Internet Explorer

CongressTart

I see an ad there for a relaunch of Internet Explorer. Do you think it will be able to catch up with Chrome and Firefox, or is it doomed forever?

FatherLen

yes

smash

It's f*cked

Eathrin

Hah, as much a chance as Yahoo becoming the leading search engine again.

admiralofthefleet

/googles internet explorer on firefox

cocoshovel

Oh god not a chance. *shudders*

MungBean

Bout time it pissed off and died I think.

ygolometsipe

relaunch = flogging a dead horse!

El Weirdo

Netscape Navigator is still better than IE.

Where To

What's Chrome and Firefox?

conor.hogan.2

CongressTart wrote: »

I see an ad there for a relaunch of Internet Explorer. Do you think it will be able to catch up with Chrome and Firefox, or is it doomed forever?

Catch up with? It is still the biggest browser?!?

VampiricPadraig

IE6 is better than IE9

IM0

smash wrote: »

It's f*cked

It'll survive with people who dont know any better [which is most]
but it can fcuk right off as far as Im concerned

Mr. Rager

Just no.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFE4rkSaKOY

How Iron Man and a sports car are relevant to this video I'll never know.

smash

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

CongressTart wrote: »

I see an ad there for a relaunch of Internet Explorer. Do you think it will be able to catch up with Chrome and Firefox, or is it doomed forever?

Catch up with? It is still the biggest browser?!?

You're either taking the piss or living in the early 2000's

CongressTart

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Catch up with? It is still the biggest browser?!?

In third world countries where they haven't updated the internet, perhaps.

frozenfrozen

Steady decline since 2002. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

El Weirdo

Is it still "fuzzy"?

conor.hogan.2

smash wrote: »

You're either taking the piss or living in the early 2000's

Post me up any links that show IE as being behind Chrome or FF?

http://www.statowl.com/web_browser_market_share.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

I do not use it but it is still the no1 browser by usage.

DitzyPoo92

Doomed. DOOMED I TELLS YA!

Boards.ie: Neil

in fairness ie9 is good browser and is fairly standards compliant, ie10 will do more of the same.

microsoft have acknowledged that ie6 needs to go (it was a good browser back when it launched in 2003) so much so they created this site http://www.ie6countdown.com/ still 23% in china FFFFFUUUUU

BigBabyTaylor

No its awful. Design websites sometimes in college and they just dont work in IE for no reason at all.
What annoys me most though is that anytime I go onto it it asks me to switch my default browser to IE. Theres no box to say dont ask again or anything. Pisses me off

El Weirdo

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Post me up any links that show IE as being behind Chrome or FF?

http://www.statowl.com/web_browser_market_share.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

I do not use it but it is still the no1 browser by usage.

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

Where To

I turned on IE when this thread started and here I am 15 MINUTES LATER:mad:

conor.hogan.2

El Weirdo wrote: »

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

http://w3fools.com/
Useless site.

Pretty much every other (actually respected websites) rank IE as still being no1 in terms of usage. I do not use it (even when I use Windows) and it is very very much on the decline but it is still the most used.

Boards.ie: Neil

Boards.ie: Neil wrote: »

in fairness ie9 is good browser and is fairly standards compliant, ie10 will do more of the same.

microsoft have acknowledged that ie6 needs to go (it was a good browser back when it launched in 2003) so much so they created this site http://www.ie6countdown.com/ still 23% in china FFFFFUUUUU

Probably due to the amount of people pirating XP in China. :pac:

I dropped IE about 18 months ago, I just thought the interface was a load of cack since IE7. However I wouldn't grill someone for using it, that's their choice. I don't try to preach my opinions on others.

titan18

El Weirdo wrote: »

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

Tbf, the vast majority of stats show IE as still being the biggest, but losing users. Also, the w3schools stats are pretty far away from everything else I've seen

DitzyPoo92

The only reason why Internet Explorer is the most popular is because it's the internet browser that comes with all Microsoft PCs/laptops and most people are either too lazy to download a better browser or are totally clueless about computers.

