Meh, so many companies do this, it's not new or evil.
Advertisements masquerading as impartial opinion pieces are not evil? What is evil - strangling kittens?
Microsoft Paying Bloggers to Write about Internet Explorer
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Re: Microsoft Paying Bloggers to Write about Internet Explorer
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seems the way to go nowadays - Putin is also officially paying bloggers to boast about Russia's prowesses.
Where can I get some of that moolah?
Well looks like you should get in touch with some group called "Nashi" according to The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/07/hacked-emails-n...
But that's hardly news, given Anonymous unveiled the scam in 2012 already. So why wouldn't Microsoft follow? They get press, you get cash, everybody's happy (well, except users and devs)
Re: Microsoft Paying Bloggers to Write about Internet Explorer
#83While I can understand some of the concerns here, I'd encourage you to look at where Internet Explorer is now; it's come a long way in the past few years. IE today offers a brand new experience with many different features. The reworked Internet Explorer lets you search smarter and do more with its cool new features, such as multitasking, pinnable sites, and full-screen browsing. Wherever you are, Internet Explorer i…
I hope this is comedy. If it isn't, give me a break :) Excuse the vent - I just spent two hours fixing some shit just for IE... Seriously. I spent a LOT of my time in front of IE and this is the real story: The built in search determination is awful. Half the time, valid web sites are sent straight to bing. It's worse than Safari and Chrome by miles. The only hope is hit Ctrl+E to force it to search. It's as smart is…
Why should I pay for an XBox live sub to use something I paid for?
Since earlier this month, you don't need to pay for an XBox Live Gold subscription to use apps like Hulu+, Youtube, Netflix and IE (!). Although I can't see the point of IE on the XBox.
Re: Microsoft Paying Bloggers to Write about Internet Explorer
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
But this is not the Onion, this is HN and if we let too many parody comment on the top of the discussion, I fear it will become boring. Downvoted the GGP
I fear that if we let complaints about comments, concern about comment quality and long threads going back and forward defending the legitimacy of parody comments in comments, humour, humourless responses and expressions of concern about the complaints dominating the discussion, HN will become boring.
This is the correct attitude. If you disapprove of a comment, down vote it. Dignifying it with a response means one of two things:
1. Your comment is equally worthless, and should be downvoted. Your comment contributes nothing as the original comment contributed nothing. Downvote and move on.
2. Your comment is worthwhile, and therefore, the parent comment is worthwhile as it sparked good conversation and comments.
A comment that complains about a parent comment adds nothing worthwhile to the conversation as a whole. If anything it does nothing more than add clutter.
Re: Microsoft Paying Bloggers to Write about Internet Explorer
#85I guess it says a lot about how much Microsoft has improved over the years that this seems "low, even for Microsoft." right?
When you need to pay people to write about your product, it means you've fallen pretty deep. Just like Detroit would probably be forced to pay businesses to settle in their town to attract them in the first place.
> When you need to pay people to write about your product, it means you've fallen pretty deep.
I equate it to marketing your own product by bashing on the competition. The former, people aren't interested in speaking about your benefits, and in the latter, even you aren't interested in speaking about your benefits.
Re: Microsoft Paying Bloggers to Write about Internet Explorer
#86While I can understand some of the concerns here, I'd encourage you to look at where Internet Explorer is now; it's come a long way in the past few years. IE today offers a brand new experience with many different features. The reworked Internet Explorer lets you search smarter and do more with its cool new features, such as multitasking, pinnable sites, and full-screen browsing. Wherever you are, Internet Explorer i…
I hope this is comedy. If it isn't, give me a break :) Excuse the vent - I just spent two hours fixing some shit just for IE... Seriously. I spent a LOT of my time in front of IE and this is the real story: The built in search determination is awful. Half the time, valid web sites are sent straight to bing. It's worse than Safari and Chrome by miles. The only hope is hit Ctrl+E to force it to search. It's as smart is…
Maybe he was paid by Microsoft to defend IE :)
Re: Microsoft Paying Bloggers to Write about Internet Explorer
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
At least Chrome is constantly updated, is fast, and most parts of it (certainly the important parts) are open source... If there's going to be a browser monoculture, Chrome seems like the best option at the moment...
You mean Firefox is the best option. All of it is open source.
Well... so is the Chromium project.
Re: Microsoft Paying Bloggers to Write about Internet Explorer
#88While I can understand some of the concerns here, I'd encourage you to look at where Internet Explorer is now; it's come a long way in the past few years. IE today offers a brand new experience with many different features. The reworked Internet Explorer lets you search smarter and do more with its cool new features, such as multitasking, pinnable sites, and full-screen browsing. Wherever you are, Internet Explorer i…
I hope this is comedy. If it isn't, give me a break :) Excuse the vent - I just spent two hours fixing some shit just for IE... Seriously. I spent a LOT of my time in front of IE and this is the real story: The built in search determination is awful. Half the time, valid web sites are sent straight to bing. It's worse than Safari and Chrome by miles. The only hope is hit Ctrl+E to force it to search. It's as smart is…
It's as smart is a lobotomized monkey.
Oi! Don't be hating on lobotomized monkeys! After all, they made a web browser....
Re: Microsoft Paying Bloggers to Write about Internet Explorer
#89What's really amazing is how lackluster the whole campaign is. IE is a touted as a "new browser", but here are the features they are especially proud of: 1) Full Screen Browsing. 2) Multitasking, which apparently means "Skype while full screen browsing". 3) Reading view, a la the Readability or Clearly plug ins. 4) Pinned sites, which I guess I don't understand, but it looks like Windows 8 tiles. http://www.rethinkie…
> 1) Full Screen Browsing.
Like pressing F11? IE8 has it...
Re: Microsoft Paying Bloggers to Write about Internet Explorer
#90Microsoft doesn't deserve a second chance. They went out of their way to destroy Netscape and then allowed IE to languish for years. Microsoft has always been an underachieving bully. Mediocrity is part of their DNA and they simply have no desire (or ability) to make good products consistently.
They don't deserve a second chance at what? Being your friend?
If Netscape had their way you'd be paying for web browsers.
The web is a pit of mediocrity held together by hacks. What browser do you use that isn't mediocre?