The Browser You Loved to Hate

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Post by ojr » Thu, Nov 29, 2012, 4:46 PM UTC

The Browser You Loved to Hate
browseryoulovedtohate.com

Re: The Browser You Loved to Hate

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Post by tzaman » Thu, Nov 29, 2012, 5:00 PM UTC

This time around MS did it right with IE10 - however they fucked it up with Windows 8 (on which it runs) really badly. Hopefully the version for windows 7 will be released sooner rather than later.

Re: The Browser You Loved to Hate

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Post by silverlight » Thu, Nov 29, 2012, 5:04 PM UTC

If they were going to rebuild it from the ground up anyway, would it really have killed them to just use Webkit?

Re: The Browser You Loved to Hate

#4

Post by robtotheb » Thu, Nov 29, 2012, 5:10 PM UTC

Publicity stunt by Microsoft?

Re: The Browser You Loved to Hate

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Post by milesf » Thu, Nov 29, 2012, 5:13 PM UTC

Don't care how good the browser is, Microsoft has caused me so much pain over the last decade and a half with their products I am simply unwilling to trust them ever again. I tolerate their products because I have to, but whenever I have the chance to slit the throat of their technologies in the workplace, I do so without remorse.

Do I sound angry? No, I'm not angry. I've just been burned too many times by Windows, Office, IE, and Exchange to be stupid enough to ever trust them again. The line about "this time we're better" is such a broken record.

Re: The Browser You Loved to Hate

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Post by avens19 » Thu, Nov 29, 2012, 5:16 PM UTC

tzaman wrote: post #2

This time around MS did it right with IE10 - however they fucked it up with Windows 8 (on which it runs) really badly. Hopefully the version for windows 7 will be released sooner rather than later.

Can you explain this? As a Windows 8 user I'm wondering what the issue is.

Re: The Browser You Loved to Hate

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Post by MindTwister » Thu, Nov 29, 2012, 5:17 PM UTC

tzaman wrote: post #2

This time around MS did it right with IE10 - however they fucked it up with Windows 8 (on which it runs) really badly. Hopefully the version for windows 7 will be released sooner rather than later.

The preview has been available for a couple of weeks: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Info/Downloads/Default.htm...

Re: The Browser You Loved to Hate

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Post by JimmaDaRustla » Thu, Nov 29, 2012, 5:19 PM UTC

milesf wrote: post #5

Don't care how good the browser is, Microsoft has caused me so much pain over the last decade and a half with their products I am simply unwilling to trust them ever again. I tolerate their products because I have to, but whenever I have the chance to slit the throat of their technologies in the workplace, I do so without remorse. Do I sound angry? No, I'm not angry. I've just been burned too many times by Windows, O…

I think you're doing something wrong...

Re: The Browser You Loved to Hate

#9

Post by jabo » Thu, Nov 29, 2012, 5:21 PM UTC

Previous submission: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4515019

Re: The Browser You Loved to Hate

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Post by simonw » Thu, Nov 29, 2012, 5:26 PM UTC

silverlight wrote: post #3

If they were going to rebuild it from the ground up anyway, would it really have killed them to just use Webkit?

A browser rendering engine is a pretty crucial piece of strategic infrastructure for an operating system company. Having future features controlled by a competitor isn't a great place to be in.