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Look Out, Firefox 3 — IE8 Is Back On Top For Now
CWmike writes "Internet Explorer 8 has shipped in its final version and is ready to take on its rivals. Preston Gralla reviewed it and says the latest version of Microsoft's browser leapfrogs its closest competition, Firefox 3, for basic browsing and productivity features — it has better tab handling, a niftier search bar, a more useful address bar, and new tools that deliver information directly from other Web pages and services. IE8 has also been tweaked for security and includes a so-called 'porn mode,' new anti-malware protection, and better ways to protect your privacy. The most noticeable new features? Accelerators and Web Slices. Think of an Accelerator as a mini-mashup that delivers information from another Web site directly to your current browser page. Web Slices deliver changing information from a Web page you're not actively visiting directly to IE8. There's one big problem for many, though. No add-ins, and there doesn't appear to be such an ecosystem on the horizon. So if you're a fan of add-ins and customizing the browser itself, writes Gralla, Firefox is superior. But for the actual browsing experience, IE8 has the upper hand — for now."
I guess all articles about Linux, Firefox, etc. from Linux-centric sources that get posted on slashdot will be marked "shill", right? And astroturfing too? After all, ComputerWorld is a general computer technology source, so if they are shills for MS, how can a Linux-centric has to be shills for Linux.
Oh, wait, I forgot I was on slashdot, where hypocrisy reigns supreme.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
For a lot of people I know, a 2Mbps connection costs less than 20 pounds (29 dollars) a month). In fact in certain parts of the country you can get 8Mbps down and 1Mbps up for that price. Were you trying to call bullshit, or do you just get really offended that a lot of people have a faster internet connection than your friends, and feel the need to point out how bad they have it?
which is totally what she said
Minor nitpick
raises aren't nearly tracking inflation.
Inflation isn't like the seasons; it's an economic indicator, and is not necessarily a fact of life. Right now, the worry is *deflation*, not inflation. Inflation is low and controlled.
IIRC, pay increases *are* above the extremely low inflation rate, at least in the U.S. The main issue right now is unemployment, not inflation versus income.
Of course, I think that all the of the current debt spending by the Obama administration will blow inflation through the roof, but not yet.
WhiteWolf666 an exBush supporter. All you new-school,compassionate,save the children Republicans can rot in hell
If you're still using Firefox for something other than Web Developer and Firebug, I'd be willing to say you're doing it wrong.
IE8 kicks ass. The new release of Chrome (although I use SRWare Iron, which is a derivative that includes an adblocker) kicks way more ass.
Firefox has bilged the "not turning into a slow pile of shit" test.
If you're using Windows for something other than web development and games, I'd be willing to say you're doing it wrong.
Let me know when one of firefox's competitors are actually cross-platform, instead of "cross-platform coming soon."
You don't do Linux, you are irrelevant for my browsing purposes. And I'm not willing to run my browser in Wine either (I'm looking at you Google).
I want simple, I don't want to make a hobby out of using the computer. I'll stick with Ubuntu.
You don't want to make a hobby out of using the computer, but you run Linux. This is the part where birds come flying out of my eyeballs like a cuckoo clock.
Right now, based on the poor memory usage of the recent builds of FF3, anything is better. FF gobbling up all my available ram and then crashing every couple of hours has made me uninstall it. So, I'd say this is a non-story.
-Kinsey