[Eupolemos]

FF was the better alternative to IE (windows-people we're actually just learning that there even _was_ an alternative) before Chrome was even created.

You seem to have messed up the timeline, or disregard the importance of being the first alternative to IE spread by word of mouth in the public.

[pherq]

The point I'm making is that despite FF being a better alternative for years, it didn't actually crush IE's market share. Chrome did, and I'd put that down to marketing more than quality (as evidenced by quality not being enough for Firefox or Opera).