You Are Probably Not Using Internet Explorer to Read This

[Danzaivar]

Loving all the people going "I use IE! Jokes on you! HAHAHAH!".

No friends, the joke is on you.

(Google Chrome here, it's just so much faster than everything else. Firefox seems slow and IE seems glacial in comparison.)

 

[TartanLlama]

Real users browse with Lynx.

 

[VondeVon]

I use IE, Avant and Firefox all at the same time for different things. Avant for text-based websites when I want to cut out all the crap, Firefox for almost everything else and IE.. essentially, just to log into my internet.

I know on one computer something went wrong with IE - it couldn't see the internet anymore and that was the push to move to Firefox.

 

[Aralous]

I'm not just using IE, I'm using IE6. LET IT'S MAJESTY IE6 NEVER BE PHASED OUT!

 

[rastlin1985]

As has probably been said here loads of times already (i'm too lazy to read 12 pages...), i've never had a problem with IE... so why would i bother changing?

 

[Tinneh]

I use Opera! It's sexy-riffic! Firefox started getting a bit sluggish for me, and I could never stick with Chrome. So Opera! Even their webpage is sexy!

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

I'm using IE.

I'm special!

 

[historybuff]

I use Firefox. IE is awful.

 

[Chaos Marine]

I'd rather use IE than Safari. Hades that browser is a mess. At least with IE Microsoft tries to make it secure. Apple just couldn't give two fucks.

 

[GloatingSwine]

i just cant understand why doesnt microsoft improve the IE??? they certainly have the money....

They do. Their improvements are just Not For You. IE is the browser of choice for the corporate network because it's been designed to be administrator configured and locked down, as opposed to other browsers which are designed for user customisation.

So, no matter what browser you use on your computer at home, at work you'll be on IE.

 

[temporalcrux]

I use the AOL Browser. Does that make the corpse of Netscape scream in agony?

 

[AngryFrenchCanadian]

Each time I find a new flaw with Firefox (Ex: some websites not compatible), it makes it up to me with speed, stability and add-ons (Oh AdBlock Plus, how I love you). They improve it with every update, and I really like the last one, which made it so if a plugin crashed, the browser would still continue to work. Before that, it was annoying to go on Youtube, because Adobe Flash player often crashes. Now, I just have to refresh the page. It's all the little details that makes it great.

 

[AngryFrenchCanadian]

I use Internet Explorer for reading webcomics and for doing things that I don't want my friends to know about -_-. I'll leave it to you to guess what I mean by that.

But for everything else, I use Safari. This happened after it was automatically installed on my laptop when I installed iTunes, and I was fed up of IE as it kept shutting down, cutting out, without warning whenever I browsed The Escapist. Though that problem has gone, when I tried Safari out I was hooked, and now I use it for everything apart from the above mentioned things. With webcomics, at least, it's easier because I already have a folder in my Favourites tab with the ones I read regularly, so it's easier than trying to do it all over again setting one up in Safari. I read a lot of webcomics...

When you install Firefox, they give you the option to import all your bookmarks from IE.

 

[Altherix]

I've used IE, Opera, Firefox, Chrome...etc. Currently Chrome is my default browser and here's some food for thought:

Customer, (I work a computer store) constantly getting Malware/Spyware/etc on their machine, cleanup, reload, back within weeks reinfected, always used IE.

I got sick of their crap so put on Chrome removed any links to IE, haven't seen them since.

 

[Azmael Silverlance]

i just cant understand why doesnt microsoft improve the IE??? they certainly have the money....

They do. Their improvements are just Not For You. IE is the browser of choice for the corporate network because it's been designed to be administrator configured and locked down, as opposed to other browsers which are designed for user customisation.

So, no matter what browser you use on your computer at home, at work you'll be on IE.

I see.....i guess its a good point. But u are wrong.....i am using Foxie baby at work

 

[gphjr14]

Firefox has been pretty reliable. I use that and Chrome, though Chrome doesn't have that much fan support in terms of add ons. I browse this site on Chrome bc it doesn't have a whole lot of secondary sites running ads and other pointless shit. FF blocks other sites that take advantage of DSL speed to ad as much ad shit on as possible FF blocks all this.

Example I just wanted to know the locations of the glyphs on ACII there was a site but it took like 5 seconds to load, and of course ad banners and shit load first. Went to the same page on FF loaded the complete bulk of the page (part I wanted) in 1.5 seconds, and thats why I love FF.

 

[duchaked]

probably due to its tendency to be a direct toll-free greased conduit for viruses? lol

 

[smithy_2045]

I use Opera, Chrome or IE depending on the website.

 

[tkioz]

I've never been that attached to my browser, I started out on Netscape 2.something ages and ages and ages ago, stayed with it to 4.0 then switched to IE for a bit, tried 5 or was it 6 of netscape, one with the horrible UI, switched back to IE, tried Opera, tried Mozilla, went back to IE until 8 was released; I used it for about two days and grabbed firefox... It's a bit of a memory hog, but it's decent enough; honestly it's just a computer program, no need to get worked up over it, just use what you like.

Though I will admit that Microsoft shot themselves in the foot with IE8, bloody thing was like the Windows ME of browsers, horrible thing.