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- IE8's "best" feature broken: stick with Firefox
- The plug-ins, the add-ons, the "download and use with" programs. So many people have been on about the "porn mode" InPrivate feature, the coloured tabs and the accelerator features, but what seems to be missing from the blogosphere is the entire gallery of additional software for the product. ...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, IE8, Internet Explorer 8, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinking
- Google's recent release of their "Chrome" browser beta was, I think, driven by their perception that the disruption IE8 is about to create in the marketplace spells opportunity for Google. It's nice to see competition at work, but their entire strategy is, I think, reactive rather than proactive and not...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Microsoft Windows Vista, IE8, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Channel Management, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Google Chrome ... the day after
- Google Chrome ... the day afterGoogle Chrome ... the day afterGoogle Chrome had its initial spike from people trying it then realizing how broken it is. So they went back to their default browsers leaving Google out in the cold. The countdown begins now for them to cut...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, countdown, FF3, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome, IE8
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Could Google's Chome be death blow to Firefox?
- Could Google's Chome be death blow to Firefox?Purchasing Firefox could be a disaster.Purchasing Firefox could be a disaster. IE8 is getting close to release, and having a Firefox/Chrome transition (or worse, battle) could kill their market share if IE8 is released during the transition.Could Google's Chome be death blow to...
- Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, IE8, Chome, Mozilla Firefox, Google Inc., Chrome, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner?
- Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner?Internet Explorer and StandardsI really hope the product is a success and is just as standards compliant as Opera. What would be ideal is that Internet Explorer becomes a minority. I would gladly give up...
- Tags: Web browsers, Milton Bradley, Web browser, Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- An IE8 Beta 2 Q
- An IE8 Beta 2 QWhat if you uninstall beta 1 first?Will you fall back to IE7 then be able to install beta 2 with a fallback to IE7?Can I uninstall IE8? Yes ... unless ...... you downloaded and installed IE8 Beta 1 prior to installing Windows XP SP3, in which...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, IE8 Beta 2 Q, IE8, beta, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- What's in IE 8 for enterprise users?
- What's in IE 8 for enterprise users?The biggest thing in IE8 for the enterprise: continued compatibilityproblems and continued foot dragging on the standards front. Also very slow JavaScript. Much slower than the already released version of FireFox, Opera, and Safari. Pretty sad . . . .RE: What's in IE 8...
- Tags: Web browsers, Quality, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 8, enterprise user, standards, Mozilla Firefox, IE8, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Internet Explorer 8 beta 2
- With the public release of its second beta, Microsoft said it intends for the Internet Explorer 8 browser to be more customer-oriented than previous versions of its browser. Our initial impression of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is positive: we think Microsoft has not only caught up with Opera, Safari,...
- Tags: Web browsers, IE 8 beta 1, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8, Internet Explorer 8, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-08-27
- Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover
- Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeoverStandardsWhat I want to know, does the "standards" mode remove previous IE hacks? For example, using the underscore in CSS statements would be ignored by every browser except IE. If IE8 now supports standards but STILL reads the underscore hack, this could be a...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8, IE8, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Adrian
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover
- The Beta 2 release of Microsoft's flagship web browser is packed with dozens of new usability and security features that will have an impact on just about every aspect of your browsing experience. by Ed Bott
- Tags: Web, Page, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Feature, Internet Explorer 8, IE8, Manage Add-ons Dialog Box, Web Browsers, Internet, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Blocking unsafe sites (Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2)
- Blocking unsafe sites (Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2)Does it have spell checking?FireFox has it for years. What about restoring just closed tabs?No and yes.No spell-checking in forms, as far as I can see. But yes to reopening recently closed tabs, which I actually show in the gallery. Right-click a tab...
- Tags: Web browsers, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Internet Explorer 8 Beta, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- NoScript vs. Internet Explorer 8 Filters
- NoScript vs. Internet Explorer 8 FiltersThink About End UsersI've tried, a couple of times, to use NoScript in my normal surfing, and it became unbearable quickly. Too many sites were disfunctional. MLB.com is a good example.It's one thing to make an add-in for technical users that they can tweak on...
- Tags: Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, Channel management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, NoScript, IE8, MLB
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Microsoft to ratchet IE8 security another notch in Beta 2
- Sometime in August, Microsoft plans to release Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8. Yesterday, I spoke with Austin Wilson, Director of Windows Client Product Management at Microsoft, about some of the security-related changes due in this milestone, and got a preview of the changes announced today. Here are some details...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Site, Web Browser, IE8, Microsoft Windows, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Phishing, Web Browsers, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Net Applications shows Firefox 3.0 market share at 2.28ò0for June 08
- Net Applications shows Firefox 3.0 market share at 2.28ò0for June 08Fix your linksThe links to the photos display //http twice in the address bar. You have the same problem in your other post on physx.I tried it on several computersbut am holding off on my primary machines. It crashes A...
- Tags: Web browsers, Net Applications, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Will IE 8 break the Web?
- Will IE 8 break the Web?It's an opportunity for the money puppetswho write IE only sites to re-screw their customers and charge hundreds to add appropriate headers to their sites.RE: Will IE 8 break the Web?I think they originally didn't want to "break the web" because it would make IE...
- Tags: Web browsers, Channel management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web, IE 8, IE8, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 - Tour
- A quick look at Beta 1 of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: screenshots, internet, explorer, microsoft, drowser, ie, ie8, beta
- Image galleries 2008-03-11
- Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 - Tour
- I've just downloaded and installed the beta 1 of Internet Explorer 8 into a virtual machine no way am I ready to let that loose on my systems outside of a VM. I've only been using it a few minutes so there's no...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Beta, IE8, Web Browsers, Phishing, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Microsoft caves: 'Super-standards' mode to become IE 8 default
- Microsoft caves: 'Super-standards' mode to become IE 8 defaultOpera's complaint only "helped convince"?I don't know about you, but the threat of another $1 billion dollar fine from the EU would "help convince" me of just about anything.I think MS did the right thingI'm sure there are a lot of people...
- Tags: Web browsers, ABMers, Microsoft Corp., IE 8 default, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 8, cave, IE8, Opera Software
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- IE team shares ... a version number
- IE team shares ... a version numberPut the IE team under ScottGuIE should be moved from the platform group to the client technology group. If ScottGu were in any way responsible for this team as he should be, he would clean up this mess in no time. Filthy...
- Tags: Web browsers, Team management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, team, IE team, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, IE8, Mozilla Firefox, MS JUST
- Discussion threads 2007-12-05
- Users clamoring again for an Internet Explorer 8 update
- Users clamoring again for an Internet Explorer 8 updateMicrosoft never leads waiting for Firefox 3I would guess that Microsoft is waiting to see what they can steal from Firefox 3 and put it in IE 8.It would be great to see Microsoft leap a head in softwware once but they...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., IE8, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
- Discussion threads 2007-11-30
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