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[MKZ1945]

Maybe “better than I used to be” is not a bad thing to say. Wish I could say that about myself. Maybe saying you’ve been around a long time says something about experience. Although I’ve seen the ads I really don’t pay that much attention to them. Most of the other browsers can say the same thing but I don’t see them saying they’re better than another either. I currently use IE and Chrome in the Windows environment and Firefox when in Linux. In the Windows environment I can’t say I lean on one any more than the other. There are certain sites I go to where it seems I get better performance from one than the other. It’s also nice if I find there’s a security issue with one of them, then I can avoid use until fixed with an update. I expect there’s a host of other computer users that are using IE along with other browsers. I personally don’t give a rats butt about which browser is being used the most anyway. Write an article that compares the popular browsers being used in regards to speed, security, and other things most of us might care about.

[JimH443]

I doubt I will ever understand the browser wars. The aspect I find most puzzling is why any company would spend money advertising a product that generates no income?

Also, why would Mozilla care how many people use Firefox? What financial gain is there in it?

[Scree]

MS might as well stay in "self-deprecation" mode for good, because they would be absolutely lying if they start to "tell the world why Internet Explorer is better than the competition" because there are only really 1 or 2 reasons at most (speed, and, well, I can't think of another right now). When I can't *easily* stop a website from disabling right-clicking, e.g... nuff said.

[ronin7752]

I've been watching all of the browsers for decades. I do not promote or deprecate any. They are like race horses charging down a track in a close pack. One may nose ahead by a half-length for a while, then fall behind another -- over and over -- except the race never ends.

[ronin7752]

The differences between browsers have not been significant since IE6. All arguments are like "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?"

Most of us just want to sew... ;-)

[oldschoolh4ck3r]

As long as so many corporate web applications rely on Microsoft's non-conforming proprietary HTML and Javascript features, IE will be required software. For the remaining 99% of what the web offers, free, open-source, W3C compliant software like Firefox is the way to go.

And to poke fun at that commercial... "you may remember the '90s... you may remember AOL and its funky interface... welcome to the past with Windows 8"
:-D

[Jbrew13]

Having watched browser wars since Netscape I can share a (little?) secret. There is a browser called Maxthon that seems to be a front end for IE-x. The absolutely amazing aspect of this little sweety (also no-fee like mozilla) is that it holds more tabs in more windows almost flawlessly and with way way fewer open processes than either Chrome or IE-9. I have many fewer hangs flash aw-shucks than anything else I've ever run.

[BobSponge]

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I doubt I will ever understand the browser wars. The aspect I find most puzzling is why any company would spend money advertising a product that generates no income? Also, why would Mozilla care how many people use Firefox? What financial gain is there in it?

Mozilla generates revenue off searches in Firefox. If you don't use Firefox, they don't generate revenue. Google makes more money if you use Chrome vs. Firefox. And Microsoft knows the power of controlling the browser since they dominated for quite a while after they beat Netscape (yet let IE rot and opened everything back up for Mozilla and Google.)

[scottwilkins]

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I doubt I will ever understand the browser wars. The aspect I find most puzzling is why any company would spend money advertising a product that generates no income? Also, why would Mozilla care how many people use Firefox? What financial gain is there in it?

I.E. generates more income that you think...

[scottwilkins]

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Having watched browser wars since Netscape I can share a (little?) secret. There is a browser called Maxthon that seems to be a front end for IE-x. The absolutely amazing aspect of this little sweety (also no-fee like mozilla) is that it holds more tabs in more windows almost flawlessly and with way way fewer open processes than either Chrome or IE-9. I have many fewer hangs flash aw-shucks than anything else I've ever run.

If it's a front end for I.E., then you have the reason why it doesn't hang up and has fewer processes than Chrome or Firefox. I.E. is still running while you are using this. I.E. just simple is the best today. There seems to be a cult following saying it is bad, but unless you use it you'll never know and these folks simply do not know how good it is today.

[scottwilkins]

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As long as so many corporate web applications rely on Microsoft's non-conforming proprietary HTML and Javascript features, IE will be required software. For the remaining 99% of what the web offers, free, open-source, W3C compliant software like Firefox is the way to go. And to poke fun at that commercial... "you may remember the '90s... you may remember AOL and its funky interface... welcome to the past with Windows 8" :-D

See, here's another idiot who doesn't realize that ALL BROWSERS HAVE PRORIETARY FEATURES!!! I.E. 7 started a move by MS to follow the standards, and today I.E. 10 follows them better than the others. Firefox is a security risk, and Chrome has a whole list of issues. Firefox is more outdated today than I.E. is, and will remain that way due to it's poor development cycle.

[scottwilkins]

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When I can't easily stop a website from disabling right-clicking, e.g... nuff said.

You've been able to do that since I.E. 7... Stuck in the past are we? Like the ad said, they grew up. Looks like you didn't.

[scottwilkins]

For those that scream about I.E. non-standards, read this article: http://www.theverge....ogin=1359294416

I.E. follows the W3C standards better than others. Nuff said.

[pochiveagora]

I saw this ad while at the cinemas today. I am gen y and felt nostalgia when recalling the floppy disks and yo-yos, and I really wanted to know what this ad was about and who was behind it. Then I saw the IE logo and I was filled with disgust. There's a good reason why I stopped using IE and now use Chrome/Firefox. Chrome/Firefox (Google and its allies) is free, open source, and promote open and free internet whereas Microsoft (and Apple and Oracle, the axis of exil) want to close the internet into walled gardens, lock users into their products, and extract as much money as possible from consumers.