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Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

237419-Dec-15 5:51

23741

9-Dec-15 5:51

To reduce carbon emissions resulting from the added 40% waste of electricity spent trying to get IE to work like the other browsers.

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

OriginalGriff9-Dec-15 6:03

OriginalGriff

9-Dec-15 6:03

Yes, but it's really a very brief waste: all you use IE / Edge for is to download a better browser... Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Patrice T9-Dec-15 9:19

Patrice T

9-Dec-15 9:19

OriginalGriff wrote:
Yes, but it's really a very brief waste: all you use IE / Edge for is to download a better browser...

Same for me, using just once to load FireFox when I forgot to put it on my USB key.

Patrice

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Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

newton.saber9-Dec-15 11:27

newton.saber

9-Dec-15 11:27

ppolymorphe wrote:
FireFox when I forgot to put it on my USB key

firefox? usb key?
What year is this? Laugh | :laugh:

I couldn't pass this up.

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Patrice T9-Dec-15 12:29

Patrice T

9-Dec-15 12:29

newton.saber wrote:
What year is this?

Don't know, I drive a flying Delorean Poke tongue | ;-P

Patrice

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Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Dan Neely10-Dec-15 3:56

Dan Neely

10-Dec-15 3:56

have you removed the governor that limits it to 87 MPH?

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Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Patrice T10-Dec-15 11:17

Patrice T

10-Dec-15 11:17

Dan Neely wrote:
have you removed the governor that limits it to 87 MPH?

Yes, at the beginning, but I put it back the day I converted it to FlyingCar. It is also the day I got the Dr.Fusion upgrade.

Patrice

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

User 110609799-Dec-15 6:14

User 11060979

9-Dec-15 6:14

To be honest: I don't see a real difference, all the Browsers Fails then and when. No one of them is really the best, only sometimes more up to date for a certain _ small _ period. Frown | :(

modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Basildane9-Dec-15 6:39

Basildane

9-Dec-15 6:39

There is a big difference. IE doesn't have AdBlock.
Therefore it is not fit for purpose.

Edge might be the best thing since fried bananas, but I'll never know because it is infested with ads, so I refuse to use it.

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

User 110609799-Dec-15 8:55

User 11060979

9-Dec-15 8:55

So ie does not have AdBlock.... Are you using ie6 or what? No I'm not fan of ie, but please, stay fair and let us discuss techniques and not myths.

modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Sander Rossel9-Dec-15 9:10

Sander Rossel

9-Dec-15 9:10

Have you ever used IE?
It's horrible. Terrible. Disgusting.
Even the latest version of IE does not support add-ons, so no AdBlock indeed.
As I understood the same goes for Edge.

I noticed you're trying to defend IE in a post below.
Just stop.
IE is bad.
I even have a study book that does not use IE for that reason and it warns specifically for all the quirks in IE.

I've had the same experience, a page works everywhere except in IE or it works in IE and nowhere else.
Did I mention IE really is an atrocity?

Sometimes I'm forced to use IE, it always makes me feel used and dirty.
Because IE really is the worst browser around.
By far.
And then some.

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Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

PIEBALDconsult9-Dec-15 14:25

PIEBALDconsult

9-Dec-15 14:25

IE is fine. Does what I want.

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Member 116832519-Dec-15 19:17

Member 11683251

9-Dec-15 19:17

While I'm a big fan on thrash talking Internet Exploded it's not that bad...
At work I use it and I can't complain too much.

After spending a lot of time with chrome and then switching back to firefox I like IE more than chrome. Edge... makes me want to puke thou. I think Microsoft should just provide a tool that allows you to choose and download a browser and then just stop trying.

