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Just to download Chrome 29 19.08%
 
Just to download Firefox 32 21.05%
 
Just to download Opera 5 3.29%
 
I still use Netscape 1 0.66%
 
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kain_kusanagi on 04 December 2012
sethnintendo said:
Farsala said:
Yahoo writers really suck though. It is all about the hits. I would disregard any article by them...

But the new IE is really cool :).


Those are two words that should never go together. 

lol, are you this guy:



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kain_kusanagi on 04 December 2012
sethnintendo said:
kain_kusanagi said:
babuks said:
Back? Where did they go on the first place?

I am yet to test Windows 8 but one of my client (not geek) told me that she was going back to windows 7 because windows 8 is too confusing for her.

Surface tablet should do good and I don't see Bing going anywhere.


Windows 8 definitly has a learning curve. I installed classic shell to get back the Start Button and I havne't used the new Start Screen. The way I use it, it basicly is Windows 7.

You should tell your client to install "classic Shell" or one of the other Start Button apps.

Why did Windows 8 abandon the start button for the tile UI?  I understand that perhaps that setup might do better in a smartphone or tablet but to make people default back classic shell just to get the start menu makes no sense to me.  If anything they should of had it with the tiles on the desktop versions.  Sure desktop is a dying breed but there are still some people that prefer desktop over anything else.  There isn't any reason for me to upgrade to 8.  However, I didn't update to 7 (from XP) till I got a new computer.  I view Windows 8 in the same light as Vista.  I don't need to update.


The tile based start menu actualy is pretty cool. Once you get used to it you can actualy make it much more personal and convienent than the old start menu.

I agree that removing the start button was a mistake, but once a person has spent a few days without it they can find they don't need it. I don't need it, but I've yet to pull myself away from it.

I did the same thing when I upgraded from XP to 7. I installed stuff to add in the stuff that I missed from XP. But over time I stopped using it and ended up prefering 7. I expect the same will happen with 8. I'll migrate over to the tiles at my own pace.



Kai Master on 04 December 2012

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justinian on 04 December 2012

COOL and MAINSTREAM just don't go together.
Windows deserves it's success but with a 90%+ market share it is the norm, not cool. Being normal or ordinary is never cool.
Same with IE, Office etc,.

X360 is cool.



Wh1pL4shL1ve_007 on 04 December 2012
Kai Master said:

Last time I checked IE a year or 2 ago it was very bad... A new IE you say ? I don't try new browsers now, IE and Chrome are so bad that I stick with my FF.

Nah, ill stick with chrome. 



Yay!!!

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radiantshadow92 on 04 December 2012

just to download chrome



Proclus on 04 December 2012

Opera.ftw.



Jay520 on 04 December 2012

Based on my interactions with the world, Google Chrome seems to be taking over. A few years ago, almost everyone I saw used Internet Explorer. But today, it seems like Internet Explorer appears to only be used by people inexperienced with computers. Google Chrome seems to be the majorly used browser from what I've seen, with Firefox second.



platformmaster918 on 04 December 2012
kowenicki said:
pokoko said:
I don't know what to think, really. A few people were saying that Yahoo writers are ignorant and biased in the other thread. I even got whined at for disparaging ad hominem posts. Interesting stuff!


You do what I do.

Know that journalists are idiots and discount both articles.

of course the Doctor House approach




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thranx on 04 December 2012

i have been wanting to switch from firefox as i have been having problems with it lately. Does IE have ad block and no script add ons available?