Okay, so in case it isn't obvious this thread topic came to me from reading Tuesday's [a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/10804-The-Adventures-of-Hodgkin-Chan"]Critical Miss[/a] in which the IE was compared to malignant cancer.[footnote]Before anyone says anything I'm fully aware that the creators use similar hyperbole with almost everything they mock, that doesn't change the obvious subtext.[/footnote]
Now I'm not here to argue that Internet Explorer is the best browser, I'd say that's a matter of preference at this point, but as someone who uses it and Chrome almost interchangeably, I don't really understand why it gets constantly ridiculed. I've never had it fail to load a page correctly, and it seems to be about as fast Chrome, if not faster. In addition, of the 3 main browsers I'd say it's design looks the least dated and is probably the easiest to use.
From what I can tell the main advantage of Chrome and Firefox is apps, which I'll admit can be very cool, but they can also tax on browser performance if you have more than a couple. And not many of them (that I've encountered) provide a function that really improves user experience much.
I guess I'm just wondering if the reason people trash IE is just because they haven't used it since 2010 and assume it's still as clunky as it was back then. Or if there's something else about it they still dislike. Either way I'll probably keep using it as my default until there's a compelling reason not to. And yes, I am using it right now to post this topic.
Edit: I also feel like giving a shout-out to Opera, Maxthon, Avant, and the many other ignored browsers, most of which also don't suck.
Now I'm not here to argue that Internet Explorer is the best browser, I'd say that's a matter of preference at this point, but as someone who uses it and Chrome almost interchangeably, I don't really understand why it gets constantly ridiculed. I've never had it fail to load a page correctly, and it seems to be about as fast Chrome, if not faster. In addition, of the 3 main browsers I'd say it's design looks the least dated and is probably the easiest to use.
From what I can tell the main advantage of Chrome and Firefox is apps, which I'll admit can be very cool, but they can also tax on browser performance if you have more than a couple. And not many of them (that I've encountered) provide a function that really improves user experience much.
I guess I'm just wondering if the reason people trash IE is just because they haven't used it since 2010 and assume it's still as clunky as it was back then. Or if there's something else about it they still dislike. Either way I'll probably keep using it as my default until there's a compelling reason not to. And yes, I am using it right now to post this topic.
Edit: I also feel like giving a shout-out to Opera, Maxthon, Avant, and the many other ignored browsers, most of which also don't suck.