Comments on: Will IE7 Be Your browser? http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: nanac http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70682 nanac Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:16:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70682 <p>Avant is waaaaaay better then those crappy browsers you geeks had posted you all suck nuts nigga</p> Avant is waaaaaay better then those crappy browsers you geeks had posted you all suck nuts nigga

]]> By: Darren Stuart http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70680 Darren Stuart Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:52:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70680 <p>I have installed it and started using it more than firefox 2. </p> <p>Why, Its fast, the clear font render looks better and the tabs are better than firefox. </p> <p>I think there are far to many firefox fanboys out there. Out of all of those firefox fanboys I wonder how many of them have really had a problem with IE before firefox was the golden child of the tech world. </p> <p>I am a web dev and use all browsers and to be honest IE is not that bad if you know what you are doing. Ok its not quite there but its coming the team behind it (new team not the guys that made 6) have said they cannot just make it completely compliant just yet because they need big clients a chance to move and have it not break thier apps that use ie. IE will be updated from now on my a team of developers that truely want to create a good product. Sadly for them they are having to deal with a narrow minded fanboy army that are to blind to see that this is not the IE of old. In thier favour though is Joe Public will be happy.</p> I have installed it and started using it more than firefox 2.

Why, Its fast, the clear font render looks better and the tabs are better than firefox.

I think there are far to many firefox fanboys out there. Out of all of those firefox fanboys I wonder how many of them have really had a problem with IE before firefox was the golden child of the tech world.

I am a web dev and use all browsers and to be honest IE is not that bad if you know what you are doing. Ok its not quite there but its coming the team behind it (new team not the guys that made 6) have said they cannot just make it completely compliant just yet because they need big clients a chance to move and have it not break thier apps that use ie. IE will be updated from now on my a team of developers that truely want to create a good product. Sadly for them they are having to deal with a narrow minded fanboy army that are to blind to see that this is not the IE of old. In thier favour though is Joe Public will be happy.

]]> By: TomB http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70679 TomB Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:04:21 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70679 <p>1) IE isn't an option.</p> <p>2) If you believe the testers over at OSNEWS, it doesn't handle Web 2.0 sites very well.</p> <p>3) If you use a PC, you would be foolish to allow a security risk as big as IE on your machine.</p> 1) IE isn’t an option.

2) If you believe the testers over at OSNEWS, it doesn’t handle Web 2.0 sites very well.

3) If you use a PC, you would be foolish to allow a security risk as big as IE on your machine.

]]> By: xeynemeister http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70678 xeynemeister Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:44:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70678 <p>i prefer firefox most def, but i gots 2 keep n open mind…on its own IE7 is pretty decent…look @ it like say… microsoft = bmw(nt syin bmw sucks dont get me rong), then firefox = hamann upgrade</p> <p>so bmw items would work gr8 with bmw n it should, but there are better alternative out there…so too as a microsoft item, IE7 is pretty decent…tho firefox still rules =]</p> i prefer firefox most def, but i gots 2 keep n open mind…on its own IE7 is pretty decent…look @ it like say… microsoft = bmw(nt syin bmw sucks dont get me rong), then firefox = hamann upgrade

so bmw items would work gr8 with bmw n it should, but there are better alternative out there…so too as a microsoft item, IE7 is pretty decent…tho firefox still rules =]

]]> By: Anvarzhon Zhurajev http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70677 Anvarzhon Zhurajev Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:00:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70677 <p>I work for a bank, and you can quess how much paranoidal security system is used here. Well, IE6 was disabled for browsing extranet since the last critical (unpatched) hole discovered. Now FF is default browser. Since my employer is one of the biggest employers in the country (0,1% of population of the whole country are bank workers - AT LEAST), this switch alone influences statistics greatly ;)</p> I work for a bank, and you can quess how much paranoidal security system is used here. Well, IE6 was disabled for browsing extranet since the last critical (unpatched) hole discovered. Now FF is default browser. Since my employer is one of the biggest employers in the country (0,1% of population of the whole country are bank workers – AT LEAST), this switch alone influences statistics greatly ;)

