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2010-10-06 Science & Technology

Microsoft IE browser share dips below 50%; Google Chrome rises

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Posted by Fred 2010-10-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 After all these years MS still can't make a browser that doesn't crash all the time.

As Fred said, try Chrome.

Posted by phil_b 2010-10-06 09:55|| 2010-10-06 09:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry but Chrome is Shit.

Cacheing is all wrong, view source is borked, and rendering is iffy sometimes too.

Try Firefox and then nothing else.
Firefox + Adblock + ghostery + dictionary = sorted.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-10-06 10:46|| 2010-10-06 10:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Chrome phones home. Use IRON.
Same browser, but no phone home or other privacy issues.

http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

Posted by Dinah Kanser 2010-10-06 11:35|| 2010-10-06 11:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Firefox + Adblock + ghostery + dictionary + TACO + Better Privacy = best browser experience out there.

Posted by Dinah Kanser 2010-10-06 11:37|| 2010-10-06 11:37|| Front Page Top

#5 I've done a fair amount of web programming. The more of it that I have to do with IE, the more I despise Microsoft. The deficiencies in IE are features, not bugs. IOW, Microsoft does it that way on purpose. The way they interpret Javascript is different from the industry standard way that all other browsers do. The way they render content is different from the industry standard way that all other browsers do. They think they're big enough to impose their own standards and they think it will discourage the use of other browsers. They think programmers will be lazy enough to do it their way and let their work look like crap on other browsers. I'd rather let my work look like crap on IE so I can tell my users what an inferior product it really is. My bosses insist that I do it both ways so my work doesn't look like crap but it's a pain in the ass. IBM used to do the same thing, insisting on EBCDIC when the rest of the world was using ASCII. Jackasses.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-10-06 11:48|| 2010-10-06 11:48|| Front Page Top

#6 As much as I distrust Microsoft w/r/t privacy, using a Google app is like handing the keys to your house to a professional thief.

Posted by Clineper Brown3283 2010-10-06 15:12|| 2010-10-06 15:12|| Front Page Top

#7 I prefer firefox with plugins.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-10-06 16:47|| 2010-10-06 16:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Lynx for safety and deh privacy

Posted by Goldies Every Damn Where 2010-10-06 17:53|| 2010-10-06 17:53|| Front Page Top

#9 'telnet www.rantburg.com 8080'

Its the *only* way to be sure.....

Posted by Fester Angans9621 2010-10-06 22:38|| 2010-10-06 22:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Darn, sorry... Fester Angans9621 was me.

New OS install... Didn't set the cookie.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-10-06 22:45|| 2010-10-06 22:45|| Front Page Top

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