Comments on: Browzar on the back foot

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:16:45 +0000

Yup. Well IE7 will have tabs aswell which will take away one of the major advantages of Firefox. Then again, if IE users like tabs and hear that every single other browser in the world has had tabs for years it might make them think about switching. But IE does the job for most users anyway.

By: Collie

Collie — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:05:00 +0000

Isn’t IE7 going to be a forced Windows update, or at least for those people who allow MS to update everything automatically so they don’t have to think?

Most people will be content to just use IE. It’s there by default and it does what it needs to. So your friend has no need to use FF if he’s happy. He’s probably the same sort of person who is oblivious to spyware and browser hacks and doesn’t care until he finds he’s redirected to some porn site whenever they use Google. I use Firefox, the tabs alone are worth it, but it still has a few things I don’t like about it. Pretentious IT types love it and go on about it like it’s the software version of the second coming of the messiah,which does count against it though.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 18:19:59 +0000

I did download some beta version of IE7. It seemed okay, but this computer is a bit broken (IE6 didn’t work on here either) so I couldn’t tell much about it. I’ve tried it more on my brother’s computer, but I’m way too used to Firefox now. Using IE or even Opera just feels weird.

By: Calum Leslie

Calum Leslie — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 18:15:16 +0000

Have you tried IE7, out of curiosity? IE’s main problem is simply that it is really, really old. IE7 is a great improvement, although their approach to web standards (“Man, fuck web standards” — Microsoft insider*) is still pretty poor.

Most users won’t make the most of Firefox. Fact. IE7 is bringing in most, if not all, of the features that most users will actually use. For the record, though, I’m a Flock user, which is basically Firefox. I really do despise using IE.

* Not a quote.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 01:51:21 +0000

Hah! Funny that. I sometimes feel like saying to people, “Learning how to use [a computer / the internet] is like learning to drive a car.”

As for browsers / Skodas, I can kind of see it from that point of view. You wouldn’t want Firefox to become bloatware. If you don’t know about the security problems or web design hell caused by IE, you would wonder exactly what more you could want from a browser. Although part of the beauty of Firefox is all the extensions you can install.

By: MatGB

MatGB — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:20:19 +0000

People = stupid.

As to your friend? I used to drive a Skoda. All I had to do was put the key in the ignition. If that was the only car I’d ever driven, I wouldn’t have known that driving could actually be enjoyable.

Learning the tricks of the new car took a few tries, but you don’t go back.

Why is it driving analogies are the best way to explain the ‘net?