Firefox on Acid Test 3

Hi to all the web dev’s and designers out there. It must be so much interesting news for you guys for the launch of IE8. Well to look at it from another perspective it is quite disappointing for you too, as now you have another browser on your shoulders to see – the site maintains “that look!”. Well I would recommend all you guys to either stick to either Firefox or Safari (I don’t believe, I’m saying it! Safari.. huh). Well if you go a bit deep into assumptive analytics of browsers –

• I see Mozilla Firefox being used by more and more population across Operating System be it – Windows, Linux or Mac.
• IE is just limited to Windows and Mac
• Safari is all geared up for Windows apart from the native Mac.

Talking about ACID3 Test,  in short they are reference for testing the support for CSS, for those who have their hunger still unsatisfied can see more about acid tests here. So where were we ? Oh yes, ACID3 Test is for CSS v3. Browser Scores for ACID3:

• Safari 4 Beta: 100%
• Mozilla Firefox: 71%
• IE8: 20% [FAIL]

IE8 On Acid Test 3

So a final word of mouth for all those involved in development and/or designing. I would rather advice you to stick to Mozilla Firefox, as it will be the safest bet until Microsoft comes with a set of SP1,2..n updates to correct problems with the CSS3 Engine in the now, not so anticipated IE8!

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The update, however, has not been pushed out to most users yet.

Google quashed the bug in a developer-only version of Chrome that has not been sent to all users via the browser’s update mechanism. Chrome users, however, can reset the browser to receive all updates, including the developer editions, with the Channel Chooser plug-in.

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Viewing OneNote in web browser

“Microsoft is not a web company”, Google is! Microsoft is just diversifying, probably because -

• It has recognized, most of the users spend their time on internet Google.

Software as a Service (SaaS)
SaaS enables firms lower costs,
optimize IT resources,
Shift from capital to operating expenses
SaaS can help Microsoft target enterprises that are resistant to large scale deployment/upgrades.
Customization / Consumerization – Firms increasingly allow workers to choose the platform of their choice be it Microsoft Window, Apple’s MAC or Linux.
Ad Revenue – Microsoft wants to tap the growing revenue from ad-supported services for consumers.

- As analyzed by Gartner.

Viewing Word in web browser

However with great products NEWS come great responsibility, actually to keep on your words is all that matters. By announcing several advance launches -

• Microsoft Windows 7 (Microsoft’s answer to VISTA Bugs),
• Microsoft Azure (The cloud computing platform from Microsoft),
• Microsoft Surface (The New User Interface experience from Microsoft) and the
• Web Version of Microsoft Office

I personally feel its trying to get consumers think more Microsoft even when they are Googling. Gartner says it might slow down the adoption of Google Apps and other personal productivity application, but my gut feelings says it would invite more awareness about Google Docs as an alternative, as well as consumers would use it as a benchmarking to compare what Web version of Office doesn’t offer and might even drive customers to Google if MS fails to meet the expectations.

Editing in OneNote

Gartner has quite well analyzed about Office Web Applications, it suspects Office Web  Applications will -

1. Have a limited set of functions compared with traditional Office
2. Be optimized for use with SilverLight (Microsoft’s rich Internet application)
3. Use SharePoint for the container for collaboration
4. Have offline facilities

Now if Microsoft proves Gartner right, Point 1 will bound to go against Microsoft. If you ever had used Google Docs, I believe it has almost all the features you are looking for in a Document Editor. The best of being it being exported as PDF, and other formats.  But then Point 4 will complement it. So it’s like you can have the web version but it won’t be complete until you buy Microsoft Products . Point 2 Silverlight will probably the interface engine for Web version of Office Application. Microsoft has been quite agressive about spreading Silverlight, Silverlight has been released for linux too. Microsoft is making sure no corner lefts untouched. Moreover Microsoft has been developing Interfaces for its enterprise products on Silverlight too. Microsoft Health Common User Interface is one of the examples and it looks quite impressive.

Editing in Word

Gartner also concluded the challenges Microsoft has to confront while delivering its promise -

1. Limiting the impact on Microsoft’s traditional Office revenue model
2. Re-engineering 20 years of technology for the Web
3. Competing with Google, which offers some compelling features such as real-time
   document collaboration
4. We believe Web versions of personal productivity applications will generally supplement
   locally installed versions, although in some cases, users needing limited functions will
   use Web versions exclusively.

Microsoft has already taken a step by launching www.officelive.com Office live provides

• Anywhere access to your documents,
• Sharing of your documents
• Preview of your documents without any office suit installed.
• Facility to open or save files directly from your favorite office suite.

The service is available for use to both Home users as well as small Business users. I suspect microsoft will shift the service on its cloud computing platform – Azure when it finally launches the Now! Anticipated Web version of Microsoft Office.

Till then keep your finger crossed, hope the clashes of titans helps users get the best! Adios for now!

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