Screenshot of this in action from the folks at SpreadFireFox.Google Inc. on Wednesday ran an ad for Firefox on its popular homepage, giving the open-source Web browser a big marketing boost over their joint rival Microsoft Corp.
The ad promoted the key advantage supporters claim Firefox has over Microsoft's Internet Explorer -- security. IE, which has more than 85 percent of the market, is a favorite target for hackers and virus writers.
The one-line text ad read, "Firefox with Google Toolbar: tabbed browsing, safer surfing," and included a picture of the toolbar on Firefox. Only people using IE could see the ad.
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There has been a lot of press on this over the past couple of days. I didn't see it myself but I think it was an awesome gesture from Google. Google has publicly shown their support for Firefox and they even used it during the Keynote at the 2006 CES.
Great stuff.
I agree with you, it is great stuff. It's nice to see alternatives to Internet Explorer like Firefox being publicly supported by well known entities like Google. This surely will help spread the word that there are other more secure browsers out there for the general public. Thanks for the comment. :)
Screenshot of this in action from the folks at SpreadFireFox.
http://static.flickr.com/55/135460747_194daa20f6_o.jpg
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