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Microsoft Drops Hints on IE8
benuski writes "Lost in the hype about Microsoft's new Siverlight platform, there has been some information surfacing about IE8. It will include improvements in RSS, CSS, and AJAX support, and will follow Firefox 3 in supporting microformats. Also, the developers are going to try and improve UI customization, which is one of the main criticisms of IE7."
Here's the link to the IE Blog posting:
t o-expect-from-ie-at-mix07.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/04/19/what-
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It seems to me that only 1 enterprising individual needs to make a free one for IE. (there might already be one. I didn't do a through search)
Until Microsoft figures out a way for people to create extensions easily, without having to know C++ and COM/ActiveX, they're not going to get people like me back.Is C++ and COM/ActiveX so hard to use?
wait a fucking minute. did i just make IE more attractive?
pr0n - keeping monitor glass spotless since 1981.
...Microsoft works on getting IE7 to uninstall properly before they work too hard on IE8. That would help me!
I began using FF at something like v0.83 and its now mature, secure and stable.
Now by stable, do you mean that the manner in which it leaks memory and ultimately crashes is well characterized and predictable? Firefox on mac for me is nearly unusable. Sadly, safari is only slightly better. On my linux machine, it's a bit better but still a pig. Don't know about Windows.
There isn't an 'HTML 1.0'. The first standardized version HTML was HTML 2.0, way back in 1995.
If you want people to simply 'get on with it', then HTML 4.01 Transitional is probably what you want, since it includes depreciated elements as well as all the new stuff.
You may also want a 'versionless internet', which is exactly what the WHATWG are trying to make happen with their (X)HTML5 proposal.
Additionally, I would recommend that new pages be made according to the HTML 4.01 Strict specifications, and my own site is coded to the XHTML 1.1 specifications (no, really).
I just counted: I have 31 tabs open (yeah, it's a mess), and my memory usage is 169MB. I have nine extensions installed, including AdBlock Plus, Greasemonkey, DownThemAll. So...bullshit.
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Err.. You do know IE7 supports alpha channel transparency in PNG images don't you?
How about making the installer work first. I just spent an hour trying to install IE 7 on my dad's computer. It still isn't installed.
Hmmm...maybe his anti-virus program really does work that well...
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I use opera to browse pr0n.
It's got a nice zooOOM feature.
Opera dropped the ad supported thing - its free again now, and still about as tiny. It also has something like a plugin architecture going ... but nowhere near what firefox has ... still fun to play with, though.
ok first off no, there is no 64bit plugin for windows either. All it is a 32bit browser with 32bit plugin. Again I posted a link to the adobe knowledge base which clearly states there are no 64 bit versions of the plugin for any OS. Also firefox is only available from what I can tell only as a 32bit binary from the mozilla site. In linux you have two options, either run the plugin through ndiswrapper, or you run a 32bit binary of firefox and the plugin as normal. You can find out how to on any linux distros wiki, such as the ubuntu wiki.
"No offense to opera, but its not as strong or as popular as firefox." - by Kryptonian Jor-El (970056) on Wednesday May 02, @10:11PM (#18966775)
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That's not true (on the "as strong" portion of your statement) about Opera. Popularity is NOT a gauge of strength or being better. Nobody is accusing the masses who do not write code or analyze it of intelligence, but more of "following the crowd, and being with the 'in-crowd'" face it.
My evidences? Well, here you are, documented, & tested:
Opera, afaik, is the ONLY browser to pass the ACID test (yes, there is one called that), check it:
http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/03/12/1416222.shtml
Opera also has outperformed FireFox on speed, period, check this (most current and comprehensive browser vs. browser test I have ever found):
http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#wi
Opera also has addon widgets (just like the
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/08/00172
Opera also has less vulnerabilities found than any other browser, over time. CHECK THIS:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/02/23/HNbrows
That all said, noted and documented, & aside? Opera vs. FireFox??
(& it had/has features before any other browser, that Mozilla/FireFox copied outright from it (tabs, anyone? Opera had tabbed browsing FAR before Mozilla/FireFox))
AND OPERA IS ALSO FREE!
Opera, vs. FireFox? NO CONTEST! Opera wins on any front you can name...
APK
P.S.=> At least as far as technological superiority, & innovation. The trouble with many things today is, the best product or man for the job, does not always win. Especially in today's politically motivated, & "Public Relations Driven" world (whoever has the most monies, wins), & in our current "world of committees" (it's no longer a world of great men, but instead, a world of committees, imo)... apk