Thursday, March 24, 2011

Internet Explorer? Really?

Are people really still using IE? Like, for casual browsing? Really?

It boggles my mind.

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  1. I do. So there. Actually, I almost always have both Firefox and IE running so that I can run multiple accounts in Y!Mail, Gmail, twitter, and echobazaar simultaneously. And then there's one for dreamwidth and the other one with the work home page. It's a bit too much for just one browser.

    And I like the colored nesting tags bit, even if it's all a bit ragged under the hood.

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  2. I'm a firefox person. It does everything I need, while being slightly less annoying than iTunes with its updates.

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  3. Lib: Well, that makes sense. If I need to open an alternate account for something, I generally use an incognito window, but that has the drawback of not storing cookies, so I can't make tabs from those websites.

    Matt: Yeah, I would have upgraded to 4.0 the other day, only they haven't come out with it for Mac yet, I don't think. I only use it for netflix streaming these days anyway, though.

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  4. When it's built in....kinda like the stock tires on your car. You'll drive with em until a)they wear out or b)someone comes along with bad-ass high-tech tires that dynamically adapt to road conditions, driver preferences, and what music you're currently playing....and they show you what you're missing. :)

    Ignorance is NOT bliss, internet peoples!

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  5. It also depends on your audience, too. The folks that visit my blog tend to be more technical so I have a higher percentage of non-IE users; still plenty of them due to default installs, work installs, and the foodie types who care more about the imagery that you can taste than what browser they're using.

    38% IE, 31% Firefox, 14% Chrome, 13% Safari, then the remaining 4% is miscellaneous...

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  6. It also depends on your audience, too. The folks that visit my blog tend to be more technical so I have a higher percentage of non-IE users; still plenty of them due to default installs, work installs, and the foodie types who care more about the imagery that you can taste than what browser they're using.

    38% IE, 31% Firefox, 14% Chrome, 13% Safari, then the remaining 4% is miscellaneous...

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  7. Thanks Alex. Yeah, I've realized that there are a lot of folks who are browsing at work and have no control over which browser they're using.

    Still. It's my firm opinion that IE blows.

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