Dear God, Internet Explorer is TERRIBLE

Herne · Dec 13, 2018

BocoDragon said:
Shoulda used Netscape.

Lynx text browser for the win.

Deleted member 4482 · Dec 13, 2018

BossLackey said:
Is it really that much better?

This whole Edge/IE thing is just bizarre.

It's like if Coke came out with a better beverage called Cock, and it had almost exactly the same can design and logo.

this is the funniest post I've read in ages

gaogaogao · Dec 13, 2018

can you run a portable version of chrome or firefox off a usb flash drive? I would do that.

BossLackey · Dec 13, 2018

GrizzNKev said:
this is the funniest post I've read in ages

I'm glad someone liked it. I thought it was funny lol

nekkid · Dec 13, 2018

IE is a dead product, isn't it?

Transistor · Dec 13, 2018

collige said:
That's not the way the world works. Microsoft's bread and butter for Windows is commercial usage so it's in their best interest to keep those people happy. If a company is faced with a choice between "spend a bunch of time and money to upgrade something that still works" and "don't upgrade to Windows 10", they'll go with the latter. Keeping the old executable around hurts no one.

Except old executables often require old software libraries that can have major security vulnerabilities. It gets to a point where the cord has to be cut.

fallingedge · Dec 13, 2018

Imagine not knowing that IE isn't supported anymore.

Imagine not knowing about Edge in 2018.

Imagine that life.

Deleted member 48897 · Dec 13, 2018

BossLackey said:
Is it really that much better?

This whole Edge/IE thing is just bizarre.

It's like if Coke came out with a better beverage called Cock, and it had almost exactly the same can design and logo.

BossLackey said:
Well you guys weren't kidding. Edge is MUCH better. Wow.

I feel kinda stupid for not knowing how much of a gap there was.

Nothing wrong with liking the crisp refreshing taste of cock, OP

Vapelord · Dec 13, 2018

Edge is a pretty solid browser. IE died what almost 3 years ago at this point?

collige · Dec 13, 2018

Transistor said:
Except old executables often require old software libraries that can have major security vulnerabilities. It gets to a point where the cord has to be cut.

IE still gets security updates, there was one this week.

BossLackey · Dec 13, 2018

muteKi said:
Nothing wrong with liking the crisp refreshing taste of cock, OP

This new Cock is fucking delicious!

Tito · Dec 13, 2018

fallingedge said:
Imagine not knowing that IE isn't supported anymore.

Imagine not knowing about Edge in 2018.

Imagine that life.

I mean, to be fair, Edge is the thing you use once to install chrome on your computer and then never use again.

Deleted member 48897 · Dec 13, 2018

IE is horrifyingly necessary for corporate training websites it turns out.

Skel1ingt0n · Dec 13, 2018

Edge is also way better than Chrome in touch devices, IMO. Way more natural gesture scrolling, and significantly faster on mediocre hardware.

julia crawford · Dec 13, 2018

Filipus said:
How does a move to chromium give Google a bigger market share? This doesn't make any sense.

collige said:
It's not "market share" per se, but it does mean that a project that is owned and primarily worked on by Google employees powers most people browsing the web. It's mostly a concern at the theoretical level right now though imo

This, with the added concern that it makes Google even more in control of choosing the technologies that shape the web.

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/12/06/goodbye-edge/

Filipus · Dec 13, 2018

John Kowalski said:
This, with the added concern that it makes Google even more in control of choosing the technologies that shape the web.

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/12/06/goodbye-edge/

Interesting take on the subject. Question, how has chrome/Mozilla improved BECAUSE of edge and their engine? Because it always felt like a uphill battle for Microsoft when it came to their engine, and since chromium is open-source it makes the competiveness aspect of it a little less important no?

WhiteRabbitEXE · Dec 13, 2018

BossLackey said:
Well you guys weren't kidding. Edge is MUCH better. Wow.

I feel kinda stupid for not knowing how much of a gap there was.

I mean, IE 11 is 5 years old. Eons in web time. Of course there's going to have a massive gap between it and its modern successor, lol.

enigmatic_alex44 · Dec 13, 2018

Firefox is the best option.

Just like dark theme. And 50 posts per page.

Replicant · Dec 13, 2018

Transistor said:
I've honestly never had a RAM issue with Chrome. I have ten tabs open and my RAM usage is at 500mb. I'm beginning to think it's some meme or something

That's just not possible.

RedHeat · Dec 13, 2018

I'm waiting for the Edge reboot before switching over from Firefox. The current itteration has way too many annoyances and issues for me to bother using it for more than hour.

LOLDSFAN · Dec 13, 2018

BossLackey said:
Well you guys weren't kidding. Edge is MUCH better. Wow.

I feel kinda stupid for not knowing how much of a gap there was.

YamchasRevenge · Dec 13, 2018

Internet Explorer? Have I stepped into a time warp back to 2005?

Dear God, Internet Explorer is TERRIBLE

Herne

Deleted member 4482

gaogaogao

BossLackey

nekkid

Transistor

Vodka martini, dirty, with Tito's please

fallingedge

Deleted member 48897

User requested account closure

Vapelord

collige

BossLackey

Tito

Deleted member 48897

User requested account closure

Skel1ingt0n

julia crawford

Took the red AND the blue pills

Filipus

Prophet of Regret

WhiteRabbitEXE

enigmatic_alex44

GAGA IS A FLOP

Replicant

Attempted to circumvent a ban with an alt

RedHeat

LOLDSFAN

YamchasRevenge