I read some articles espousing IE9 too. It might turn out like other MS efforts (I'm looking at you, Zune)- a competitive effort that just hits the market too late to be truly relevant. By the time it comes out the market will likely have moved the goalposts again. I don't know why MS has lost their ability to innovate, but it's going to cost them dearly.
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 5, 2010, at 8:17 AM, "Edward Crosby" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just an F.Y.I. > I listen to the Windows Weekly podcast on the TWIT network (highly > recommend any podcast from this network) and I have heard very positive > things about IE 9 beta. So, maybe, eventually Microsoft will get it right > and we may see a shift in the browser wars in the future. > > -- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://www.edwardcrosby.com > ----- > "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." > Merlin Mann > >> I recently had to switch back to IE on my home machine because after >> installing Microsoft Essentials, Firefox ran like crap. I am going to >> retry Firefox since it has been updated and see if it runs better, but >> I wouldn't be surprised if MS made it so Firefox ran badly in >> conjunction with MSE. >> >> On Oct 5, 7:47 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Oh, IE, it pains us to do this to you. You who once so mightily won in >>> the battle against Netscape Navigator now seem to be losing your war >>> against a battalion of upstarts, relatively fresh faces like Firefox and >>> Chrome. According to StatCounter, IE's global usage stats have fallen to >>> 49.87 percent, a fraction of a tick beneath half. Firefox makes up the >>> lion share of the rest, at 31.5 percent, while Chrome usage tripled >>> since last year, up to 11.54 percent. Two years ago IE had two thirds of >>> the global market locked down, and even if Internet Explorer 9 is the >>> best thing since ActiveX, well, we just don't see the tide of this >>> battle turning without MS calling in some serious reinforcements. >>> Continue reading Internet Explorer falls below 50 percent global >>> marketshare, Chrome usage triples >>> >>> Internet Explorer falls below 50 percent global marketshare, Chrome >>> usage triples originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 >>> 07:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. >>> >>> Permalink | | Email this | Comments >>> >>> http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/05/internet-explorer-falls-below-50-p... >>> >>> Sent with MobileRSS for iPad >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
