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I am still sticking with Firefox. With all the different themes and extensions you can customize everything. And I don"t have to opt out on active-x because Firefox does not allow active-x. My malware, spyware is down to zip...
If browser wars were only about having the better browser, IE would have been defeated years ago, when Opera came out. IE7's attempt to borrow a few features from Firefox and patch some of its yawning security holes would not have been seen as "making waves", but as a last-ditch stand in an already lost battle.
But of course, browser wars are not won by having the better browser. Microsoft's monopoly position means that IE7 doesn't need to be better than Firefox, just not so obviously bad as to force more Windows users to switch to Firefox (obviously for Macintosh, Unix and Linux users, it's a non-issue).
But of course, browser wars are not won by having the better browser. Microsoft's monopoly position means that IE7 doesn't need to be better than Firefox, just not so obviously bad as to force more Windows users to switch to Firefox (obviously for Macintosh, Unix and Linux users, it's a non-issue).
The thing that get's me is the question, who can be bothered to go through the nightmare of trying to code standards compliant pages that display properly in IE? This must waste millions of coder hours.
And probably explains why IE get's such a good rating in the browser hit charts...
All those coders checking again and again to see what IE will do to their page this time, because you never can tell...
And now another version, oh joy!
Well, I'm not coding for it...
And probably explains why IE get's such a good rating in the browser hit charts...
All those coders checking again and again to see what IE will do to their page this time, because you never can tell...
And now another version, oh joy!
Well, I'm not coding for it...
QUOTE (Ensa+Mar 2 2006, 04:19 PM)
...Well, I'm not coding for it...
I had to do this with Windows. I had a ton of programs and tools I used/wrote back in the DOS days and even writing programs for windows seems to have a "half life" that correlates with the rate at which they come out with new versions of it.
I gave up and bought a laptop that I never bother to update and now don't have to worry about software becoming outdated/incompatible anymore
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I had to do this with Windows. I had a ton of programs and tools I used/wrote back in the DOS days and even writing programs for windows seems to have a "half life" that correlates with the rate at which they come out with new versions of it.
I gave up and bought a laptop that I never bother to update and now don't have to worry about software becoming outdated/incompatible anymore
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Although I would have preferred to continue using Internet Explorer, simply because that's what I have become accustomed to, I have made the switch to Firefox - because Microsoft no longer supports Java and JavaScript. In addition to this, version 7.0 of Internet Explorer does not support Dynamic HTML.
The current versions of Internet Explorer are crippled by these decisions.
To use an analogy . . .
It is as though a television station decided to block color signals, forcing all of it's viewers to watch their television programs in black and white, simply because the courts decided they could not OWN the colors. That comes close to the petty vindictiveness Microsoft has displayed in blocking this content.
Java, Javascript, and Dynamic HTML represent the next step in the evolution of webpage design. Microsoft by contrast, is a monopoly that discourages innovation; and forces the development of the internet along a particular path that only exists to line the pockets of Bill Gates and company. But it does not serve the rest of us well at all. As far as I'm concerned? The Microsoft Monopoly should be broken up, like the telephone company before it.
The current versions of Internet Explorer are crippled by these decisions.
To use an analogy . . .
It is as though a television station decided to block color signals, forcing all of it's viewers to watch their television programs in black and white, simply because the courts decided they could not OWN the colors. That comes close to the petty vindictiveness Microsoft has displayed in blocking this content.
Java, Javascript, and Dynamic HTML represent the next step in the evolution of webpage design. Microsoft by contrast, is a monopoly that discourages innovation; and forces the development of the internet along a particular path that only exists to line the pockets of Bill Gates and company. But it does not serve the rest of us well at all. As far as I'm concerned? The Microsoft Monopoly should be broken up, like the telephone company before it.
Let Microsoft do what every they want. If they want to roll out a lame turd with no functionality then people will turn to the better products and breaking Microsoft up will be moot >:^) Unlike with Bell Telephone we do have a choice besides Microsoft.
I agree completely with the issues David Potter was discussing. I work for a web hosting company and we have several calls each day because our clients have gotten IE 7.0 installed and now are unable to use many of the JAVA based features or our control panel. I even had one client call and say he couldn't even connect to the internet with his new IE 7.0!
I am staying as far away as possible!!!!
I am staying as far away as possible!!!!
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