Comments on: As Mozilla 'upgrades the Web,' Microsoft must upgrade its pace

Microsoft is falling behind in the browser innovation race as Firefox rolls out version 3.5 and targets a host of new capabilities.

[dakar111]

once internet connection speeds ramp up to 10mb to the average home, then it will be very possible to have all your data and apps online, including music, movies, etc. So yes, the OS becomes less important overall.

[optionshiftk]

Let's not forget, the webkit project had for a long time been far ahead of Mozilla in terms of advance HTML support. As of now, they are still ahead in some ways. Webkit has also become the dominant mobile browser powering mobile Safari, Google's Android browser, and Palm's Web OS browser.

[KanineLupus]

"Microsoft must upgrade its pace"??

If you've been following the IT rumours, IE is actually set to be dumped for the new Gazelle model, which looks to build from where Chrome has shown inovation, taking the "sandboxed" approach a step further.

Now if MS quickly dropped out a build and it was consequently less than perfect, all the media-phobes would be canning them for all the bugs. But when MS actually take the time to ensure they get it right, you all clamour about how "Microsoft is falling behind the times". You can't have it both ways!!

Now to qualify, I've been a serious user of FF since version 0.7, and has long been my browser of choice. But even still, I'm not going to jump on the old bandwagon, but will look at each debate on its own merit - and sorry, but yours doesn't have any!!

[TX-Sunset]

Hmmm...big story out about the new firefox version being real slow and everyone wanting a patch. Firefox is also stating it may be weeks or months before they come out with a patch. Where is your "Holier than thou" folks now? Complaining that MS never wants to fix their stuff. Hmm....maybe...just maybe...that is how all software developers work. Let's see...release a product untested....let the user base beta test the software for a few months to get a list of all the bugs, then come out with a patch. Looks like Firefox has now joined that club. Enjoy it. Now quit ******** about IE.

[pentest]

There is a difference between a security patch and a performance patch, not that FF 3.5 is slow.

Any performance tweaks are going to take a longer time to develop and test because those changes are closer to the hardware.

[sanjayb]

Mozilla has had a better history in responding to security threats than Microsoft. Microsoft does release fixes but not as fast. NEXT!