On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Corneliu I. Tusnea <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 :)
I thought IE7 was the Vista of IE :p > 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 >> 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 >>>> >>> >> > >
