I don't understand. Why are people so quick to dismiss Mozilla when it comes to gaining market share? Why are they so quick to call it a "techie broswer", and why is the implication that being a "techie browser" makes it unuseable for the rest of the planet?
My mom uses MSN and the MSN explorer. I've seen it crash many more times than I've seen Mozilla crash. As for it gaining market share, can't anyone understand that 1.0 was released not too long ago? That it takes time for people to change? That since Mozilla and Netscape use the same code base, use of one is practially equal to use of the other? That features like pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing are useful to everyone and that that alone can help it gain market share? Does anyone know what the hell that icon for history in IE is supposed to be? Isn't that icon just as cryptic as some of Mozilla's advanced fatures?
I'm kind of frustrated with all of the nonsense surrounding Mozilla. It's a great broswer with tons of neat features, many of which the average user won't touch, but that doesn't mean they won't use it, and it certainly doesn't deserve to be called a techie browser. Seriously: a lot of people's VCR's do way more than they can even comprehend, but there aren't models called "Techie VCR's" in comparison to the "VCR for idiots".
I think I'm going to try an experiment. I'm going to see what broswer my grandma uses, and I'm going to try to make her use Mozilla. If she can do it, anyone can. And hey, as far as I'm concerned, one more Mozilla user is one more Mozilla user.