firefox rated top browser by pcworld -- again
PCWorld just released their top 100 products of 2006 and Firefox came in at number 12 -- the top rated browser. "The 2005 product of the year continues to improve, with a better set of features and stronger security than Microsoft's Internet Explorer." Thunderbird also ranked high on the list coming in at number 28. "Excellent junk-mail filtering and efficient address gathering make Thunderbird the best e-mail application for your electronic correspondence, regardless of price." Notable Firefox extensions, NoScript, StumbleUpon, and Greasemonkey also made the cut.
Only Apple was able to match Mozilla's command of the top 100 list with 5 products listed. Not a bad showing for the Mozilla community :-) Congratulations to everyone who made this year's top 100.
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Yahoo's also on there with 5 products: Yahoo Mail (Beta), Yahoo Maps (Beta), Yahoo Music Engine 1.1, Flickr and Del.icio.us. We still rock, but props where they're due. :-)
Posted by: Paul Kim | May 31, 2006 9:29 PM
this means that Opera also will come out today with the same announcement ;>)
Posted by: sekerob | June 1, 2006 2:43 AM
What list are you reading, Asa? ;)
More props:
- Google has 3 products (Google Earth, Desktop Search, Search Engine)
- Adobe has 3 products (Premier, Photoshop Elements, Photoshop CS2)
- Canon has three cameras on there
- both Microsoft and Toshiba have 2 products (all hardware though)
Posted by: Jeff Schiller | June 1, 2006 6:53 AM
OK, we're in early June - I'll bite. Isn't this a "list of the Top 100 products of Jan 2006-May 2006" (or "June 2005-May 2006")? Will there be a second list in January 2007 that truly is the "Top 100 products of 2006"? Or does PC World run on a broken calendar of June-May?
Posted by: Richard Lloyd | June 3, 2006 2:27 AM
I see that Ubuntu Linux made the cut again this year (#27 :)
Here's the link to last year's list, BTW: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,120763,pg,12,00.asp
Posted by: Limulus | June 3, 2006 5:44 PM
sekerob wrote: "this means that Opera also will come out today with the same announcement [that they have "the top rated browser"] ;>)"
Well if you'll notice, Firefox got 12th place for "Mozilla Firefox 1.5", but Opera got 48th place for "Opera 9 (Beta)".
Therefore Opera can claim that version 9 is the "Top Rated Beta Browser" of 2006! ;)
Posted by: Limulus | June 3, 2006 6:51 PM
Speaking of Browsers, I note (as per http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060602-6978.html) that:
Microsoft is preparing a third beta, to be released some time in August. [...] The final release of IE 7 is expected to be some time this winter, and Microsoft has promised continual updates each year thereafter, starting with IE8, which will contain new networking and rendering features.
This will put it after Opera 9 (which is due fairly soon; this month according to http://www.avencius.nl/) and FF 2 (August if it stays on track; http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox2/Schedule).
Posted by: Limulus | June 3, 2006 7:34 PM
IIt was definitely time
Posted by: Airboard | October 14, 2006 2:59 PM
I think it's the best of course
Posted by: 4400 | October 14, 2006 3:00 PM
Explorer is in a lost island
Posted by: Sara Tommasi | October 14, 2006 3:02 PM