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

MikeD 210-Dec-15 4:11

MikeD 2

10-Dec-15 4:11

I really don't see a problem with IE and if you want to use Remote Web Workplace you don't have many alternatives

Edge works better than IE on office365

if we are dealing in clichés I use chrome if I want google to definitely know about what I am searching for

I use firefox, not sure there any caveat's here. I use this for an internal application as I know I can leave the window open all day and still have a usable PC

I haven't found the perfect browser and suspect that whatever is perfect this week will turn out to struggle with something next week

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

BFPR10-Dec-15 13:02

BFPR

10-Dec-15 13:02

I did this and it has worked for me for the most part:
http://www.windowscentral.com/here-how-block-ads-ie-11-windows-81[^]

There's also this:
http://simple-adblock.com/[^]

So, how come it works for me but you still say there's no ad blocker for IE?

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Sander Rossel10-Dec-15 21:07

Sander Rossel

10-Dec-15 21:07

BFPR wrote:
I did this and it has worked for me for the most part:
http://www.windowscentral.com/here-how-block-ads-ie-11-windows-81[^]

I don't have Windows 8.1, but 7 Big Grin | :-D

BFPR wrote:
There's also this:
http://simple-adblock.com/[^]

That never showed up in my Google results when I last searched for it.

Doesn't change the fact that IE is a terrible browser though Smile | :)

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Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Basildane9-Dec-15 10:23

Basildane

9-Dec-15 10:23

problem with posting....

That was weird, I tried to respond but it seems I replied to the wrong subject.
If my post went out just ignore it.

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Basildane9-Dec-15 11:02

Basildane

9-Dec-15 11:02

I'm not using any IE.

I have IE 11 installed on Windows 10 by default.
What myth are you referring to?

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

newton.saber9-Dec-15 11:29

newton.saber

9-Dec-15 11:29

Real devs use DragonSharq!
DragonSharq Web Browser: Safe Browsing / Source Viewing[^]

Laugh | :laugh:

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

sibling12310-Dec-15 0:24

sibling123

10-Dec-15 0:24

So in other words:

IE is not fit for the purpose of being a web browser because it shows ALL of the content of a given webpage?

What is the purpose of a webbrowser then? To show only parts of a webpage?

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Member 324021313-Dec-15 4:50

Member 3240213

13-Dec-15 4:50

IE DOES have AdBlock. Logged in here from Windows 7 with IE11 (old system!), and running AdBlock Plus. Log in to www.adblockplus.org and on the right-hand side it offers links for Firefox, Chrome, Android, Opera, Internet Explorer, Safari, Yandex, Maxthon AND Microsoft Edge.
So lack of AdBlock is not the only reason for not using IE?!?

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Basildane13-Dec-15 5:03

Basildane

13-Dec-15 5:03

That's interesting. Last time I checked, which was about 6 months ago, there was an Adblock for IE, but it was very old and abandoned.

I will read this again.

No, that's not the only reason I don't use IE, but I will stop now and give it a full review.
I'm always looking for the best experience.

Thanks for suggesting it.

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

chriselst9-Dec-15 8:28

chriselst

9-Dec-15 8:28

We have a browser based application where I work, lots of money was spent buying the licenses, getting someone to install and configure it.

Some screens only work in IE.

Some screens only work not in IE.

Outstanding.

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Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

User 110609799-Dec-15 8:36

User 11060979

9-Dec-15 8:36

And Chrome and ff and I don't no what else always works perfect? Confused | :confused:

I'm far away to be a fan of ie/ms, but a lot of complains Looks for me only "let's be against MS".

N.B: Before some days, I just became a fan of linux/mint and wine and I love it Wink | ;)

[Edit]
Allow me to deposit this here. Not addressed to you, only a general remark:
Rendering the GUI with this "over all perfect system independent" browser technics takes factors more than the retrieval/calculate the relevant data....
[/Edit]

modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.

Re: Microsoft Needs to Stop Making Browsers.

Eddy Vluggen9-Dec-15 9:19

Eddy Vluggen

9-Dec-15 9:19

0x01AA wrote:
N.B: Before some days, I just became a fan of linux/mint and wine and I love
it

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