I think IE *IS* the Vista of browsers, it's a piece of ass, and always will be, for a long time. They just don't get it right, and take too long, the biggest problem is, they care too much for all these legacy crappy intranet sites, internal crap for corps, who are dog slow to upgrade browsers.
I think it's time they just really pull IE out of the nut shell, and release it more frequently like firefox and google does. Leave an IE6 compatibility engine inside it as well, so the legacy crap can run fine. I know it may or may not be a good suggestion, but if they took the approach for add-ins like VS2010, then they would definitely have more devs making add-ons for IE as well,MEF-ify IE, then they can even have more control with sandboxing those add-ons as well. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:26 PM, DotNet Dude <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >
