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03-06-2008, 04:14 AM
Eastcoasthandle

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Originally Posted by AC3421

Whats the difference?? And who would ever use IE over FireFox anyways??

Well if I want to update I have to use it. Unless there is another way to do it?
03-06-2008, 04:24 AM
FischOderAal

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Originally Posted by Eastcoasthandle

Well if I want to update I have to use it. Unless there is another way to do it?

why don't you use autoupdate? I configured it that way that patches are downloaded automatically but I choose when and which to install.
03-06-2008, 06:13 AM
Galactic

I kind of hate IE and use Fx, but this is still interesting, due to the claimed standards compliance, and I'll try this.
03-06-2008, 06:23 AM
SuperPysz

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Originally Posted by AC3421

Thats totally false. I have made several Hotmail/Live accounts on my computer recently, and I don't even have IE installed. Only Firefox, and everything worked perfectly fine.

when i tried to do it recently, it didn't work. so maybe something is different with your computer, maybe its vista, are you running xp or vista?

EDIT: just saw ur sig, i run vista 32, maybe its bc im running FF Beta v3.0b3
03-06-2008, 06:45 AM
Ub3r-L33ch

Who makes Internet Explorer?
03-06-2008, 06:49 AM
iddqd

Quote:

Originally Posted by AC3421

Whats the difference?? And who would ever use IE over FireFox anyways??

The latest version of BloatFox 2.0.something is slow and leaky as boat made entirely out of swiss cheese. Seriously, with a lot of IE6's glaring flaws fixed, who'd bother with Mozilla?
03-06-2008, 06:50 AM
2fink

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Originally Posted by Ub3r-L33ch

Who makes Internet Explorer?

microsoft :wth: :hm: :stick:
03-06-2008, 07:11 AM
bigdaddy25fb

I think its absolutely hilarious that they make the browser standards compliant with Acid 2.0 and then Acid 3.0 gets release...so far I think the highest score on it has been around 80 something by safari. The current build of firefox only scores a 50 ( firefox beta 3 is somewhere around 70). Link here: Acid 3 Test
03-06-2008, 07:24 AM
red

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Originally Posted by iddqd

The latest version of BloatFox 2.0.something is slow and leaky as boat made entirely out of swiss cheese. Seriously, with a lot of IE6's glaring flaws fixed, who'd bother with Mozilla?

If you have some semblance of a modern PC, it shouldn't be slow and bloated.

http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/02/f...e-performance/
http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/25/f...-gets-a-boost/
http://bdn.backbase.com/blog/sjoerd/...-is-everything

Also, in the past 1-2 weeks past Firefox 3 Beta 3, significant strides have been made in the javascript performance which should help in things like Digg, Google Maps. In the long run, memory management has been noticably down.

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I think it's an awesome result that the current nightlies of both Webkit and Gecko are 2x / 3x faster than the current production versions. Can't wait until Firefox 3 is released to the public!
03-06-2008, 07:24 AM
Marvin_The_Martian

Only thing which looks like a nice feature are the web slices, now I want to be able to drag those anywhere on my desktop :D
03-06-2008, 08:58 AM
KALISPIMENTA

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Originally Posted by bigdaddy25fb

I think its absolutely hilarious that they make the browser standards compliant with Acid 2.0 and then Acid 3.0 gets release...so far I think the highest score on it has been around 80 something by safari. The current build of firefox only scores a 50 ( firefox beta 3 is somewhere around 70). Link here: Acid 3 Test

My IE scored 100 and firefox beta3 -59
03-06-2008, 09:07 AM
RaZz!

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Originally Posted by KALISPIMENTA

My IE scored 100 and firefox beta3 -59

your IE scored 100? which one are you using? my IE7 gets like 12 points - one can't even recognize the page, it's a total mess with everything overlaping.
ff 2.x gets 50 pts, ff3beta3 59 pts.
IE6 gets 11 pts :p:
03-06-2008, 09:18 AM
Marvin_The_Martian

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Originally Posted by RaZz!

your IE scored 100? which one are you using? my IE7 gets like 12 points - one can't even recognize the page, it's a total mess with everything overlaping.
ff 2.x gets 50 pts, ff3beta3 59 pts.
IE6 gets 11 pts :p:

12 here to :up:
03-06-2008, 09:31 AM
KALISPIMENTA

Well i got the mess to but then it asked me if i want to run the activex control a said yes,then i refreshed it and i got 100:shrug:
03-06-2008, 09:35 AM
n-sanity

Lol... here's some wisdom i just found, concerning the release of ACID3 the day after IE8 beta comes out to smack MS around the face:

The Explorer used the Navigator to go on a Safari and find a Firefox. He became a Konqueror and came back to the Opera. And no, I'm not on ACID(3) ... :ROTF:

Feel free to alter this / quote it in ur sig :P
03-06-2008, 10:03 AM
Drunner611

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Originally Posted by AC3421

Whats the difference?? And who would ever use IE over FireFox anyways??

Agreed, I uninstall that crap from windows every time I reinstall XP. I haven't used IE in ages. They copied FireFox tabs anyway.

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Originally Posted by GripS

Now that was uncalled for.... why??

To answer his question there are still many times when Firefox will not work in certain circumstances. I use Firefox myself as my primary browser. However there are times when i have to fire up IE when a page won't display properly.

Just use the IE tab extension. Oh yeah, thats why FireFox kicks but. Extensions and a community that actually develops its product.
03-06-2008, 11:11 AM
metro.cl

feels just like IE7
03-06-2008, 11:15 AM
vitaminc

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Originally Posted by AC3421

Whats the difference?? And who would ever use IE over FireFox anyways??

1. FireFox 2 or 3 beta/minefield leaks more than my 95 year old grandpa.
2. I can get mouse gesture using IE7Pro on IE.
3. Financial sites are better compliant with IE.
03-06-2008, 11:27 AM
[XC] NetburstXE

Microsoft non-beta products are so buggy I'd be scared to even try a M$ beta product.
03-06-2008, 12:16 PM
CoolZone

can anyone please tell how does this version work instead of being offtopic?
03-06-2008, 12:25 PM
Marvin_The_Martian

CoolZone the thread went offtopic because everything what can be said about the app is already said... it's MS, it's IE, it's still not really standards appliant, it's a beta..

What more do you need to know? List off sites that work with it?

/sarcasm

Lighten up abit, plenty off usefull posts in this thread if you ask me? And if you got a specific question, just ask it... if you want to know how it works, download it and try for yourself and then come back and join the off topic talk because you'll see everything you thought about sharing with us is already mentioned :toast:
03-06-2008, 01:17 PM
illidan

downloaded... installed... man it is so slow, compare to opera 9.5
03-06-2008, 01:37 PM
Piotrsama

Quote:

Originally Posted by RaZz!

your IE scored 100? which one are you using? my IE7 gets like 12 points - one can't even recognize the page, it's a total mess with everything overlaping.
ff 2.x gets 50 pts, ff3beta3 59 pts.
IE6 gets 11 pts :p:

46 for Opera 9.26
03-06-2008, 01:55 PM
G.Foyle

Why is that test so important? Isn't real life usage a better test? In real life, I see no real problem with IE or Firefox, but only Opera displays my HTML 4.01 Strict compliant page properly.
03-06-2008, 01:58 PM
Slay0r

I had to set it to emulate ie7 or some forum codes would bork up, therefore its pretty much like using ie7.

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