Some interesting theory from a former Internet Explorer program manager who is now out on his own as a product design and project management consultant.
Sometimes it is a breath of fresh air to step back and take the 10,000 foot view of a topic — and perhaps see a perspective at first glance we might disagree with.
Blane is a writer and researcher focusing on Apple and Open Source technologies. Prior to this, he helped found a commercial software and consulting venture, and worked in the financial services sector as a director of technology and in varying technical roles. Blane maintains Open Sourcery: SitePoint's Open Source Blog.
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January 3rd, 2005 at 12:49 pm
Certainly an interesting read. Although I’d disagree with a lot of what Scott says :) The article also starts poorly with a typo on the first line hehe
January 3rd, 2005 at 1:27 pm
I think something close to the perfect browser is avant browser. It uses the ie layout render but it has taken care of most security flaws
January 3rd, 2005 at 2:07 pm
If only Avant Browser didn’t crash every five seconds. It is doubtful that any one program will be perfect for everyone nor fulfill 100% of everyone’s needs.
January 3rd, 2005 at 2:29 pm
I’ve been using Avant Browser exclusively for quite a while now and I’ve never had it crash (yet).
January 3rd, 2005 at 6:18 pm
well the new avant browser 10 is kinda buggy. odd because avant 9 was really stable
January 12th, 2005 at 5:18 pm
Haven’t tried Avant yet, but since Internet Explorer’s layout engine isn’t very good (as a designer when I ever have to fix an odd standards compliance bug on one of my pages it is for ie) it doesn’t sound like avant would be all that good.