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Mar 19, 09 - 09:58 am Comment from: Jersey_Trader

It is like seeing someone sitting at a party that no one really wants to be involved with.

Even IBM walked away and wants to dance with Sun Microsystems. That Microsoft ship is sinking and in 5 or 10 years will only be a fraction of what it was (or what people thought it could be).

Mar 19, 09 - 10:00 am Comment from: Ampar

No, thanks. We're full enough and I already 8.

Mar 19, 09 - 10:01 am Comment from: Not Bill

How big is the code compared to Safari 4? Is it bloated?

Mar 19, 09 - 10:05 am Comment from: Ampar

Our CUPS runneth over.

8 is enough.

Too little, too l8.

The guild of malicious coders was running out of exploits, so MS had to throw them a fresh fish.

Mar 19, 09 - 10:20 am Comment from: Ouate de Phoque

More b8 for the unaware. Just gr8

Mar 19, 09 - 10:20 am Comment from: Ashami

overr8ed

Mar 19, 09 - 10:22 am Comment from: eMax

Why is anyone concerned if they have the "most used browser"?

I don't care what browser I use, as long as it is secure, fast, and renders pages properly.

Its not like the market share of the browser lends to more expensive ads like TV rating slots.

This is a war that will eventually die because no1 will care about the winner.

Especially since everyone will be using OSX and Safari, or Firefox.

"Why is anyone concerned if they have the "most used browser"?"

Because they've been duped into believing that "most used" equates to "most compatible," "most secure," etc.

Mar 19, 09 - 10:25 am Comment from: Ampar

"This is a war that will eventually die because no1 will care about the winner."


You're right. MS and its software will eventually attenu8.

Mar 19, 09 - 10:27 am Comment from: Ampar

"'most used' equates to 'most compatible,' 'most secure,' etc."

Or equ8s?

Mar 19, 09 - 10:28 am Comment from: British Mac Head

Why don't they just give up. What's the point of foisting another incompatible browser on the world.

Jibber!

Damn you, Ampar. You made me laugh too many times...but keep up the punditry. I love it.

MDN's headline on this is a thing of beauty....

Mar 19, 09 - 10:36 am Comment from: Ampar

Thanks, silverwarloc.

"What's the point of foisting another incompatible browser on the world."

H8red for the masses? Software shouldn't be complic8ed.
Their f8 is obvious to all but the uneduc8ed.

Checkm8.

Mar 19, 09 - 10:44 am Comment from: CYxodus

Oh gr8.

I think we should boycott Microsoft for not making a Mac version.

Anyone with me?

AN Y O N E . . . . ? ? ?

No, Microsoft should be ThANKED for not making a mac version.

Mar 19, 09 - 10:51 am Comment from: Ampar

"I think we should boycott Microsoft for not making a Mac version."

Either that or dam them with feint preys?

Mar 19, 09 - 10:53 am Comment from: LateRegistrant

"launch" -- Picture, if you will, a huge ball of loose manure being aimlessly hurled from a medieval catapult.

Reuters reports today : "The application replaces IE7, which has a lock on the browser market. According to a recent survey by IT consultants Janco Associates Inc, Internet explorer has a 72.2 percent market share, ahead of the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox browser with 17.2 percent. Google Inc's new Chrome browser has only 2.8 percent of the market, while Apple Inc's Safari has less than 1 percent."


In other news, 72.2 percent of computer users are complete idiots.

Do you think that ZungTang will finally capitul8?

Reporter: Would you say you and your babies have a love-eight relationship?
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon: Aha. Absolutely, yes.
Reporter: No! Say it! We need a sound byte!
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon: (annoyed) We have a love-eight relationship!

-- The Simpsons, season 11, episode 7: "Eight Misbehavin'"

It's 12:04 and they still offer only Release Candidate 1.

Mar 19, 09 - 12:38 pm Comment from: SirROM

Maybe they'll have “octoMom” do some marketing for them....

