amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America Reviews:
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| [Rant] After all these years, IE is still a clunker Running IE9, on an i5 machine right now, and it is still a clunky experience.
Sadly, I must use it for certain things that just don't work correctly in other browsers (specifically - Sharepoint, which could be another rant...). Personally, I use Firefox most times because I like some of the add-ons, and I'm not yet totally sold on Chrome.
Why must it take so long to spawn a tab? Why must it choke and puke on itself randomly after having 2+ tabs and respond as though I'm asking it to copy a gigabyte of data, or solve PI to a billion digits?
...It's. A. F*cking. Browser...
Even on my quad-core at home, with more RAM, it's still not as smooth as one would expect. More than a few tabs, and you'd think the whole thing might fly apart at the seams, exploding on your screen like a zombie that got shot in the head.
And what's with having TWO "iexplore.exe" processes for *ONE TAB*??? Does it need the other one to watch out for itself, just in case it starts acting schizo? Open a few extra tabs, and it's like "Malkovich Malkovich" / "Microsoft Microsoft" - it starts peering inside its own mind and freaks out.
It's also total bullshit that IE can not be fully/easily uninstalled (At least the Europeans got a small win on that front).
After all these years, IE still sucks.
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join:2010-04-11
Ephrata, PA
kudos:3 | yeah for some reason IE just doesn't run as smooth as Firefox or Chrome for me as well. I'll also get not responding errors here and there with IE as well. |
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 signmeuptooLove those still alivePremium
join:2001-11-22
NanoParticle
kudos:4
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·Optimum Online
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Not to mention I don't like the interface. I remember the days before IE, when the web was just an experiment and thinking that it would revolutionize life. But for sure, MS could do a much better job. I think us being stuck with x86 is another issue too.
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 dandelionPremium,MVM
join:2003-04-29
Germantown, TN
kudos:4
·Comcast
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After using firefox for some time, I have come to the opinion the biggest problem with IE is MS tries to make one browser be everything for everybody. A sleek browser with options of add-ons makes more sense which is probably why firefox does so well. Hopefully that will continue. |
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to amungus
I use IE9 since we develop a IIS system and it is not all that bad. My 2+ year old laptop spawns a IE 9 tab in less than 1 second - maybe fractionally slower than FF. I always have a minimum of 6 tabs open at any time and commonly have 8-9 open all day.
CRM causes issues with losing connection but IE p is decent - for MS at least.
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 BlitzenZeusBurnt Out CynicPremium
join:2000-01-13
kudos:2
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I'm still quite leery of using IE as it can leak cookies to the sites they were not sent from, and this has not been fixed in multiple versions.
»www.grc.com/cookies/cookies.htm
Other browsers including Firefox do not have this problem.
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+1,000 |
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 JohkalCool CatPremium,MVM
join:2002-11-13
Happy Valley
kudos:5
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said by amungus:After all these years, IE still sucks.
Yes!  |
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Have to agree. I fought using FFx for years, but IE9 finally pushed me over the edge. Add to its speed the supreme AdBlocker plug-in, and it's a no-brainer to me... |
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 AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ | reply to Johkal
said by Johkal:said by amungus:After all these years, IE still sucks.
Yes! unfortunately, the other browsers are catching up
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 TrainBuffThe New Haven RailroadPremium
join:2003-05-01
Buffalo, NY
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AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ | pterrty much sums up my experience with IE too. |
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amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America | reply to TrainBuff
Hahahaha, nice one TrainBuff  |
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 OmegaDisplaced OhioanPremium
join:2002-07-30
Cheyenne, WY | reply to amungus
Has IE included a spellcheck built in the browser yet?
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 jadinolfI love you FredPremium
join:2005-07-09
Ojai, CA
kudos:8 | reply to amungus
You all know that Firefox rules, right?
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AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ | said by jadinolf:You all know that Firefox rules, right?
how so? |
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Great pic. |
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jadinolfI love you FredPremium
join:2005-07-09
Ojai, CA
kudos:8 Reviews:
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said by AVD:said by jadinolf:You all know that Firefox rules, right?
how so? OK, you've got me.
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 RockCakePremium
join:2005-07-12
Woodbridge, VA
·Verizon FiOS
·Verizon Online DSL
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Posted before but still one of my favorites. |
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 Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:10
·Time Warner VOIP
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quote:
I'm still quite leery of using IE as it can leak cookies to the sites they were not sent from, and this has not been fixed in multiple versions.
»www.grc.com/cookies/cookies.htm
If i put that page IN MY RESTRICTED ZONE,i get 100% pass results (Knew i would)
Im running IE6 .. If i can do it with IE6 im sure newer IE versions can also acheive 100% on the cookie test also..... |
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