Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/21/2009 - 10:34.
Most web developers are told to develop for Firefox and then accommodate IE due to the fact that Firefox follows the W3C standards more closely. Developers also like the availability of Firefox plug-ins, such as Firebug, to have more access to the inner-workings of the browser. With more browser state transparency and a more exposed API, it makes it much easier to develop and test client-side code. IE's developer toolbar is just not as useful as Firebug.
skewed Firefox adoption numbers
Most web developers are told to develop for Firefox and then accommodate IE due to the fact that Firefox follows the W3C standards more closely. Developers also like the availability of Firefox plug-ins, such as Firebug, to have more access to the inner-workings of the browser. With more browser state transparency and a more exposed API, it makes it much easier to develop and test client-side code. IE's developer toolbar is just not as useful as Firebug.