I really respect the guys that run that site, but this article is just laughable. I'll openly admit that I am an avid Firefox user, but my issues with the article have nothing to do with my affinity for Firefox.
My beef with the article is that the writer correctly and validly points out the fallacies of the myths but does not specify where the myth came from by providing a balanced interpretation. Since I am somewhat bored, I guess I will make my own list.
- "Firefox has lower System Requirements than Internet Explorer"
I don't know who claims this since its very easy to see that Firefox can be a very big memory hog and is just as bad as IE when it comes to completely locking up all the CPU cycles from time to time without reason. - "Firefox is faster than Internet Explorer"
It is true that people claim this, but it is an example of taking a concept out of context. While it is true that IE cold starts faster than Firefox (especially if you have Firefox tricked out with a bunch of extensions), I don't know who cares about cold start times. The speed people are referring to is the perceived speed with which Firefox browses and renders when compared to IE. The actual speed of the page loads and renders are varied and can be shown to favor either IE or Firefox, but that doesn't refute the fact that many users …