Comments on: Internet Explorer vs. Firefox http://www.mckeeth.org/2005/12/internet-explorer-vs-firefox/ Jim McKeeth's blog about everything else Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:33:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jim McKeeth http://www.mckeeth.org/2005/12/internet-explorer-vs-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Jim McKeeth Wed, 07 Dec 2005 05:52:00 +0000 http://www.mckeeth.org/2005/12/internet-explorer-vs-firefox/#comment-56 I love analogies, and you are right, they don't hold up if you take them too far, if they did then they wouldn't be analogies anymore, they would be examples. Everyone always says that about analogies though. Interestingly the American Heritage dictionary defines an Analogy as <I>Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.</I> So they have to be dissimilar for it to be an analogy, which means it won't hold up if you are literal. So an example would be someone buying a computer and only using the software that was preloaded on it and never installing anything I love analogies, and you are right, they don’t hold up if you take them too far, if they did then they wouldn’t be analogies anymore, they would be examples.

Everyone always says that about analogies though. Interestingly the American Heritage dictionary defines an Analogy as Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar. So they have to be dissimilar for it to be an analogy, which means it won’t hold up if you are literal.

So an example would be someone buying a computer and only using the software that was preloaded on it and never installing anything

]]> By: Yacoubean http://www.mckeeth.org/2005/12/internet-explorer-vs-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Yacoubean Wed, 07 Dec 2005 03:41:00 +0000 http://www.mckeeth.org/2005/12/internet-explorer-vs-firefox/#comment-55 I like the picture frame analogy. Of course, like all analogies, it doesn't hold if you try to be too literal with it. Do people buy a picture frame for the picture that is in it, or to display a picture? Of course, they want to display a picture, and the frame performs this job admirably when they change out the picture (as most people would). People can get the same effect by using IE, but if they want a really good browsing experience, they will opt for the more expensive, real wood frame that comes with glare reducing, scratch resistant glass. :-) I like the picture frame analogy. Of course, like all analogies, it doesn’t hold if you try to be too literal with it. Do people buy a picture frame for the picture that is in it, or to display a picture? Of course, they want to display a picture, and the frame performs this job admirably when they change out the picture (as most people would). People can get the same effect by using IE, but if they want a really good browsing experience, they will opt for the more expensive, real wood frame that comes with glare reducing, scratch resistant glass. :-)

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