Thrill

Where To wrote: »

I turned on IE when this thread started and here I am 15 MINUTES LATER:mad:

15 minutes!!

I just tried mine now, less than 10 seconds. (IE9 64-bit)

I forgot it existed.:)

chin_grin

Thrill wrote: »

15 minutes!!

I just tried mine now, less than 10 seconds. (IE9 64-bit)

I forgot it existed.:)

There's also a 64bit variant of firefox.....

http://waterfoxproject.org/

Boards.ie: Neil

BigBabyTaylor wrote: »

No its awful. Design websites sometimes in college and they just dont work in IE for no reason at all.
What annoys me most though is that anytime I go onto it it asks me to switch my default browser to IE. Theres no box to say dont ask again or anything. Pisses me off

i do it for a living :pac:, ie support is a pain in the balls i don't think you'll find anyone that argues that, but they are such a huge chunk of users you can't ignore them.

ie9 is the first browser that microsoft have released that there's very little tweaking needed to make a design work.

titan18

DitzyPoo92 wrote: »

The only reason why Internet Explorer is the most popular is because it's the internet browser that comes with all Microsoft PCs/laptops and most people are either too lazy to download a better browser or are totally clueless about computers.

There are a lot of big companies still using IE6 or IE7 too.

gnfnrhead

Internet Explorer simply does what it says on the tin, which is exactly what the majority of people want. Firefox and Chrome are used by people who spend hours on the Internet each day. Internet Explorer is used by people who only spend a short period online. Not hard to see why it is still so popular, but in decline.

Personally, I think it's better than FireFox, which for some reason always seems to crash on me. Saying that, I still use Chrome or Maxthon most.

smash

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Useless site.

Pretty much every other (actually respected websites) rank IE as still being no1 in terms of usage. I do not use it (even when I use Windows) and it is very very much on the decline but it is still the most used.

To be frank, I really don't care what you think is a trusted or respected site. I manage websites for a few hundred clients and ie is not a leading browser in our stats.

conor.hogan.2

smash wrote: »

To be frank, I really don't care what you think is a trusted or respected site. I manage websites for a few hundred clients and ie is not a leading browser in our stats.

Stats in your websites are not indicative of the rest of the world, you likely have a more savvy audience which is great but it does not affect the rest of the world.

CrazyRabbit

Internet Explorer is the best browser ever*

*for downloading Firefox, Chrome etc.

I love how they scatter the forward/backwards button, home button, refresh & stop buttons all over the screen.

And I'm particularly fond of not being able to add bookmarks by drag n dropping tabs into the favourites bar.

And you can't fault the plugin support!

But most of all...I really love that knowledge that there are a whole bunch of security holes that might allow someone to destroy my OS with malicious code. It's thrilling!

So in short....MS IE can **** off and die.

zenno

Anyone that uses internet explorer is either completely computer illiterate or doesn't know what a browser is.

The amount of security vulnerabilities involved with internet explorer (and I mean all of them) are so bad that you would be better off just using no anti virus software at all because even if you are using a good anti virus software you will still be vulnerable to attacks and hacks of malicious code. It's time this explorer browser was dismantled and erased permanently.

Sure do you all remember this... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/20/uk-government-internet-explorer

I use firefox 10.0.2 and in kaspersky firewall i have internet explorer blocked as untrusted. Will not allow any communication between that browser and the internet. Not a chance.

Wompa1

zenno wrote: »

Anyone that uses internet explorer is either completely computer illiterate or doesn't know what a browser is.

The amount of security vulnerabilities involved with internet explorer (and I mean all of them) are so bad that you would be better off just using no anti virus software at all because even if you are using a good anti virus software you will still be vulnerable to attacks and hacks of malicious code. It's time this explorer browser was dismantled and erased permanently.

Sure do you all remember this... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/20/uk-government-internet-explorer

I use firefox 10.0.2 and in kaspersky firewall i have internet explorer blocked as untrusted. Will not allow any communication between that browser and the internet. Not a chance.

I have worked on over 10 IT projects for different companies. Every single one of them used IE. Like it or not but it still has a place in Enterprise because it is very secure compared to the likes of Google Chrome. Chrome has huge privacy concerns for firms that operate with sensetive information. The last few iterations of Firefox have been quite clunky.

I use Chrome myself at home and Firefox and IE9 at work. IE is going in the right direction now, I like the idea that each tab has it's own process so if one crashes the other tabs don't.

humbert

Wompa1 wrote: »

I have worked on over 10 IT projects for different companies. Every single one of them used IE. Like it or not but it still has a place in Enterprise because it is very secure compared to the likes of Google Chrome. Chrome has huge privacy concerns for firms that operate with sensetive information. The last few iterations of Firefox have been quite clunky.

I use Chrome myself at home and Firefox and IE9 at work. IE is going in the right direction now, I like the idea that each tab has it's own process so if one crashes the other tabs don't.

If you think IE is used because it is more secure than Chrome you shouldn't be allowed in the same room as the IT staff.

kowloon

I haven't bothered to change from IE on my current pc. Used Firefox before that. Might do it tomorrow...

challengemaster

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Catch up with? It is still the biggest browser?!?

being used once to download another browser doesn't really count

The Internet Explorer

Word.

Wompa1

humbert wrote: »

If you think IE is used because it is more secure than Chrome you shouldn't be allowed in the same room as the IT staff.

If you provide IT to a Bank or Medical company and you think Chrome is more secure than IE than you should not be allowed in the same room as the IT staff Also please tell me which one's you work for so I can go somewhere else. I worked for an Irish bank before in my last job and their security was enough to make me pull my account!

If you are deploying it to your users and they are dealing with sensetive information you should reconsider! Take a look at caching in Google Chrome, also if you haven't already you should tweak your policies to lock it down. Even when it's at it's most lock down there's still huge security holes.

With IE, it's the enterprise leader, as quick as a bug is found a fix is issued and can be applied as an urgent update. Have a look at Googles release strategies.

Here's a link declaring Google Chrome to be the most secure browser. The comparison was carried out by Google:
http://blog.zonealarm.com/2012/02/which-web-browser-is-the-most-secure.html

Recent article about Chrome security flaws mentioning the Google bounty for hackers to try and crack Chrome.
http://www.securitynewsdaily.com/389-google-chrome-contains-critical-security-flaws.html

Rob Rankins comparison declaring IE8 and IE9 more secure, as he say's by a long shot
http://askbobrankin.com/which_browser_is_the_most_secure.html

I look forward to hearing your reasons why all the above mentioned are good things in a secure IT environment.

randomname2005

Most sites in Korea only work with IE and <a lot of >Active X plug-ins, making IE the biggest browser used here by far.

Snowbat

titan18 wrote: »

El Weirdo wrote: »

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

Tbf, the vast majority of stats show IE as still being the biggest, but losing users. Also, the w3schools stats are pretty far away from everything else I've seen

As they point out further down the page, their visitors are not average users:

W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies. These people are more interested in using alternative browsers than the average user. The average user tends to the browser that comes preinstalled with their computer, and do not seek out other browser alternatives.

A much better source of stats is http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportClients.htm which is almost entirely wikipedia.org traffic (a top 6 site with neutral content).

Gummy Panda

ITT: a load of geeks try to show off their e-peen to defend their favourite browser

Chad ghostal

IE will remain king until Windows dies a death. It is the internet for a huge number of people. The same kind of people who google 'facebook' to get to their facebook page

mconigol

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

/googles internet explorer on firefox

As one of the biggest tech companies on the planet Microsoft or Internet Explorer are going nowhere, of course it can bounce back

biko

CongressTart wrote: »

I see an ad there for a relaunch of Internet Explorer. Do you think it will be able to catch up with Chrome and Firefox, or is it doomed forever?

IE is still the most used browser according to stats provided by posters in this thread.
Where do you get your info from?

biko

randomname2005 wrote: »

Most sites in Korea only work with IE and <a lot of >Active X plug-ins, making IE the biggest browser used here by far.

Also most used browser in China still.

Eric Cartman

Internet explorer is the workds greatest browser....for downloading other browsers