Internet Explorer vs. Firefox

Check out a random survey on this topic on Rocketboom, a three minute daily videoblog based in New York City. Interesting points:
1. Firefox seems to be extremely popular with the "hip" crowd
2. Youger people prefer Firefox
3. The folks who prefer IE do so because they don't know of the options (be careful Microsoft)
4. Firefox is perceived to be more secure
5. The key differentiating feature - Tabbed browsing

The last point is really interesting. How did Microsoft with all those smart MBA's didn't figure out the user's preference for tabbed browsing? They had the money to conduct as many focus groups and surveys as they wanted? Anyway, I will leave the topic of "killer feature" for another post.

I am sitting at a Starbucks in San Jose and I asked the same question to the customers here. The result was very similiar. Just one person (out of 10 people I talked to) said he prefers IE and the reason - I am used to it.

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