Mar 19, 09 - 12:42 pm Comment from: LordRobin

Thppft. At my work, we just moved to IE7 last month. I figure I'll see IE8 in three years.

And I really couldn't care less. It's just something I use until I can get home to my Safari.

------RM

Jersey_Trader writes, "That Microsoft ship is sinking and in 5 or 10 years will only be a fraction of what it was (or what people thought it could be)."

... or should have been. I've been around long enough to remember the early days, when Gates would sit on a panel with other players in the new computer field - Norton (Tools), Kildall (DRI), Franklin (Visicalc) or Kapor (1-2-3). Gates was nothing special, and certainly didn't stand out from his peers.

MDN, that is quite possibly the best headline you've ever posted.

i'm not a hardcore MS basher (please don't take my macbook pro away for saying that!) but IE is garbage, and it always has been. well... ie 5 for classic mac os wasn't godawful for the time, but netscape/mozilla was usually better.

i can't understand why anyone would EVER use IE now, when firefox, safari and chrome are leagues better. i don't think there's anything MS can do to gain a good reputation in the browser market - their base is essentially people who think the blue "e" is "the internet".

The move to IE8 from IE7 will happen more quickly than from IE6. IE6 had a lot of applications which relied on a lot of proprietary stuff.

I'm happy that IE8 is out. Looks like a really good browser and it is indeed standards compliant. It will also encourage IT departments to finally decide to upgrade (breaking compatibility with IE6).

I sure hope this will be the "death knell" for IE6. For web designers like myself, IE6 has been an absolute scourge unleashed upon us. Having to resort to ugly hacks just to make things work in IE6 has kept us all in the dark ages. Just as bad, the designers who catered to that mess by developing proprietary IE6 sites also had a hand in making it even fuglier.

It still baffles me how a crappy, almost 8 year old, festering, steaming pile of a browser has kept market share like it has when clearly superior browsers like Safari and FF have been around for both platforms. We'll see how this all plays out...

Mar 19, 09 - 02:34 pm Comment from: Cubert

IE's browser share is already at 67%. How much longer until it is below 50%? I think by the end of 2010 at the latest.

Firefox will become the dominant desktop browser with Safari not far behind. Safari will become the dominant mobile browser with generic WebKit not far behind.

Mar 19, 09 - 02:35 pm Comment from: Cubert

Oh yeah. IE8 is far from gr8.

Windows users' dreadful f8.

Mac users unaffected.

I enjoyed that. Thx!

Mar 19, 09 - 03:45 pm Comment from: LTD*

Let's see:

- does not conform to web standards
- still scores crap in Acid3
- horrible to code for
- is holding back the Web
- proprietary engine that no one cares about
- not WebKit (or Gecko, for that matter . . . or anything else that's actually decent.)
- has more holes in it than Swiss Cheese

Yep, it's a real winner!

Mar 19, 09 - 03:46 pm Comment from: Ampar

"i'm not a hardcore MS basher . . . "


Shame. We can send you to a special training school but you must be willing to submit.

Mar 19, 09 - 03:47 pm Comment from: Ampar

LTD*: "Yep, it's a real winner!"

How did your find Ballmer's super secret QA checklist?

Mar 19, 09 - 05:01 pm Comment from: Roberto

Explorer Eight - the OctoMom release

Mar 19, 09 - 07:23 pm Comment from: ken1w

I love the "Mac users unaffected" part of the headline... LOL. As if IE8 is a virus, or some piece of malware. Actually, the more I think about it, the funnier it gets, because some would consider IE8 to be malware...

We H8 8.

IE Reviews Are In.
Result:
Reviewers Have Shredded Huit.

Mar 20, 09 - 07:53 am Comment from: Ampar

Ooooooh.

"Shredded Huit".

Subtle. Balanced. Slight woody taste. NICE!

Mar 20, 09 - 04:14 pm Comment from: Marek Piątek

Great Headline!!