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StrangenessDSS: 2005-10-15 06:27:37 am

2005-10-15 06:27:18 am

Sleeping Terror

Wow, barely more than half? I don't think I've seen IE's numbers that low since Netscape died off.

Anyway. Since I'm so used to tabbed browsing these days, I'll sometimes try to close programs by middle-clicking their box on the taskbar. Then I'll be surprised when it doesn't work.

ballofsnow

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ballofsnow: 2005-10-15 06:55:53 am

2005-10-15 06:52:50 am

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Wow, barely more than half? I don't think I've seen IE's numbers that low since Netscape died off.

It depends on the website. I'd guess that since this site is mainy visited by computer-savvy people, you get a lower percentage using IE. However, take a site like Google or Yahoo and you'll get more accuracy.

While it's probably true that IE does in fact have more security holes than say, Firefox, don't forget that the more popular a browser is, the more bugs and security holes will be found/exploited.

marshmallow

2005-10-15 07:07:02 am

Jack of all Trades

It helps when the browser isn't connected to your OS.

Yoshi348

2005-10-15 05:16:47 pm

dinosaur from the past

Personally, I've never cared for tabbed browsing, but that's probably because I very rarely multitask. Therefore, if I ever have multiple browser windows open I rarely have much else in the way of an Alt-Tab cycle, which had already become second nature from before.

tmont

2005-10-15 11:30:11 pm

Not going to school today

I have Firefox and IE installed on my computer, and the only fault I found with IE is that it didn't support some Java stuff, and I'm too lazy to donwload the newest JDK or whatever it is. Also, I use the favorites like they're going out of style, and I preferred the IE favorites tab to the Firefox tab, so I usually use IE. I've never really had any trouble with spystuff, adstuff, or trojanstuff with IE, so I guess I'm sticking with it until it breaks my computer. Smiley

alexpenev

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alexpenev: 2005-10-22 07:54:17 am

2005-10-21 12:16:26 pm

Apart from more-correct HTML/CSS support and less security holes (because IE likes to do things without asking you, since it's designed to be usable by everyone including your grandma, who wouldn't be too pleased if she was presented with annoying dialog boxes asking if she was sure she wanted to download and execute a rogue script), FF has some other conveniences.... I don't know where'd I'd be without AdBlock :-*. There's many other useful add-ons that are easy to (un)install, so you customize your browser to your liking.

There are hacks for IE to give it tabbed browsing, but that alone isn't enough, because IE doesn't really offer anything unique.

tmont: ff has an option to open up multiple bookmarks at once. If you organise your bookmarks in folders (why wouldn't you?), you can right click a folder and open all the bookmarks in it in individual tabs. You can also right click any tab and choose to "reload all tabs", so it's great if you frequent many message boards: you can both open and close multiple tabs/bookmarks within 3 clicks, and reload all the pages in 2 clicks.

Edit: yes, you can "surpress" the download manage from popping up automatically. It'll still run, but will be hidden.

Apart from more-correct HTML/CSS support and less security holes (because IE likes to do things without asking you, since it's designed to be usable by everyone including your grandma, who wouldn't be too pleased if she was presented with annoying dialog boxes asking if she was sure she wanted to download and execute a rogue script), FF has some other conveniences.... I don't know where'd I'd be without AdBlock :-*. There's many other useful add-ons that are easy to (un)install, so you customize your browser to your liking.

There are hacks for IE to give it tabbed browsing, but that alone isn't enough, because IE doesn't really offer anything unique.

tmont: ff has an option to open up multiple bookmarks at once. If you organise your bookmarks in folders (why wouldn't you?), you can right click a folder and open all the bookmarks in it in individual tabs. You can also right click any tab and choose to "reload all tabs", so it's great if you frequent many message boards: you can both open and close multiple tabs/bookmarks within 3 clicks, and reload all the pages in 2 clicks.

Edit: yes, you can "surpress" the download manage from popping up automatically. It'll still run, but will be hidden.

tmont

2005-10-21 10:14:10 pm

Not going to school today

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tmont: ff has an option to open up multiple bookmarks at once. If you organise your bookmarks in folders (why wouldn't you?), you can right click a folder and open all the bookmarks in it in individual tabs. You can also right click any tab and choose to "reload all tabs", so it's great if you frequent many message boards: you can both open and close multiple tabs/bookmarks within 3 clicks, and reload all the pages in 2 clicks.

Sounds cool, but I really don't frequent that many message boards, or have any other reason to need that many pages open at once. Another thing that annoyed me about Firefox was that freaking Download Manager! I was positive I could find a way to disable it, but I was too lazy/stupid to figure it out. And it's all moot anyway, since my home computer isn't connected to the internet, so I can only access the internet when I'm at school, and I don't feel like downloading Firefox every time for that.

Julie_Anderson

2006-02-10 12:39:07 am

Woo-Wee!

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Yes, because being an elitist asshole is what using a browser is all about. Angry

People like you are why I stayed with IE for so long.

Ladies and gentlemen...I present to you someone who doesn't mind bugs and viruses. This...is a phenomenon.

Yoshi348

2006-02-10 12:54:35 am

dinosaur from the past

Wow. Dredging a months old post to mischarcterize my position. Way to go.

Mad_Andy

2006-02-10 01:22:53 pm

Wow, another useless bump. What a waste of time.

Lock a go-go.