]]> By: Nav http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70675 Nav Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:00:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70675 <p>Firefox all the way…Only way I see not using fireox is IF msft buys mozilla.</p> <p>It does not mean IE is share going to go anytime soon.There are 90% of the users, who will switch to firefox from IE only if there is a huge news of firefox on CNN(or in major newspaper.It has to be big big news, then only they will switch.(That is how those 90% switch to google from yahoo).</p> <p>You and me will use firefox and gmail,but those 90% of the people will continue to use IE and aol.</p> Firefox all the way…Only way I see not using fireox is IF msft buys mozilla.

It does not mean IE is share going to go anytime soon.There are 90% of the users, who will switch to firefox from IE only if there is a huge news of firefox on CNN(or in major newspaper.It has to be big big news, then only they will switch.(That is how those 90% switch to google from yahoo).

You and me will use firefox and gmail,but those 90% of the people will continue to use IE and aol.

]]> By: Brian Solis http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70673 Brian Solis Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:11:58 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70673 <p>I decided to dedicate a week to IE7…after crashing multiple times, I gave up. FF or Flock…better options.</p> I decided to dedicate a week to IE7…after crashing multiple times, I gave up. FF or Flock…better options.

]]> By: Ehud Shapira http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70671 Ehud Shapira Sat, 21 Oct 2006 15:55:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70671 <p>Favorite is Avant Browser (10.x for now). IE compatibility, popup blocker, ad filter, easy Flash/images/ActiveX/scripting toggling, remembers opened pages on crash (FF didn't hear about that… kinda odd, considering it crashes much more often), draggable toolbars (haven't Opera and FF heard of that?!), bookmark groups of open pages, still small download (but growing).</p> <p>2nd, I like Opera, but it missing some features and there's no easy, obvious way to extend it. The useless widget things of v9 are unclear to me, and changing to MSI installer does not bode well.</p> <p>As for FF… Pros: Nice text search, address dropdown shows page titles, extension handling is nice. Cons: missing a lot of features if used without extensions, no configuration (and no, I don't call that about:config configuration), slowest to load, biggest download.</p> <p>IE6: Compatible, quickest startup.</p> Favorite is Avant Browser (10.x for now). IE compatibility, popup blocker, ad filter, easy Flash/images/ActiveX/scripting toggling, remembers opened pages on crash (FF didn’t hear about that… kinda odd, considering it crashes much more often), draggable toolbars (haven’t Opera and FF heard of that?!), bookmark groups of open pages, still small download (but growing).

2nd, I like Opera, but it missing some features and there’s no easy, obvious way to extend it. The useless widget things of v9 are unclear to me, and changing to MSI installer does not bode well.

As for FF… Pros: Nice text search, address dropdown shows page titles, extension handling is nice. Cons: missing a lot of features if used without extensions, no configuration (and no, I don’t call that about:config configuration), slowest to load, biggest download.

IE6: Compatible, quickest startup.

]]> By: Chris V http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70669 Chris V Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:09:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70669 <p>Avant browser does many of the IE functions without any problems, and they constantly add new features. I use Firefox and Avant browser when some browsers require IE, it works great.</p> Avant browser does many of the IE functions without any problems, and they constantly add new features. I use Firefox and Avant browser when some browsers require IE, it works great.

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70667 Chris Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:04:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70667 <p>Too little Too Late, it is as if they have been in hibernation for a long time. Whatever they are doing Firefox has already done it, I won't even try if Microsoft gives me a Million dollars. With huge resources they have they should be proactive, but you don't see that from them anymore.</p> Too little Too Late, it is as if they have been in hibernation for a long time. Whatever they are doing Firefox has already done it, I won’t even try if Microsoft gives me a Million dollars. With huge resources they have they should be proactive, but you don’t see that from them anymore.

