Linguofreak
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Opera. Built in mouse gestures are a *HUGE* plus.
Will test it as soon as Xmarks comes out for it, but I've tried the beta and it seems quite a lot better than the previous editions.IE9 blows everything else out of the water in terms of speed. Don't believe me? Try it for yourself. The "Galactic" speed test is particularly fun.
Also, Tex, blocking IE is pretty lame, although I can work around it easily by using the developer toolbar to change the user agent string to something else.
The only difference in the interface between IE8 and this one is that the search and address bars are combined...pretty much everything else can be configured to look the same as it did in IE8.Haven't tried it yet. How's the interface in your opinion?
Talked to a fellow tech today. He's been running it on his work laptop (we're an IE shop across all our segments). He said he's about ready to go back to IE8. Hates the interface.
Well yeah, if you want to continue using an OS that was developed ten years ago (pretty much an eternity in computer terms), I can't exactly stop you.Thanks, I'll stick with Windows XP for now and other browsers, which I can at least run on it:
I have IE9 for a while now, just to try it. It is faster, but it still has the same problems why the most people are avoiding Internet Explorer at allIE9 blows everything else out of the water in terms of speed. Don't believe me? Try it for yourself. The "Galactic" speed test is particularly fun.
Such as? I've used it pretty heavily on a daily basis as my only browser for several months now (starting with the beta), and I haven't needed to use any other browsers...I have IE9 for a while now, just to try it. It is faster, but it still has the same problems why the most people are avoiding Internet Explorer at all
Also, Tex, blocking IE is pretty lame, although I can work around it easily by using the developer toolbar to change the user agent string to something else.
Places do that?Just as lame as when certain sites block everything that *isn't* IE.
Places do that?
Heck, even the Windows Update site for XP supports Firefox, I think.
IE still exists and is used by something like 45% of users: http://gs.statcounter.com/Mine main browser is Opera,lately I use Google Chrome.
Firefox rarely use,what IE still exist?
IE6 specifically? Newer ones like IE8 don't work?Of course, my bank insists on their clients using IE6 if you want access to their online services. And it's no half-assed useragent check, either. For some reason it doesn't fall for any of the IE-faking addons for Firefox or Chrome.
Places do that?
Heck, even the Windows Update site for XP supports Firefox, I think.