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Xen on 05 March 2011
buglebum said:
Xen said:
Snesboy said:

Friends don't let friends use browser not called Firefox 4 and Chrome.

Friends don't let friends use anything but Opera 11.


Friends who pester people into using software they use are irritating. :)

I usually don't go far beyond a bashful remark about X browser that isn't Opera :P



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Rath on 05 March 2011
buglebum said:
zexen_lowe said:

Ignoring the baffling fact that people are using ANY version of IE...the fact that they're using a browser that doesn't support TABS is something that really worries me about the future of mankind

Now, if you excuse me, I need to do a service to my country and kill 4.5% of the Internet users in it


Ummm tabs haven't been around that long.

 

You couldn't live without them by the sounds of things but all the same you carried on quite happily for ever year you were alive before about, what, 3-4 years ago?...

 

Most people don't even use them. (crazy people!)

Tabs are the greatest innovation for browsers in years though.

Also this is good of Microsoft, now we just have to hope they do the same thing for all the other versions of IE.



zexen_lowe on 05 March 2011
buglebum said:
zexen_lowe said:

Ignoring the baffling fact that people are using ANY version of IE...the fact that they're using a browser that doesn't support TABS is something that really worries me about the future of mankind

Now, if you excuse me, I need to do a service to my country and kill 4.5% of the Internet users in it


Ummm tabs haven't been around that long.

 

You couldn't live without them by the sounds of things but all the same you carried on quite happily for ever year you were alive before about, what, 3-4 years ago?...

 

Most people don't even use them. (crazy people!)

I've been using tabs since I switched to FF....hmmm...2005? I have always at least 5 tabs open in my browser, and usually more than that (now I have 7 for example).

And that doesn't mean anything, 15 years ago I had a 486 with 4MB of RAM and I was happy with it.... that doesn't mean that NOW having a browser with no tabbed browsing is stupid and obsolete. Or do you use still a 486?

 

And I agree with rath, tabbed browsing has been the greatest innovation in browsers since their creation




twesterm on 05 March 2011
HappySqurriel said:

This is actually one of the reasons I feel "sorry" (for lack of a better term) for Microsoft and think that their negative reputation is not entirely earned. You’d (probably) be surprised by how often you will come across someone who bashes Microsoft for being so insecure and when you look at their system you will see that they’re still running IE 6, haven’t done a security update on their computer since they bought it 5 years ago, their anti-virus software reached end of life years ago and they haven’t received a virus definition update since then, and their system is loaded with crap because every time they come across a accept/reject screen they accept everything without ever reading what it says.


I'd be willing to bet most people that hate Microsoft only do it because they think that's what they're supposed to do.

If you ask 10 people that say they hate Windows, IE, or Microsoft in general why they hate their products, nine of them probably won't give you an actual answer, just vague it sucks or it's broken type of comments.  They won't be able to say why they themselves hate Microsoft.



 

SeriousWB on 05 March 2011
twesterm said:
HappySqurriel said:

This is actually one of the reasons I feel "sorry" (for lack of a better term) for Microsoft and think that their negative reputation is not entirely earned. You’d (probably) be surprised by how often you will come across someone who bashes Microsoft for being so insecure and when you look at their system you will see that they’re still running IE 6, haven’t done a security update on their computer since they bought it 5 years ago, their anti-virus software reached end of life years ago and they haven’t received a virus definition update since then, and their system is loaded with crap because every time they come across a accept/reject screen they accept everything without ever reading what it says.


I'd be willing to bet most people that hate Microsoft only do it because they think that's what they're supposed to do.

If you ask 10 people that say they hate Windows, IE, or Microsoft in general why they hate their products, nine of them probably won't give you an actual answer, just vague it sucks or it's broken type of comments.  They won't be able to say why they themselves hate Microsoft.

I hear that thrown around a lot.  However when I ever ask someone who says they dislike IE why they do, they will give me a valid reason.  The people that wouldn't be able to give me a reason, are those that are still using it even if they are unsatisfied because they have absolutely no idea about anything regarding technology.  Just like the people who were sold Vista with their 1Gb RAM and insufficient CPU laptops and just thought computers being that slow was normal.

The excuse that is long dead is security, all browsers are pretty secure these days.  Unless you are yourself doing something stupid or negligent you will be fine whatever you use.



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SuperAdrianK on 05 March 2011

They improved alot with Internet explorer 9, is on par with the rest of the browsers out there.




              

SnesTea on 05 March 2011
trasharmdsister12 said:
Snesboy said:

Friends don't let friends use browser not called Firefox 4 and Chrome.


I use Opera and you're on my friends list so...

I used to use Opera. Then this whore of a girl ruined it for me.



Xen on 05 March 2011
SuperAdrianK said:

They improved alot with Internet explorer 9, is on par with the rest of the browsers out there.

It's too late now.



SnesTea on 05 March 2011
zexen_lowe said:
buglebum said:
zexen_lowe said:

Ignoring the baffling fact that people are using ANY version of IE...the fact that they're using a browser that doesn't support TABS is something that really worries me about the future of mankind

Now, if you excuse me, I need to do a service to my country and kill 4.5% of the Internet users in it


Ummm tabs haven't been around that long.

 

You couldn't live without them by the sounds of things but all the same you carried on quite happily for ever year you were alive before about, what, 3-4 years ago?...

 

Most people don't even use them. (crazy people!)

I've been using tabs since I switched to FF....hmmm...2005? I have always at least 5 tabs open in my browser, and usually more than that (now I have 7 for example).

And that doesn't mean anything, 15 years ago I had a 486 with 4MB of RAM and I was happy with it.... that doesn't mean that NOW having a browser with no tabbed browsing is stupid and obsolete. Or do you use still a 486?

 

And I agree with rath, tabbed browsing has been the greatest innovation in browsers since their creation

An even better invention was alt tabbing tabs in the browser itself :) Ctrl-tab ftw :DD



SuperAdrianK on 05 March 2011
Xen said:
SuperAdrianK said:

They improved alot with Internet explorer 9, is on par with the rest of the browsers out there.

It's too late now.


Not if they bundle it with their next OS.