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IE7 From a Firefox User's Perspective

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ok-it's-got-tabs dept.

Buertio writes, "A week with IE takes a look at IE7 from the perspective of a long-time Firefox user. The verdict? Microsoft has come a long way but still has some way to go before taking on Firefox and Opera."

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  1. how about IE7 from a links2 user? by Tama00 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This article was so bias.

  2. Re:Obligatory Manuel Quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I always refer to the Mozilla© products as "fucking gay communist bullshit", especially when one of my employees uses it unauthorized (luckily, I have surveillance-tools installed on every machine, in case someone does something private during her working time). I mean, Internet Explorer is the standard for all web protocols, so why change it? I credit the efforts of the former Netscape employees who really try to use their time of unemployment to create something useful, but they just keep on missing the needs of their target audience. Perhaps Netscape could provide them with their newest code instead of letting them just reuse their obsolete Netscape 4.x code. Who knows.

    This leaves us waiting for Windows® Vista©, which will once again set a new standard in productivity.

  3. Mod parent Funny by cp.tar · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean:

    Internet Explorer is the standard for all web protocols

    and:

    Windows® Vista©, which will once again set a new standard in productivity
    --
    Ignore this signature. By order.
  4. Re:Opportunity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    After I screamed at them for this kind of attitude and for advising someone who is ignorant of such matters that they would need a whole new computer, I went out and bought her a new system

    So basically, you screamed at them for telling her exactly the same thing you did?

  5. Re:Opportunity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm guessing he didn't win the arguement with the ISP.

  6. Re:IE dejavu all over again... by woodsrunner · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks, Dynedain. I wasn't aware of that ad. Here's a link to the one I was refering to:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/kengz/198041571/

    In the ad they use the term personal computer which at that time was abbreviated as PC. This was before Compaq made the first IBM clone. It was run in August of 1981.

    *** mumbles about absent minded oldies....

    Here's the text if you're running a non-gui computer ;-)

    Welcome, IBM. Seriously. Welcome to the most exciting and important marketplace since the computer revolution began 35 years ago. And congratulations on your first personal computer. Putting real computer power in the hands of the individual is already improving the way people work, think, learn, communicate, and spend their leisure hours. Computer literacy is fast becoming as fundamental a skill as reading or writing. When we invented the first personal computer system, we estimated that over 140,000,000 people worldwide could justify the purchase of one, if only they understood its benefits. Next year alone, we project that well over 1,000,000 will come to that understanding. Over the next decade, the growth of the personal computer will continue in logarithmic leaps. We look forward to responsible competition in the massive effort to distribute this American technology to the world. And we appreciate the magnitude of your commitment. Because what we are doing is increasing social capital by enhancing individual productivity. Welcome to the task. Apple.