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IE7 Bugs and Reviews
An anonymous reader wrote to mention a Register article in which the possibility is raised of the current build dumping Yahoo and Google toolbars. At the same time, GWBasic writes "I've posted a review on IE 7 Beta 1. It is very clear that, unlike when Microsoft targeted Netscape, they are using their classic method of producing superior software by catering to the needs of the user. This is not IE 6 with a few features borrowed from the competition, but rather a clear step in the evolution of user-centric design." Flexbeta and ZDNet have looks at the new browser as well.
Also, the latest version of Yahoo's toolbar *does* work.
This works by checking against a "known list" of phishing sites? WTF? Phishing "sites" are hacked boxes that have a life of about one week at best. If that is how this thing works it must suck.
And although I am exclusivly a Firefox user, I say "So Fucking WHAT"? You are saying only IE alturnatives can use these things? They are the exclusive property of Firefox and Opera? So IE finally has these things and you trash it for this? You trash IE because it doesn't have these things then you trash IE because it does? Makes you look kind of like a jack ass, but that's your problem.
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
Source please.
Don't be a fucking tard. Go Google on your own damned time and quit acting like a smug know-it-all. As a share of all Windows operating systems, XP has more than 50%. Google Zeitgeist reported 62.8% of reported OS types were WinXP.
Hmmm, so there are more than 100% of the desktops out there? Oh, I get it. -10% of the desktops have *nix, bringing the total back down to 100%.
Again, you think you're being cute and funny but you're really being a snobbish ass. I was referring to XP's share as a portion of overall Windows OS's, not the total OS market included OS X, *nix, and everything else. But, as is usual with OS zealots, you decided to take the most ridiculous interpretation you could as a way of asserting just how big your OS penis is. What a loser.
In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Maybe you should think about what comes out of your fucking trap before you commit it to paper. Then you'll look like less of an ass.
In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Alright, so IE-7 is finally becoming a reality. After FAR too long of a wait for a true update to their browser, MS is updating, and from what can be seen so far, they are mostly listening to demands.
It's cloogy, but jesus christ, it's beta!
Anyway, anyone who's expecting 100-percent gold results, especially at this stage, is a damn fool that needs a wake-up call from reality. Any progress is good progress and late progress is better than no progress at all.
Of course there's always gonna be some anal basher-zombies. The years of stagnation have created quite a froth of copy-cat minions for the spouting of age old anti-MS slanders. As usual, the intelligent among us will have to find our digital "ear-plugs" and work with the facts.
Seems like they're hitting on a lot of useful stuff. Complaining about the time it took is fruitless. Complaining about the UI is the same. First off, it's beta. No one in their right mind expects beta releases to be pretty. Second off, the more talented surfers among us have learned the more efficient way of using shortcut keys to handle the (never within reach) icons. The tabs look fine to me, but whatever. I like the middle-mouse button feature, though a one-click method would be nicer.
Now, there's probably a crapload of dorks out there who are ready to pounce with the "their phishing/virus protection won't stop everything" crap. Honestly, nothing does. And furthermore, it's nice to see MS addressing these security problems rather than ignoring them.
I wouldn't be surprised if this thread gets crammed full of anti-MS bashers who won't even look at or honestly view IE-7. Whatever.
BTW, the technical docs and whitepapers on the MS site offer a lot more details on the ins and outs than the linked reviews.
What kind of fucking idiot are you that you can't grasp that I wasn't adding up all desktop OS's, I was adding up only Windows desktops. While my first post didn't make this clear, the followups did. So, please explain to my why you're too fucking stupid to read.
In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Go menu shows your history, but it doesn't show your current position within that history. After you said this, I tested it out by hitting back a couple of times... there was nothing in that menu to indicate what site I was on.
So, in short, I think you're full of crap. Either that, or you completely misunderstand the text from the article that you quoted. Or you have some kind of plugin that's not in the default install.
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