Comments on: How Internet Explorer Stifles Microsoft http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/ A little activism, a lot of geek. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:57:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tomasz Topa - » Microsoft strzela sobie w stopę! http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-3357 Tomasz Topa - » Microsoft strzela sobie w stopę! Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:53:25 +0000 http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-3357 [...] Devanshu opisuje również swoją korespondencję z działem obsługi MSN. Napisał im grzecznie, że chciał się zarejestrować w ich programie, ale strona nie działała mu zarówno pod jego Firefoksem jak i na Macintoshu. Jaka odpowiedź? „Firefoksa nie obsługujemy, a użytkownicy Maców mogą użyć emulatora do uruchomienia Windows XP.” Ja przepraszam, jakaś nowa forma rasizmu? Pingwiniarz czy inny człowiek z Macówką to już jakiś gorszy reklamodawca? [...] [...] Devanshu opisuje również swoją korespondencję z działem obsługi MSN. Napisał im grzecznie, że chciał się zarejestrować w ich programie, ale strona nie działała mu zarówno pod jego Firefoksem jak i na Macintoshu. Jaka odpowiedź? „Firefoksa nie obsługujemy, a użytkownicy Maców mogą użyć emulatora do uruchomienia Windows XP.” Ja przepraszam, jakaś nowa forma rasizmu? Pingwiniarz czy inny człowiek z Macówką to już jakiś gorszy reklamodawca? [...]

]]> By: Craig Murden http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-3323 Craig Murden Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:41:14 +0000 http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-3323 This is crazy. Our web site's content managment system is build with ActivEdit and I thought -- finally I can use this thing with my new MacBook and Bootcamp. Yes, I had to buy the full version of windows to just 'try' this. And lo adn behold, ActiveX does not work!! Ouch. Firefox does not like the ActiveX stuff either -- both in windows. Best answer for us -- change our content management tool to be all-platform friendly -- with an open source solution. Microsoft is tangled in their own mess. This is crazy. Our web site’s content managment system is build with ActivEdit and I thought—finally I can use this thing with my new MacBook and Bootcamp. Yes, I had to buy the full version of windows to just ‘try’ this. And lo adn behold, ActiveX does not work!! Ouch. Firefox does not like the ActiveX stuff either—both in windows.

Best answer for us—change our content management tool to be all-platform friendly—with an open source solution.

Microsoft is tangled in their own mess.

]]> By: Charisma Art Gallery - Original Art by Conni Togel http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-808 Charisma Art Gallery - Original Art by Conni Togel Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:09:34 +0000 http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-808 Microsoft does not deserve our business. They sent me advertising for this service via US Postal Service. Either they support Macs with Firefox, or they don't deserve our money. I have an old version of Virtual PC, but it would not run fast enough. The people that make decisions at Micosoft don't need our money. Google understands, Microsoft does not. Just the fact they ignore other browsers is another reason to use Windows. Most developers use Firefox and not IE on Windows. Oh well... Microsoft does not deserve our business. They sent me advertising for this service via US Postal Service.

Either they support Macs with Firefox, or they don’t deserve our money. I have an old version of Virtual PC, but it would not run fast enough. The people that make decisions at Micosoft don’t need our money. Google understands, Microsoft does not. Just the fact they ignore other browsers is another reason to use Windows. Most developers use Firefox and not IE on Windows.

Oh well…

]]> By: semicolon http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-181 semicolon Tue, 16 May 2006 00:54:17 +0000 http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-181 Great article... Great article…

]]> By: Devanshu http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-180 Devanshu Mon, 15 May 2006 05:57:18 +0000 http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-180 @Brian, good idea... except that it doesn't solve the problem for Mac users, Linux users and users who do not want to use IE at all. @Brian, good idea… except that it doesn’t solve the problem for Mac users, Linux users and users who do not want to use IE at all.

]]> By: Brian http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-179 Brian Mon, 15 May 2006 00:04:17 +0000 http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-179 Go download IETab, a kick-ass Firefox extension. Problem solved. :) http://ietab.mozdev.org/ Go download IETab, a kick-ass Firefox extension. Problem solved. :)

http://ietab.mozdev.org/

]]> By: Jason Hartley http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-178 Jason Hartley Sat, 13 May 2006 13:12:28 +0000 http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-178 When releasing a new product/service one of the goals of the company should be to reach the largest audience possible. While I am sure a lot of their clients will have Windows/IE, but in a professionin which a lot of design and site development is done in the Mac environment, common snese would seem to support them as well. Hopefully they will add this capability in the future. This scenario would be different IF they still produced IE for the Mac as well. When releasing a new product/service one of the goals of the company should be to reach the largest audience possible. While I am sure a lot of their clients will have Windows/IE, but in a professionin which a lot of design and site development is done in the Mac environment, common snese would seem to support them as well. Hopefully they will add this capability in the future. This scenario would be different IF they still produced IE for the Mac as well.

]]> By: Hadley Stern http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-177 Hadley Stern Sat, 13 May 2006 11:15:40 +0000 http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-177 Great piece, Devanshu. What I find most interesting is not that Microsoft would be so arrogant to think that people won't care that they can't buy ads on their network, but that the think that not being able to serve their adds within other browsers doesn't matter. Great piece, Devanshu. What I find most interesting is not that Microsoft would be so arrogant to think that people won’t care that they can’t buy ads on their network, but that the think that not being able to serve their adds within other browsers doesn’t matter.

]]> By: jim http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-176 jim Sat, 13 May 2006 07:34:14 +0000 http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-176 From MS's point of view, this makes sense: max 10-15% lower income on adcenter (and the like) is small sacrifice for keeping the many customers whose only reason for not changing over to other OS's is that they need to "improve" so that they can "do everything Windows can" (eg. access sites like adcenter) From MS’s point of view, this makes sense: max 10-15% lower income on adcenter (and the like) is small sacrifice for keeping the many customers whose only reason for not changing over to other OS’s is that they need to “improve” so that they can “do everything Windows can” (eg. access sites like adcenter)

]]> By: Stefanie http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-175 Stefanie Sat, 13 May 2006 02:13:17 +0000 http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/05/12/how-internet-explorer-stifles-microsoft/#comment-175 The whole web would be like that page if Microsoft had its way. Only the hard work of Macintosh and Mozilla developers, and the 1990's efforts of the formerly principled Justice Department have saved us from that fate. The whole web would be like that page if Microsoft had its way. Only the hard work of Macintosh and Mozilla developers, and the 1990’s efforts of the formerly principled Justice Department have saved us from that fate.

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