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	<title>K-Squared Ramblings &#187; StopIE</title>
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		<title>Browser Switch Campaigns Compared</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2004 05:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BrowseHappy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[browser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firefox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firefox &#8211; Switch [archive.org] is the first of these sites I noticed. Based on Apple&#8217;s &#8220;Switch&#8221; campaign, it&#8217;s aimed at raising awareness of Firefox and convincing people to switch from IE. It has stories of people who have switched, a &#8230; <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2004/12/browser-switch-campaigns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://switch2firefox.com/"><b>Firefox &#8211; Switch</b></a> [archive.org] is the first of these sites I noticed.  Based on Apple&#8217;s &#8220;Switch&#8221; campaign, it&#8217;s aimed at raising awareness of Firefox and convincing people to switch from IE. It has stories of people who have switched, a top 10 list of reasons to switch, and answers to questions about just how you go about this switching thing, anyway.</p>
<p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://stopie.com/"><b>Stop IE</b></a> [archive.org] is, as its name implies, a negative campaign.  It focuses on the security risks inherent in using Internet Explorer and provides a list of alternatives, though Firefox is the only one it deals with in any depth.</p>
<p><a href="http://browsehappy.com/"><b>Browse Happy</b></a> is my favorite of the bunch, because it&#8217;s an inclusive campaign.  It&#8217;s run by the <a href="http://www.webstandards.org/">Web Standards Project</a>, so the goal isn&#8217;t to promote Firefox or eliminate Internet Explorer, it&#8217;s to promote choice and get people away from <em>today&#8217;s</em> Internet Explorer.  The WaSP&#8217;s ultimate goal is to encourage people to build a vendor-neutral web in which you can use whatever browser you want&#8212;including IE&#8212;and get the same high-quality experience.  That&#8217;s a goal I can agree with, and that&#8217;s why Browse Happy is the one I promote.  The meat of the site is stories of people who have switched away from IE, with profiles of four browsers: Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, and Safari.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://switch2firefox.com/"><img src="http://sfx-images.mozilla.org/affiliates/Buttons/125x50/takebacktheweb_125x50.png" alt="Firefox. Take Back the Web" width="125" height="50" /></a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://stopie.com/"><img src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/stopie.gif" alt="Stop IE" width="155" height="57" /></a> <a href="http://browsehappy.com/"><img src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/bh_120x60.gif" alt="Browse Happy" width="120" height="60" /></a></p>
<p><b>Update (June 2007):</b> Stop IE is long dead.  I&#8217;ve updated the links to point to the Internet Archive of the site.</p>
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