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IE7 to be Pushed to Users Via Windows Update

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the have-some-explorer dept.

dfrick writes "CNET is reporting that IE7 will be pushed to users via Windows Update. This has serious implications for e-commerce websites whose functionality might be affected by any bugs in the software. Also to have end users suddenly using a new browser right before the holiday shopping season could magnify the cost any bugs that might create a bad user experience on sites."

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  1. Re:Another Get Firefox day coming soon... by Ethan+Allison · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    INTERESTING not FUNNY.

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  2. Windows...still... booting... by Foofoobar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hate to tell you this but you know that tiny little operating system called Windows that takes up a GIG? Guess what preloads, is built in and cannot be separated from it? If you guessed IE then you win a footprint the size of New Hampshire. Thats right, all those DLL's and API's that have to preload for 5 minutes more than double Firefoxs load. And Firefox can do the same (if you enjoy monlithic load times) so that it can poreload as well.

    Aside from that, IE takes twice as long to load a page. We have an office in Manila that had to switch entirely to Firefox because our internal tools took FOREVER to load in IE.

    So sorry pal. The old, 30MB footprint vs the GB footprint of a browser/os (yes until they can claim that they are separate, I count them as one) makes Firefox look like Kate Moss next to Jerry Garcia.

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