Study Proves IE Users and People Who Believed Study Are Dumb
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Anyone here use safari on a PC? The primary reason I use it is because is has spellcheck as I'm typing. It's also the first one I used with that feature so I've just gotten lazy with it.
Admits? They wouldn't shut up when IE 8 came out. They are being less noisy about 9, however.Greg Tito said:
I wonder how many people read that, saw it for what it was and just moved on with what they are doing.Rawne1980 said:
There is a logic to this, when you disregard the blatant attempt to be an ass as these people are. Staying with older versions makes you more vulnerable to malware attacks as there are still people putting code in for the older versions, and Microsoft is not maintaining any support for those versions to protect from the malware. It is just plain silly as the latest version that receives updates to protect against attacks is free.
I myself use Chrome as my default, but lately have had to resort to IE as Youtube lately has been crashing my system on Chrome when I try to go fullscreen with a video. On IE it transitions without a hitch. Possibly something on my system alone(seems to be something akin to a runon error) as I haven't heard anyone else's voice on the matter, but when I can just switch over to IE to watch videos on a site owned by Google, I may as well stay with that until I can do what is needed.
The world is a crazy place.
Ha, those guys who ran the fake study would fit right in somewhere here at the Escapist.
I really had no idea how much people just outright hated IE until about a year or so ago. It's like the CoD of internet browsers. Highly popular yet gets so much unreal amounts of hate that it's at the point that it's almost accepted that those who play/use it are stupid.
I really had no idea how much people just outright hated IE until about a year or so ago. It's like the CoD of internet browsers. Highly popular yet gets so much unreal amounts of hate that it's at the point that it's almost accepted that those who play/use it are stupid.
Well, maybe she does for the Win95 part. Dial-up is a fair(and even cheaper these days) alternative if you really don't need the extra bandwidth that DSL or Cable offers.Scytail said:
It makes you resourceful and utilitarian. No system is perfect, and any that says so is only fooling itself. Every browser has its flaws that the others potentially fill in for. I keep IE on my system as a fallback, which came in useful as per my previous post.omega 616 said:
Ah, but then I must disagree with your disagreement, because pulling an elaborate prank with falsey information like this just makes you a jackass. People don't take anything from it because it was just a dick move, nothing more.Giest4life said:
...There's practically no difference between browsers if your computer isn't shit.
'cept maybe addons and firefox's massive memory leak
'cept maybe addons and firefox's massive memory leak
I'd keep the "moron" part...canadamus_prime said:
Heck, as long as it isn't a professional site, chuck in a few MORE expletives depending on browser version (IE6 users demand drastic actions >.>)
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You've only ever used one browser for more then a week haven't you?HerbertTheHamster said:
I have chrome. I have Explorer (8). Maybe because I don't know web programming, but I barely see a difference, so I don't know what the issue is.
Yeah, except it's not very professional to insult the people who are visiting your website.Jodah said:
Well what you do with your website is up to you, but any professional webmaster should know that insulting your potential audience is not a particularly good idea.SoulSalmon said:
...unless you're a rapper apparently.
A lot of places do actually GET their audience by insulting them however >.>canadamus_prime said:
A certain Escapist show jumps to mind as well as a plethora of webcomics and satire websites.
But yeah, theres obviously a lot of places that wouldn't be appropriate
(Then again... depending on the site do you really even WANT the visits of people still clinging to a version of a terrible browser that's a decade outdated? (Speaking directly about IE6 of course))
Yes I'm aware of that, as I noted with my comment about rappers. However professional web design is not an avenue where that would be appropriate.SoulSalmon said:A lot of places do actually GET their audience by insulting them however >.>canadamus_prime said:
A certain Escapist show jumps to mind as well as a plethora of webcomics and satire websites.
But yeah, theres obviously a lot of places that wouldn't be appropriate
(Then again... depending on the site do you really even WANT the visits of people still clinging to a version of a terrible browser that's a decade outdated? (Speaking directly about IE6 of course))
As far as I'm concerned the Browser Wars are ancient history. Current web designers should strive to make their sites compatible with at least the top 2 or 3 current web browsers in common use. (The key word there being "current," as in up to date) Internet Explorer (8 or 9), Firefox, and possibly Safari or Opera. The issue here is outdated browsers. It'd be no different if people were still using Netscape Communicator or worse Netscape 4.
