Short introduction

A new browser war has emerged between proprietary Microsoft and open source Mozilla Corporation. It is a battle of Microsoft veteran Internet Explorer (IE) versus Mozilla Firefox. The situation is not unfamiliar to conglomerate Microsoft as this battle closely resembles previous struggles with pioneering Netscape Navigator. A returning sighting from industry critics is that Microsoft has rested on its monopoly bless while small dynamic competitors have eaten into their arena. In the early browser war this materialized as a latent attention to the importance of the World-Wide-Web and the browser itself. Similarly, recent shifts in browser domination have left Microsoft with a substantial loss in market share. The chief reason often cited is that IE 6.0 is lacking support for tabbing. Another is an overall dissatisfaction with the low level of innovation IE has undergone since its domination of Netscape in 1999.