Ladies and Gents, presenting the latest WaSP campaign, Browse Happy.
So what’s the big idea? First off, let me point out that this is by no means an anti-MS or anti-IE campaign. It’s a pro-standards and pro-user campaign – that’s what WaSP is about, after all. Browse Happy is a site aimed at throwing light on all the terrific browsers out there that do a better job of user experience, of security and of supporting web standards than the browser that the majority of the world uses.
This isn’t a resource for web developers (although if you do have a site, we’d welcome your support) it’s for regular users of the web – the folks we sweat and toil for day-in, day-out. So send the link around the office, and help show your friends and colleagues that their browsing experience can be so much better.
Comments
The only concern I have is that there is no mentioning of neither Camino nor OmniWeb – in which case they’re both great browsers and are up to par with the others.
Why aren’t Camino and OmniWeb listed? Safari is great for the Mac, but why not also give people more choice? They can’t really make a bad choice, other than sticking with IE.
To put things into context a little, the site is very new (today!) and will develop over time. For launch we focussed our limited resources on covering the main bases. I too hope to see a wider selection of browsers listed in the fullness of time.
In the specific cases mentioned (Camino and OmniWeb), Camino got trumped by FireFox (where one page covers a multitude of platforms), and OmniWeb 5 (the good version) has only just come out of beta in the last few days.
But yes, we hear you, and I agree.
Do you guys know of a good RSS Aggregator that could be integrated into Firefox? Maybe as a sidebar? Thanks for the help.
The case studies are, of course, all real users and so we’ve been more concerned with the story they have to tell than their age, gender or ethnicity.
There’s a form on the site for users to contribute their own story, so hopefully we’ll be able to publish a wider range in the future.
Any plans of adding video messages to the site?
Something like Apple has done with their site.
I’ve worked in software for a while. I’m the guy who ends up doing tech support for friends and family. Every windows box I have looked at in the past year has some form of adware/spyware. You switch to a mozilla based browser and people get their machine back, as well as thier privacy.
Good work.