]]> By: Aaron http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70665 Aaron Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:15:23 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70665 <p>My system also crashed after installing the full version of IE7. (I was using the latest release candidate) Firefox is still my choice.</p> My system also crashed after installing the full version of IE7. (I was using the latest release candidate) Firefox is still my choice.

]]> By: Sameer http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70663 Sameer Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:08:50 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70663 <p>I've been using Firefox 2.0 RC (currently RC3) for a few weeks now, and the performance is exceptional. I haven't run into memory leak issues on the Mac either. Load time issues also seem to have been mitigated. Like most ppl above, I too feel that IE7 has tried to focus more on cosmetic issues (apart from playing catch up). I can see it being a good tool for the generic computer user, but if you browse for more than an hour a day, pick Firefox.</p> I’ve been using Firefox 2.0 RC (currently RC3) for a few weeks now, and the performance is exceptional. I haven’t run into memory leak issues on the Mac either. Load time issues also seem to have been mitigated. Like most ppl above, I too feel that IE7 has tried to focus more on cosmetic issues (apart from playing catch up). I can see it being a good tool for the generic computer user, but if you browse for more than an hour a day, pick Firefox.

]]> By: carl http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70661 carl Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:16:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70661 <p>as per an earlier comment - don't know if i am being paranoid or not or this is a coincidence, but my machine has been unusually very slow today and even the internet connection has been very erratic - even our 'PA' (a nabaztag wifi rabbit) has kept losing its internet connection … these are very unusual occurences.</p> <p>so, IE7 - leave it a while folks, i suggest. if this persists i will be uninstalling and focusing on firefox.</p> as per an earlier comment – don’t know if i am being paranoid or not or this is a coincidence, but my machine has been unusually very slow today and even the internet connection has been very erratic – even our ‘PA’ (a nabaztag wifi rabbit) has kept losing its internet connection … these are very unusual occurences.

so, IE7 – leave it a while folks, i suggest. if this persists i will be uninstalling and focusing on firefox.

]]> By: Net http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70659 Net Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:48:03 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70659 <p>Maxthon - Maxthon - Maxthon ! Is faster than IE7 AND Firefox. The best combination of two worlds - try it and see for yourself. With Super drag n'Drop you leave all the others way back..</p> Maxthon – Maxthon – Maxthon ! Is faster than IE7 AND Firefox. The best combination of two worlds – try it and see for yourself. With Super drag n’Drop you leave all the others way back..

]]> By: Jonathan http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70658 Jonathan Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:18:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70658 <p>Firefox til the end, man!</p> <p>Anybody catch the Slashdot article on an IE7 flaw already?</p> <p>And it wasn't even 24 hours after release. Yikes!</p> <p>http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/19/1326247</p> Firefox til the end, man!

Anybody catch the Slashdot article on an IE7 flaw already?

And it wasn’t even 24 hours after release. Yikes!

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/19/1326247

]]> By: carl http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70657 carl Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:55:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/will-ie7-be-your-browser/#comment-70657 <p>as per my blog entry last night …</p> <p>IE7 - I thought this was just a browser, right? As suggested by MS Live OneCare I have upgraded to latest IE7 release, as part of my general tuning/housekeeping tonight; I was already on an earlier IE7 release, please note.</p> <p>ONE HOUR later (2am!!!) I am still upgrading/re-booting - note, I have a powerful, modern Sony Vaio laptop, latest XP and a high-speed broadband connection at home …</p> <p>Correct me if I am wrong, but, IE7 is JUST a browser, right?</p> <p>One hour?!?!?!??!?!</p> as per my blog entry last night …

IE7 – I thought this was just a browser, right? As suggested by MS Live OneCare I have upgraded to latest IE7 release, as part of my general tuning/housekeeping tonight; I was already on an earlier IE7 release, please note.

ONE HOUR later (2am!!!) I am still upgrading/re-booting – note, I have a powerful, modern Sony Vaio laptop, latest XP and a high-speed broadband connection at home …

Correct me if I am wrong, but, IE7 is JUST a browser, right?

One hour?!?!?!??!?!

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