I love IE

Steve Sobol wrote:
> Matt Probert wrote:
>
>> Sharif asked the question, "who loves IE?", after due reflection I
>> realised that I love IE.
>
>
> Kindly stop trolling.
>

He's a regular, so I'd say this is more "starting a converstation" than
trolling :p Anyway our Matt is lovely so be nice!


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SpaceGirl wrote:
> Matt Probert wrote:
>> Sharif asked the question, "who loves IE?", after due reflection I
>> realised that I love IE.
>>
>> Microsoft's Internet Explorer, bundled with Windows which is bundled
>> with domestic computers brought the Internet to millions of ordinary
>> domestic users. Millions of people who otherwise should not have
>> discovered the "disinformation highway" (thanks to John Lydon for
>> that name).
>>
>> Some technicians dislike Internet Explorer, some for its potential
>> security problems, and without a doubt it does have issues - I think
>> the close incorporation with the rest of the operating system
>> allowing executable programs to be transfered was in hind sight a
>> mistake, probably a naive design fault which under estimated the
>> nefarious nature of disturbed teenagers.
>>
>> But if Internet Explorer is as "BASIC" was to computer languages
>> twenty years ago, then so be it. Just as BASIC provided a
>> kindergarten introduction to computing for the masses, so has
>> Internet Explorer provided a similar introduction to the WWW.
>>
>> Matt Probert
>>
>
> IE played its role... there would be no FireFox if IE hann't been so
> popular, and I'm sure there would be a lot less people using the
> Internet - or *maybe* the Internet would be different at least. I
> think IE came around at the right time. It gave everyone a simple
> unified way of getting onto the Net, without the complications of
> downloads, builds, and strange unknown software for those Open Source
> folks. But she's old, and falling apart now! Time to move on...
> eveyone KNOWS what the Internet is and roughly how to use it.

Move on to what? Theres nothing out there that has beaten IE yet.

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Sharif asked the question, "who loves IE?", after due reflection I
realised that I love IE.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer, bundled with Windows which is bundled
with domestic computers brought the Internet to millions of ordinary
domestic users. Millions of people who otherwise should not have
discovered the "disinformation highway" (thanks to John Lydon for that
name).

Some technicians dislike Internet Explorer, some for its potential
security problems, and without a doubt it does have issues - I think
the close incorporation with the rest of the operating system allowing
executable programs to be transfered was in hind sight a mistake,
probably a naive design fault which under estimated the nefarious
nature of disturbed teenagers.

But if Internet Explorer is as "BASIC" was to computer languages
twenty years ago, then so be it. Just as BASIC provided a kindergarten
introduction to computing for the masses, so has Internet Explorer
provided a similar introduction to the WWW.

Matt Probert

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Matt Probert wrote:
> Sharif asked the question, "who loves IE?", after due reflection I
> realised that I love IE.

Does Mrs. Probert know?


Matthias

Matt Probert wrote:
> Sharif asked the question, "who loves IE?", after due reflection I
> realised that I love IE.

Kindly stop trolling.

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Matt Probert wrote:
> Sharif asked the question, "who loves IE?", after due reflection I
> realised that I love IE.
>
> Microsoft's Internet Explorer, bundled with Windows which is bundled
> with domestic computers brought the Internet to millions of ordinary
> domestic users. Millions of people who otherwise should not have
> discovered the "disinformation highway" (thanks to John Lydon for that
> name).
>
> Some technicians dislike Internet Explorer, some for its potential
> security problems, and without a doubt it does have issues - I think
> the close incorporation with the rest of the operating system allowing
> executable programs to be transfered was in hind sight a mistake,
> probably a naive design fault which under estimated the nefarious
> nature of disturbed teenagers.
>
> But if Internet Explorer is as "BASIC" was to computer languages
> twenty years ago, then so be it. Just as BASIC provided a kindergarten
> introduction to computing for the masses, so has Internet Explorer
> provided a similar introduction to the WWW.
>
> Matt Probert
>

IE played its role... there would be no FireFox if IE hann't been so
popular, and I'm sure there would be a lot less people using the
Internet - or *maybe* the Internet would be different at least. I think
IE came around at the right time. It gave everyone a simple unified way
of getting onto the Net, without the complications of downloads, builds,
and strange unknown software for those Open Source folks. But she's old,
and falling apart now! Time to move on... eveyone KNOWS what the
Internet is and roughly how to use it.

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In article <33a9teF3u2pr2U1@individual.net>, SpaceGirl says...
> Viper wrote:

> > Move on to what? Theres nothing out there that has beaten IE yet.

> That really depends what you mean. Market share, well of course IE is
> far from beaten. But when it comes to stability, speed, size, usability,
> security, standards, just about every other browser on the market is a
> LOT better. FireFox is the best, but there are other choices; Mozilla,
> Opera etc.

I tried to submit a site to MSN Search recently, only to be met with a
screen instructing me to upgrade my brower.

Dutifully, I immediately checked the Firefox website for the update I
had no doubt missed. It wasn't there.

Confused, I tried again, but to no avail. So I filled in their feedback
form and asked them not to tell me to upgrade my browser unless a better
one is available.

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