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I'm a web designer, so I found this especially funny.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/29/internet.explorer.dumb/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

I like it. I don't understand all the hate in the comments and would have come to the same conclusion on my own, honestly.

Sorry, the story reads like it was written by somone who writes only narcissistic Hipster Elitist d-baggery.

"Oooo, like, I'm so 22nd Century.... everything is stupid and lame. I use Linux.... Stupid Windows users, you're all just a bunch of conformist zombies.... Losers! ....Oh I am sorry, would you like your Venti Iced Mochiatto w/ 1/2&1/2? Right away sir, thanks for choosing Starbucks™!!"

I always knew Safari was the better browser.

I have google chrome
I used to think my computer was slow, but I would always use google chrome at school and eventually, I got used to it, so I downloaded google chrome at home and it was super fast.

so it turned out, my computer wasn't slow, just my browser (internet explorer)

I just don't see why anyone would use IE at this point, Firefox and Chrome are just better in every way.

I use IE. I have not yet, in over a decade of use, encountered a problem.

If it 'aint broke, don't fix it.

Avatar 720 wrote:I use IE. I have not yet, in over a decade of use, encountered a problem.

If it 'aint broke, don't fix it.

Yup, horse and buggy is the way to go here.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:I use IE. I have not yet, in over a decade of use, encountered a problem.

If it 'aint broke, don't fix it.

Yup, horse and buggy is the way to go here.

I would so ride a horse everywhere if, you know, I wouldn't look like a complete tool.

Maybe the longsword and armour would be slightly overkill...

The only reason I use IE is for windows updates. I would let it auto-update, but I don't trust it to do what I want.

Surfing the net without Adblock Plus would hurt my body.

Avatar 720 wrote:

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:I use IE. I have not yet, in over a decade of use, encountered a problem.

If it 'aint broke, don't fix it.

Yup, horse and buggy is the way to go here.

I would so ride a horse everywhere if, you know, I wouldn't look like a complete tool.

Maybe the longsword and armour would be slightly overkill...

I walk everywhere I possibly can shirtless. You'd be far from being near as much a tool as me if it makes you feel any better They'd only laugh at you until you slew their first dragon, then they'd shut upl.

I use firefox and IE, because I like to double dip. Anyways, you get a discount on Games Workshop's site if you use firefox so I use firefox to snag great deals on the interwebs.

So why is IE bad?

Can't say I have noticed any problems with it.

IE is supposed to have a lot of security issues from what I've heard.

I've used IE for my entire life, with no issues whatsoever.

The report suggests that people using Explorer, the built-in, default browser for Windows-based computers, may be more resistant to change.

What a shock.

Wow... that article was nothing but an opinion piece. I don't use IE but even posting such an article outs the writer and those that did the "test" as idiots that use limited data as absolutes.
IE users resistant to change? Doubtful as he points out it's the default browser on all Microsoft based machines. If Firefox or Chrome were the defaults would he label the people that kept using them as resistant to change? The majority of people use IE because they just don't know about other browsers.
Seems to me to be another "I use something different and normal people are sheep" article that one sees all the time on the internet.

I posted the actual studies in the DCM forum for this.. let me fetch.

http://www.aptiquant.com/IQ-Browser-AptiQuant-2011.pdf

halonachos wrote:IE is supposed to have a lot of security issues from what I've heard.

I was told that as the most popular browser more nasties out there were designed to target it, unlike other broswers.

Anyway, I find IE cluttered and confusing with too many bars that want to add themselves at the top and, at least on the version in work, I can't just get the Browsing History at a click. It's just a pain in the ass.

Google Chrome is clean and simple and I hope it stays that way.

Opera is my referred piece, though admittedly it's a bit out of habit-- I like it more than firefox at least. I'm pondering eventually trying out Chrome.

Immediate history is right click on the back/forward arrows now
The dropdown has been removed.

[exceptionally smug] Opera user here. [/exceptionally smug]

I don't mined IE9 so much, but I dunno why the hell the still can't do text shadows. that bugs me the most.

I used to use Safari all the time on my mac, but lately I'm liking Chrome better. Google is going to take over the world soon. The mayans even predicted it, it's gonna happen in 2012.

I imagine the simple answer is that people who are not computer literate just use the browser that comes with their computer as opposed to combing the net to find out what the alternatives are. They look at porn, play WoW, and check their email. Everything else is irrelephant.

Yes! I just remembered I have safari so no more IE for me.

Firefox/Linux user here.


I listen to bands that don't even exist yet.

Howard A Treesong wrote:

halonachos wrote:IE is supposed to have a lot of security issues from what I've heard.

I was told that as the most popular browser more nasties out there were designed to target it, unlike other broswers.

Anyway, I find IE cluttered and confusing with too many bars that want to add themselves at the top and, at least on the version in work, I can't just get the Browsing History at a click. It's just a pain in the ass.

Google Chrome is clean and simple and I hope it stays that way.

Don't know, I decided to upgrade to 8 and it seems pretty simple. My toolbar has file, edit, view, favorites, tools, and of course help. Besides that there's nothing really there unless I decide to open up another window or another tab. I like the spell check in Firefox though, that's a really welcome feature as opposed to opening google in a tab. I had to get rid of bing as my home page though, for goodness sake I hate bing.

Don't know what Bing is
The name is enough to put me off even finding out for some reason.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Don't know what Bing is
The name is enough to put me off even finding out for some reason.

It's a Microsoft search engine. Most people use it to get to Google.