Showdown at the IE Corral
IE is garbage. I think this has been self-evident for a long time now. Those who still use it are locked in because it's 'comfortable' and because it's there. There is no effort in IE. That's why it is the most popular browser in the world. Not because it's the best, but because Microsoft decided it's better to shove something down user's throats than actually own up to competition. It's how they killed Netscape in one fell swoop.
The IE dev team recently held a little Q&A session by which they admit their browser is, frankly, behind the times, full of holes, and is weak compared to other browsers.
Isn't this Microsoft? The same Microsoft that creates innovation, that leads the way, that shows us something bett--
Oh, wait. This is Microsoft. The guys who buried Netscape. The guys who forced a browser on the world. The guys who should see the truth staring them in the face.
I suggest those IE-using die-hards, god bless your little ignorant hearts, to try Firefox, a very small download, a wonderful, easy to use, full-of-features, no fucking awful security holes, browser that does just what you want it to do and comes built in with pop up blockers and tabbed browsing.
The last two features alone are simply standard on each non-IE browser on the market, whether they're free or not. Opera is a cool little browser, for those who wish to pay for it. It too has tabs (the first to do so, I'll freely admit), and it also has a pop-up blocker.
However, this is why IE will never have a pop-up blocker: Microsoft's own websites use them in advertising. That mean's they'd be cutting their arm off by doing this. They'd lose revenue, what little is generated by pop-ups anymore (does anyone click on these things?), and websites by the dozens would cry foul to Microsoft. You'd hear the screaming for miles.
Tabs? Sure, they'll get tabs. It's a simple evolution. That 'grouped window' bullshit in Windows XP is garbage. Anyone who browses this way is simply too stubborn or ignorant (note, that doesn't mean stupid, just un-informed) to know better. They're sure there is no better way, they're comfortable with what they're using, and god help me, some of them actually like seeing a ton of minimized windows with cut-off titles and playing the which-window-is-which game.
Do I try to spread the gospel of Firefox? Sure. But not all listen for the reasons stated. But to those who might have the slightest inkling of trying something that is just universally better, and by leaps and bounds better, by peanut butter vs. peanut butter and jelly better, this is the way. This is the light.
Come on over to the revolution. IE is dead. Long live Firefox!
The IE dev team recently held a little Q&A session by which they admit their browser is, frankly, behind the times, full of holes, and is weak compared to other browsers.
Isn't this Microsoft? The same Microsoft that creates innovation, that leads the way, that shows us something bett--
Oh, wait. This is Microsoft. The guys who buried Netscape. The guys who forced a browser on the world. The guys who should see the truth staring them in the face.
I suggest those IE-using die-hards, god bless your little ignorant hearts, to try Firefox, a very small download, a wonderful, easy to use, full-of-features, no fucking awful security holes, browser that does just what you want it to do and comes built in with pop up blockers and tabbed browsing.
The last two features alone are simply standard on each non-IE browser on the market, whether they're free or not. Opera is a cool little browser, for those who wish to pay for it. It too has tabs (the first to do so, I'll freely admit), and it also has a pop-up blocker.
However, this is why IE will never have a pop-up blocker: Microsoft's own websites use them in advertising. That mean's they'd be cutting their arm off by doing this. They'd lose revenue, what little is generated by pop-ups anymore (does anyone click on these things?), and websites by the dozens would cry foul to Microsoft. You'd hear the screaming for miles.
Tabs? Sure, they'll get tabs. It's a simple evolution. That 'grouped window' bullshit in Windows XP is garbage. Anyone who browses this way is simply too stubborn or ignorant (note, that doesn't mean stupid, just un-informed) to know better. They're sure there is no better way, they're comfortable with what they're using, and god help me, some of them actually like seeing a ton of minimized windows with cut-off titles and playing the which-window-is-which game.
Do I try to spread the gospel of Firefox? Sure. But not all listen for the reasons stated. But to those who might have the slightest inkling of trying something that is just universally better, and by leaps and bounds better, by peanut butter vs. peanut butter and jelly better, this is the way. This is the light.
Come on over to the revolution. IE is dead. Long live Firefox!
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Actually, Firefox does have it's share of security holes. They just get fixed a lot faster :)
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