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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:35 AM Original message |
IE9: Good enough to beat Firefox and Chrome? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not if you have XP |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Correct |
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glen123098 (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. XP is still the best Microsoft OS though... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I hated giving up XP too, but a year later I'm happy with Win7. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Agreed. And IE 9's Javascript rendering is leaps and bounds better than IE 8 (and Firefox) |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. IMO IE8 is already better than FF. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I was disappointed in IE8 because it wasn't much of an upgrade. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Downloading it now. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I didn't like that I can't relocate the favorites bar. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yes....while the other browsers are interesting and have some cool tools |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. 'controversy about HTML5' ? Not really. It is accepted and well on its way. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. What does you mean by "accepted"? |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. All 'modern' browsers support the htmls api's. There is a standard and the W3C |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
10. If IE9 doesn't address the CSS incompatibilities of IE, then not a chance. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It does. CSS 3 support, HTML 5 support, hardware acceleration |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. That's a good thing, but the legacy of the older versions will haunt IE for many years. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. We've been testing w/our new internal web app. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. How about button borders. Damn that pisses me off with the earlier IE versions. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. border-radius, bay-bee! |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. blah...dupe |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. I looked but I couldn't find the debian package anywhere... |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Darn |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. MS has a big reputation problem |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. I wanted to recommend this simply for providing information, |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, the Internet needs IE9 like it needs a monopolist OS vendor |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Content to live in a Safari world... |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. Firefox has already lost, as far as I'm concerned. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Likely a communication error in the update. Easily solved. |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I had the most recent version as of a couple of months ago (I don't remember the version #). |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Oh yes, that is a known error. |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Thanks. I reinstalled it & will give it another try. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. Warning: IE8 is now slower after IE9 install/uninstall |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. SOP for M$. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. System restore fixed it. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. IE9 may be a beta... |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Why did you uninstall it? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I didn't like the "favorites" bar not being configurable. |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. Not if I have to use wondoze. |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. Firefox is my preferred choice. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
39. I will forever hate Internet Explorer for my experiences in web design |
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