What the hell? Can I have some of that stuff you're smoking? lol
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > Market share really isn't the end game, having a browser being the most > popular was a curse/blessing in one. When they had it nobody in the company > had a clue on what to do with it all they knew was to increment its growth > was to do so very slowly given any breaking changes could end up hurting the > interweb (thus you see the IE6 to IE9 fail trajectory today). All they knew > was they had to do something quick and just like Gorillaz once wrote in a > song "caught up in the conflict / between his brain and his tail" is how > that saga played out - by the time the team figured out what to do with > it market-share tanked, Silverlight / XBAP was born and now its about > retreating back to the browser & try again. > The future of IE9 is to storm the script kiddy developer beach heads, > provoke HTML5 + AJAX war chants get everyone excited about the purity of > ACID compliance and 3D via Interweb then when everyone is lulled into a HTML > Utopian high ...boom goes the dynamite, out comes the forked Desktop Native > API friendly addons to IE thus enabling "Look mah, I can haz ur desktop app > with my script k3iddy er33tness JavaScript/HTML5 mass celebration of > mediocrity" then when that occurs queue the next iteration of what we see > today as WPF/Silverlight coming back in via a massive "We're sorry, check > out our new improved UX Platform" followed by the ye olde Microsoft Playbook > being resurrected again and again. > Windows is thine name, I for one embrace my new Windows 8 Overlords. I > figure join the cult early that way you can build trust and get closer to > the ground zero of stupidity... come...follow me into the cloud for ye shall > see the foggy brilliance of what makes lemmings jump off cliffs!! :) > > --- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.riagenic.com > > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Tony Wright <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Microsoft has released this to presumably attempt to increase market >> share, or at the very least not lose market share to competitors such as >> Chrome, perhaps rushed out in desperation when it wasn’t ready, due to >> Chrome’s new version launch. >> >> >> >> Of course, if this is making me reluctantly look at other browsers, I am >> firmly of the belief that this version will actually lose Microsoft browser >> market share far more than if they hadn’t have released it at all, because I >> would have continued using the old browser. Now I hate the new browser, and >> don’t appear to have a path back to IE8. So my only solution is to change >> Brands. >> >> >> >> T. >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Tony Wright >> Sent: Tuesday, 3 May 2011 3:42 PM >> To: 'ozDotNet' >> Subject: RE: IE9: why do I hate it so much >> >> >> >> Oh yes, I forgot about the crashes. >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Corneliu I. Tusnea >> Sent: Tuesday, 3 May 2011 3:11 PM >> To: ozDotNet >> Subject: Re: IE9: why do I hate it so much >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >
