I'm in the same boat. I totally dislike the tabs. Even more my tabs don't always open. I can consistently get my IE stuck in opening a tab. It "opens" and switches to the new tab but the tab never appears and I can't go back. I'm left with only one tab with the "your most popular sites" and everything else locked up. I get this 10 times a day. (this is on a fresh installation less than 10 days old install). I also dislike the "Your most popular sites" thing. I need to see the screenshot not just some logos and a random useless text. I think Metro started to take over usability. Oh, and don't get me started on the favourites and plugins and random stupi*** ActiveX extensions. I tried to use it in anger for few weeks. Now I only use it for OWA and SharePoint access.
I think IE9 is the Vista of IE :) Corneliu On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > Its pretty common mistake made often daily. Abstracting users from Time is > also quite hard to achieve especially given the array of variables that a > browser can come attached with (CPU / GPU speeds, Bandwidth Latency, Task / > Processes running in background ..ie I/O latency etc). > > If you're bored read this study on Progress Bar's and just how stupid we > human beings can be on a little ol Progress Bar > > https://ritdml.rit.edu/bitstream/handle/1850/10867/33058_pdf_29344_26CF3AD6-D9B7-11DE-BDEF-B767F0E6BF1D.pdf?sequence=1 > > > <https://ritdml.rit.edu/bitstream/handle/1850/10867/33058_pdf_29344_26CF3AD6-D9B7-11DE-BDEF-B767F0E6BF1D.pdf?sequence=1>Now > amplify that across all your user interface principles. > > As for IE9 sucking? yeah I don't: > > - Metro "back" button. I'm kinda drinking the Microsoft pre-ordained > cookie cut UI Metro Koolaid but seriously big BACK buttons aren't exactly > smart unless you have some kind of weird Fits & Hick's law voodoo going on? > - Tabs are two narrow in height. On a desktop I can live with this, but > on a laptop resting on my - lap - using a track pad on say a train? ..its > kind of a mini game of "See if you can hit my X and win a prize" > - Alerts at the bottom. Sure I get the whole "Hey its a passive > info-ware area!" moments of goodness. It however is hard at times to > distinguish between the site i'm currently on and the IE chrome. > Furthermore > "Show all Content" alerts when folks bring in ext resources via SSL sites > are freaking annoying. I'd prefer it just say "Would you like to forgive > this site from here on out of its SSL naughtiness? - *click* Forgive it is" > - No dashboard page? - I love my chrome dashboard thumbnail of > frequently visited sites... > - etc.. > > I could list a few "why i dislike IE" more.. but for me at the end of the > day it's a Chrome Clone..so while I know how IE9 came to be from > inside/outside Microsoft perspective(s) it still feels a bit cheapened to > just catchup to the guy (Google) who picked a fight with you in the > Browser-school yard? they could do more - that is if they manage to stop > losing their team members to the Google Chrome team :) > > > > > --- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.riagenic.com > > > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Michael Minutillo < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Just goes to show you it doesn't matter how fast it actually IS, it >> matters how fast it FEELS to the end user. Good UI is psychology more than >> engineering. >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:27 AM, David Connors <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Winston Pang <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I mean it actually feels a lot slower to load her up as well, compared >>>> to chrome, not sure how google did it, but it feels so much more >>>> smoother and faster to use chrome than anything else, I mean creating >>>> a new tab in chrome feels so damn fast! >>>> >>> >>> If you can get past the dreadful performance of the speaker in this >>> video, it explains why it is so fast. Good engineering and a helping of >>> smoke and mirrors. :) >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymgXTdWWNUU >>> >>> -- >>> *David Connors* | [email protected] | www.codify.com >>> Software Engineer >>> Codify Pty Ltd >>> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 >>> 417 189 363 >>> V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors >>> Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact >>> >>> >> >
