enough, more or less; or because we decided no browser is very
interesting any more; or because we were forced to accept that "The
Browser" is whatever version of whichever program IT deigns to plop on
our machines.


-- 
Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu



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