dotTech - Topic: IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 Locutus on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4141 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4141 The great thing about being an admin is not having to do those.

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]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:41:54 -0700 yourpalal on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4138 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4138 BTW

On a lighter note:

I can't believe that I had to stop for a second before posting to think of what was 9 + 12!!! Anyone else had a quick brain-freeze like that??

]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:14:21 -0700 yourpalal on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4137 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4137 With all the add-ons of FF & others, IE9 needs to take a good look at emulating them or incorporating them into the browser, & maybe add on-line scanners, video d/l & converters….. or whatever else.

]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:10:22 -0700 Locutus on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4135 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4135 Remember which browser had private browsing first (besides tiny ones like Safari and before Chrome was big)?

Internet Explorer.

]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:13:25 -0700 karen on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4133 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4133 I'm guessing that MS is finally getting serious about the browser wars.  They had the field to themselves for such a long time (after Netscape went south and before FF became popular) that they had no incentive to innovate. 

I think they've seen the light and the new IE will be better than ever (and maybe better in at least some aspects than the other browsers).

]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:51:54 -0700 yourpalal on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4131 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4131 @ Karen

MS would be wise (for once???) to incorporate into IE9 the positive features of others like Firefox, Chrome, etc., & to avoid self-inflicted foot wounds. Limping around in public is just so embarrassing. Everyone can tell the source of the injury.

Your pal

Al

]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:56:03 -0700 yourpalal on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4130 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4130 Hey all.

It seems to me that whatever IE9 is like when finally released, that little geeks like me will completely avoid any type of beta d/l & testing, especially because of the “as is” status. Too much risk, regardless of having backups & rescue disks, etc., & I could ill afford a new OS or ‘puter.’

Al

]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:51:30 -0700 Refpeuk on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4125 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4125 @Locutus

Oh really?  That's no problem for me then, I'm getting a new machine in about 6 months.  They must have changed that date though; I'm pretty sure last time I checked it said 2011 or around there.  I might be wrong, though.

]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:07:16 -0700 Locutus on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4119 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4119 Security ends in 2014.

]]> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:11:26 -0700 karen on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4115 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4115 No security updates would suck.  But at a certain point, it probably gets more expensive for Microsoft to maintain XP than to lose a certain number of customers.

I don't know what their employee turnover rate is, but how many Microsoft engineers are XP experts at this time?  Since most of them probably helped develop Vista and Win7, it may be getting difficult to find people to fix XP.

I know from experience in development (not OS development though) that it is really hard to maintain a system that you are not intimately familair with especially if you want to do it well and not hack it up.

]]> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:05:50 -0700 Refpeuk on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4113 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4113 @Locutus

Lol, yeah.  Most people probably won't care, but at the (alleged - because it's only a lite preview right now) speed of this browser they should.   At least they are still offering security updates for it, but I think that ends soon too.

]]> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:19:29 -0700 Locutus on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4103 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4103 Well, yeah.  Microsoft did a feature freeze for XP in like 2008.  That means no new features. A nonsucky browser=a feature!

]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:20:35 -0700 Ashraf on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4101 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4101 IE 9 won't work in WinXP?

dot dot dot.

]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:29:41 -0700 karen on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4092 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4092 I see your point.  Maybe Microsoft is shooting themselves in the foot by not supporting XP on IE9.  But at the same time, I'm sure they'd like to greatly reduce their installed base of XP.  And maybe in the year or so until IE9 is released, a lot of people will have upgraded.

]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:41:01 -0700 Refpeuk on IE 9 - The good, the bad, and the brutal http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4068 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/ie-9-the-good-the-bad-and-the-brutal/#p4068 @karen

In normal circumstances I would agree with you, but XP is a bit different.  No one has continued to use Windows 2000 in the way that XP has stuck around.  If they had said they were not going to support Win2000 that would be one thing, but tons of people still use XP.  If Microsoft has any intention of swinging the browser wars back in their favour they should somehow make it work with XP, whether with an OS update, or in the browser itself.

I know it may seem as if I am making a huge deal out of this, but if the browser is so astronomically faster than even Google Chrome, then I think it's worth the fuss.

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