ie7 retail

Post by **Turbine** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:15 pm

That shut all the IE guys up, good.

Post by **Captain** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:17 pm

*peep* :O!

Post by **Tormentius** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:43 am

Turbine wrote:Why use it then?

On a side note, I love installing Firefox 2 on school and public library computers. On every chance I get.

Incompetent admins++

I block the executable from even running on network systems I'm responsible for (along with the other common browsers).

Post by **bitWISE** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:34 am

Turbine wrote:Why use it then?

Because as a developer I'm responsible for making my code accessable. Not to mention I'm an ASP.NET developer so I spend a lot of time in debug mode (which runs in IE).

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:40 am

Turbine wrote:Why use it then?

On a side note, I love installing Firefox 2 on school and public library computers. On every chance I get.

I love watching the reaction of some people, when they say just how smooth the browser feels and runs. For example right now I was running IE6 here in the library. A total piece of shit. it always slows down when opening up a new website, slows down for a good 20 seconds, before rendering. I now installed Firefox 2 and its as smooth as butter.

To bad it will be wiped as soon as someone restarts this computer.

To see just how horrible IE is take the Acid2 test.
http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html
http://www.webstandards.org/action/acid2/

I use FF, but, I've never had a problem with IE6 slowing down like that on a new website. They are pretty much the same on the rendering time in my experience.

Post by **Wizard .3** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:55 am

Firefox fucks up the acid test for me.

Post by **Denz** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:10 am

I haven't warmed up to Firefox yet. There are too many updates to keep up. I will wait until they have final realease or sommat

Post by **Foo** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:19 am

Denz wrote:I haven't warmed up to Firefox yet. There are too many updates to keep up. I will wait until they have final realease or sommat

....It's all automatic, what's the problem?

Post by **Denz** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:32 am

You start Firefox, "There is a new update available, and would you like to download it?"

Hell I have no time for that, I'm a busy man. I have to cruise the porn sites in a hurry!!! j/k

No seriously when I'm working I can't be bothered to download an update I need my browser to work right now so I can get my work done. When I'm sitting on the game computer I really could care less.

Post by **Denz** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:33 am

oh and btw, IE7 looks like Firefox. WTF?

Post by **Foo** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:38 pm

If you're on the latest release candidates for firefox there's been 3 updates in the past fornight for that update path. But if you're on the main trunk, you'll only be seeing firefox update itself about once per month or so.

What you're probably seeing are your extensions updating themselves, which happens more frequently dependent on how many you have installed. You can turn that off in preferences.