Do You HATE Internet Explorer - or just Microsoft

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The first page of the two-page ad--which is twice as large as originally planned--features the Firefox symbol superimposed over the names of the 10,000 donors, and a line about the browser. "Are you fed up with your Web browser?" the ad says. "You're not alone. We want you to know that there is an alternative."

The second page features the Firefox symbol, some information about Firefox and quotes from satisfied customers.

This is not the first Firefox ad in print--a separate fund-raising campaign in Germany raised more than $93,000, the majority of which was used to fund a full-page ad in a German national newspaper two weeks ago.​

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I don't HATE Internet Explorer or just Microsoft but when I originally got into Opera and then FireBird, as it was then, I realised there was more to life than "open in new window" for multitasking; Tabbed Browsing is a great time saver.

IMHO the difference is that FireFox has a community behind it, seems to be more in touch with users demands, has depth & personality, a shed load of great add-ons (the developer extension is ace for designers), is standards compliant and was actually built as a browser.

Whereas Explorer is virtually the same browser I first used some 6 years ago; not a lot of change there for such an innovative, big budget corporation huh?

I don't hate MicroSoft, they came up with the Xbox

 

Yeah, no hate here either, but IE is not my weapon of choice, never has been and never will be so long as it remains so behind the times. When was the last time you blocked a PopUp with IE? Ah, like never. When was the last time you got spyware from anything other than IE? Ah, like never.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/web/sp2_popupblocker.mspx

 

I hope firefox takes off like crazy and really puts a huge dent in ie. I have no reason to be a fan of ms.

 

Most??? Again, does ie block pop ups yet? No.

 

As a website owner, I like it or not I've to use IE and design primarily for IE since 90% of my visitors use IE. Firefox is on the 3rd placed at mostly used browsers by my visitors after mozilla. Firefox usage is increasing every day, and I personally like it.

 

any body still uses popup blocker by IE ?

 

I use both but find Firefox tends to block out some of the images that are supposed to be on the page. The problem is people who only use Firefox wouldn't know anything is missing.
I guess there is a setting somewhere I have to change .

Cyclops

 

http://www.giantcompany.com/

All that Bad Publicity makes for Proactivity for Survival

 

If Microsoft was not partners with the Russian Mafia everyone would love them. But since they are partners with them, folks get money removed from bank accounts without knowledge, credit card data is stolen wholesale, computers are turned into zombies to attack the network, the average computer user has no idea that their boxes are clogged with spyware and Microsoft is guilty of producing defective products.

IE/Windows OS has fatal flaws that Microsoft can not code themselves out of, experts have said that they would have to scrap the entire OS and start from scratch and M$ will not do this.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5495719.html?tag=zdnn.alert

Everyone and their momma knows that it is junk, so does the computing community, that is why Steve Ballmer is calling for the disposable $100.00 Windows PC.

Once it is turned into a zombie, just throw it away, go to the 7/11 on the corner and buy another one from Osama

 

Just internet explorer

 

IE because of standards compliance, MS because they love money too much so both

 

IE has security & privacy risks. Anything done with IE is restored somewhere as a system file, and whoever wants to clean them has to be an expert. I spent a lot of time erasing some history, and finally learned what I said above. Only way to clean a windows machine is to format it.
Many games are dependent on one version or other of windows os, so oly way to play all games is to have all versions of windows os. So I wonder if eventually old versions of windows will be sold in antique shops.

 

As far as I am concerned all versions belong there now.

 

GREAT NEWS No - this Topic was NOT Planned Ahead of time by MS







http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050106_194007.html

http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/000961.html

 

Great quote...

What, like "the Internet" in Trey's first book? LOL

Great, so now media player rips and burns AND usurps other media software... that is timely, check out my MediaPlayer stole my WinAmp blog post...

I still don't hate 'em, they're just thieves

 

I would love them if I bought the stock in 1986 for a few bucks a share and held it long term.

You could have turned 10 grand into about 20 million, funny how money will make folks love something a hell of a lot more.

 

I am fed up with them both right now. I have a love hate relationship with both M$ and IE.

I kind of laugh when M$ bugs out on me on my windows machines now at work since I got a new apple.

 

I only know Windows family and some DOS,,,,
So, I hate MS but have to use them....