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Yes, and even with the percentage drop, Flare still has to declare for Internet Explorer. Unless there are some absentee browsers still to be counted. . .
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Well, I have to use IE half the time because Firefox does not like running on my Dad's computer for some obscure reason. Plus I can't really change the browser around at school...
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So, was there a big problem over people using IE, or were you just creating hysteria over nothing?
And don't you think that was a pretty sly thing to do?
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They can have my Internet Explorer when they pry it from my cold, dead hard drive.
Or for $5.
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quote:but then I'm on the other side of the world and hardly use ICQ anymore.
Yeah I hate that too, when you're so far away you have to write in allcaps for people to hear you.
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Charles Capps
We appreciate your concern. It is noted and stupid.
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quote:I went to Spike's new board and PMed him. He said he left over the IE thing and implied he would return when "it" was over.
That is the most utterly pathetic thing I have heard in ages. He left the board because of the simple fact that IE is an insecure piece of trash and a block of text on one page reminded him of this? Give me a fucking break.
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(Given that Nim and I have managed to be online at the same time about, ooh, once in the past six months, you'd think he'd appreciate how being ten to twelve time zones away from western Europe makes instant messaging rather hard)
Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
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Most people, like myself, still have to use MSIE6 due to the fact that most websites still function with IE6 and not with Mozilla. I had tried several, and each time, their rendering of certain sites I go to had me go back to IE in disgust. Having that message placed on there in big bold letters does nothing to change that rather than to irritate people, including myself, and possibly Spike. I did cut back on visiting this site when the message was up, but now it is gone, it is more comfortable.
Sure, I will admit that IE6 is a load of shit and they should have started on a IE7 long time ago, but alas, sometimes we really have no choice. Drilling that message in such a negative tone ("IE is a threat to the internet") really makes this place unwelcome.
I will only switch web browsers once I can visit those sites without any problems whatsoever.
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Aside from my online banking which has a hard-coded check for IE (ironically) and WindowsUpdate, list some examples of these sites.
I might note that your choice to not use something less dangerous is not just affecting you, but everyone else that has to receive spam, worms, and whatnot if your computer does get infected. Unfortunately, the days of boot-sector viruses which really just affected the one person are long past.
I might also note that with today's computers that web browsers are not a binary choice. You can actually have both installed. *gasp*
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I remember going to a site that required IE, but I forget what it was now. I seem to remember needing to register with the website for some thing or another. My bank's online banking page works fine with Firefox.
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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
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The browser I used was Opera. It was more than 6 months ago that I tried it under pressure from some friends of mine. These are a sample of sites which did horrible rendering of those sites from when I tried it.
For starters, I had trouble logging into my online bank at http://pcfinancial.ca. It would always come back with an invalid password.
http://www.scar.toronto.edu/~src A friend put some cool graphic that would follow the cursor, but it would not show up on Opera. Also, another friend using Opera has just told me that the pull-menu bar on the left does not work on his browser for some reason. It works fine on IE.
http://www.bigwhiteguy.com. Same, although in some areas, text gets pushed into the picture. This site has been revamped so I don't know if the problem still exists.
There are others, but I do not know if these problems are fixed at this point. Even if the rendering is corrected, I still may want to wait before actually switching.
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