| Q. | Why did the first browser wars occur? | Related Search:
Other - Internet | | | I know the facts of the first browser war, but what I don't get is WHY it occurred. Once browsers became free-of-charge (fairly early in the game I think), what was microsoft/netscape's incentive to pour money into this? I've been told it was because MS was afraid the web browser would become peoples' main operating environment, presaging cloud computing (or perhaps remembering the thin client) but is WAAY more foresight than I'd expect from Microsoft.
So, what exactly was at stake?
| | A. | Well, part of it was the fact that microsoft wanted to have a browser included with Windows that made it easy for its customers to get online as soon as they had windows installed. At the time, netscape charged for its browser and microsoft decided to just give it away for free, ultimately trying to weave it entirely into the fabric of Windows itself before antitrust stuff got in the way (i still find all the hubub over that rather silly, its microsoft's product and they can do what they want with it, they never prevented other browsers from being installed). In essence, microsoft was innovating from the standpoint of trying to have a good all in one OS/Web browser setup vs having to go get one after installing or without microsoft paying netscape or someone else to include a browser with windows. | | | |
| Q. | What is the point of the web browser wars? | Related Search:
Software | | | Web browsers are free. So why is there such an emphasis on who has what market share?
Is any money made from this product?
I know that Microsoft got a lot of legal heat for bundling IE with Windows and then for making it an integral part of the Windows OS. But what law did they break by attempting to monopolize a market that generates no income?
| | A. | the browser wars are not what they used to be. web browsers were not always free like they are now. Netscape is a good example, back in the day netscape had a licenses version of their web browser and lost a lot of money when Microsoft violated antitrust laws and bundled IE with windows for free.
Nowadays however, "browser wars" just refer to popularity of one over the other rather then financial success. To this day even though the web is supposed to be platform independant, many web pages function and display better on one browser then on others. So the war continues. | | | |
| Q. | Browser wars: why do Microsoft, Apple, Google, Opera, Mozilla all want to gain market share? | Related Search:
Software | | | What's in it for Microsoft, Apple, Google, Opera and Mozilla to have a large market share. They don't charge for their product, so why do they care so much about having the most popular browser?
| | A. | Market shares is the value of the product, also on the browser there are advertising, imagined you trying to sell something online and euddently every one of those 100m people opening the browser and all see your product on advertise, how much do you think thats worth to your business ? | | | |
| Q. | How do you fix browser wars on your pc? | Related Search:
Other - Computers | | | Ask.com, Internet Explorer and ATT all want to be top dog and are fighting. I can't break it up they are damaging my "connectivity". Help???
| | A. | Not a clue....ask the hubby!!! | | | |
| Q. | What is the W3C DOM and what role does it play in "browser wars"? | Related Search:
Programming & Design | | | Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks
| | A. | Cross-browser support can be a nightmare, but the DOM could be a large part of the eventual solution.
The DOM is a hierarchal node (tree) structure; use the FireFox DOM Inspector with various web sites to see how it breaks down.
All screen elements are represented in the DOM and are accessible to client-side script (Javascript being a prime example).
Server-side access was never really an issue.
Further, actions or additional attributes may be associated with the screen elements; for example, DOM 3.0-compliant browsers support calls to focus() on any element. This will be a beautiful thing for accessibility coders when FireFox adopts the spec - moreso when all browsers adopt it.
The DOM also has a container for "bulk html" called HTML.InnerText which can be parsed "old-school" vs. traversing DOM element nodes. Modifications to the DOM within a browser effects the viewed page immediately.
The DOM's "role" in the browser wars would then be to flatten the differences for client-side access, thus turning that front of the war into a fire-and-forget thing. | | | |
| Q. | What's the point of browser wars? | Related Search:
Other - Internet | | | OK whats this all about.
i don't get the point why Microsoft tries to stay on top, just to be the most used browser
and why is Google advertising there new chrome so hard, i mean its every were UK street ads.
and of course there's Firefox! which we all know is the best, for its customization support.
But my question is WHY??? they are all free..
why spend all this money!
| | A. | The browsers may be free to you, but the companies still sell advertising and the more users they have, the more they can charge for it. Plus, it offers name recognition which will encourage users to purchase other products from the company. So, it still comes down to money. | | | |
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