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With the version of MSN Search Toolbar made available Wednesday, IE 6 gains the ability to open numerous Web pages within a single window, each selectable by a small tab at the top of the window.
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Microsoft, when are you going to learn where to place enhancements in your browser and operating system?!
Of course people will whinge if they get it and whinge if they don't.
Microsoft, when are you going to learn where to place enhancements in your browser and operating system?!
Of course people will whinge if they get it and whinge if they don't.
Your still left with tons of ie6 windows open...not tabs. Sorry M$....try again.
Hey...maybe this time you should download firefox and pay attention to how it implements this feature...then copy it! It's not like you havent done it before.
Your still left with tons of ie6 windows open...not tabs. Sorry M$....try again.
Hey...maybe this time you should download firefox and pay attention to how it implements this feature...then copy it! It's not like you havent done it before.
1. It doesn't let me choose if I want to install the indexing service (I already have google desktop running)
2. The tab feature seems unstable. Each time you open a new tab my screen goes blank for a second, and the taskbar menu reference suddenly changes (apparently the folks at MS are still opening up new IE windows when you create a tab, they're just hiding them now)
I opted to uninstall. I'll continue to use Firefox for the time being.
What the hell is it with some of you people?
The majority of people around the world either don't know how to install sofware, don't care about security vulnerabilities, features, etc., or maybe they don't even know what a browser is in the first place.
So count them out. That's about 70% of the web population right there, for Microsoft to count on their side even though they didn't choose them.
But for you to come out and say you'll use Firefox "for the time being"?!
Are you insane?
You're unbelievable. I don't care if actually have a legitimate reason to keep using IE - Firefox has given you hundreds of reasons to never switch back to IE again.
1. It doesn't let me choose if I want to install the indexing service (I already have google desktop running)
2. The tab feature seems unstable. Each time you open a new tab my screen goes blank for a second, and the taskbar menu reference suddenly changes (apparently the folks at MS are still opening up new IE windows when you create a tab, they're just hiding them now)
I opted to uninstall. I'll continue to use Firefox for the time being.
What the hell is it with some of you people?
The majority of people around the world either don't know how to install sofware, don't care about security vulnerabilities, features, etc., or maybe they don't even know what a browser is in the first place.
So count them out. That's about 70% of the web population right there, for Microsoft to count on their side even though they didn't choose them.
But for you to come out and say you'll use Firefox "for the time being"?!
Are you insane?
You're unbelievable. I don't care if actually have a legitimate reason to keep using IE - Firefox has given you hundreds of reasons to never switch back to IE again.
Imagine 2007 when Apple is fully converted to Intel chips and
released Leopard......
(1) Microsoft releases its long awaited Longhorn OS directly
adjacent to the release of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, which will
(hopefully) run Windows apps with little or no performance hits.
(2) Longhorn fails to excite as much enthusiasm as the most
casual Windows guy hoped, but rather is plagued with the same
security issues as XP, and has an ugly GUI (from the looks of it
now).
(3) Leopard is touted even more highly than Tiger by the
mainstream press, and has a shockingly beautiful GUI, nearly
perfect security, and excellent stability. To boot, it will run
Windows applications and MS Office.
(4) Apple somehow has prices remotely comparable to the
mainstream PC makers (hey, we can hope!), and the GHz is the
same, if not faster.
(5) Seeing the clear advantage, millions of PC users switch to
Mac, who are so impressed and happy that they tell all their
friends about it...
What will happen to Microsoft, and conversely... what will
happen to Apple? THAT will be a show.
If our dreams come true, will it really matter that most of Apple's
computers are 32-bit? They probably won't be 32-bit by '07
anyway.
Incidently, I have never seen the point in a "shockingly beautiful GUI". I still use Win2K as it is stable and it works. To me simple functionality is beauty. (I am a plain colour kind of guy!)
Most PC users do not think, at least about the merits of their
operating system. Ol' Bill says that WIndows is the best, so who
are the users to argue?
MS's market share is built upon the backs of the complacent.
The true qualities of Windows are irrelevant. Marketing has
totally overwhelmed technical judgement. So what's new ???? ;-)
Imagine 2007 when Apple is fully converted to Intel chips and
released Leopard......
(1) Microsoft releases its long awaited Longhorn OS directly
adjacent to the release of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, which will
(hopefully) run Windows apps with little or no performance hits.
(2) Longhorn fails to excite as much enthusiasm as the most
casual Windows guy hoped, but rather is plagued with the same
security issues as XP, and has an ugly GUI (from the looks of it
now).
(3) Leopard is touted even more highly than Tiger by the
mainstream press, and has a shockingly beautiful GUI, nearly
perfect security, and excellent stability. To boot, it will run
Windows applications and MS Office.
(4) Apple somehow has prices remotely comparable to the
mainstream PC makers (hey, we can hope!), and the GHz is the
same, if not faster.
(5) Seeing the clear advantage, millions of PC users switch to
Mac, who are so impressed and happy that they tell all their
friends about it...
What will happen to Microsoft, and conversely... what will
happen to Apple? THAT will be a show.
If our dreams come true, will it really matter that most of Apple's
computers are 32-bit? They probably won't be 32-bit by '07
anyway.
Incidently, I have never seen the point in a "shockingly beautiful GUI". I still use Win2K as it is stable and it works. To me simple functionality is beauty. (I am a plain colour kind of guy!)
Most PC users do not think, at least about the merits of their
operating system. Ol' Bill says that WIndows is the best, so who
are the users to argue?
MS's market share is built upon the backs of the complacent.
The true qualities of Windows are irrelevant. Marketing has
totally overwhelmed technical judgement. So what's new ???? ;-)
This is the biggest reason I wasn't compelled to move to Firefox, didn't offer me anything new and required me to learn new key combinations. (No debate about how IE's key commands aren't standard, I'll grant you that point.)
Avant has this feature, but it's had a single shortcoming its entire life that's prevented me from using it. Which I don't get if it's an IE shell... IE can do it, but Avant can't.
Anyhow, I was digressing. But seriously, if someone could kindly respond if they know a way to force all outside links to open in the same already open instance, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
This is the biggest reason I wasn't compelled to move to Firefox, didn't offer me anything new and required me to learn new key combinations. (No debate about how IE's key commands aren't standard, I'll grant you that point.)
Avant has this feature, but it's had a single shortcoming its entire life that's prevented me from using it. Which I don't get if it's an IE shell... IE can do it, but Avant can't.
Anyhow, I was digressing. But seriously, if someone could kindly respond if they know a way to force all outside links to open in the same already open instance, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
- *yawns* Patch job...
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by Jonathan
June 9, 2005 8:38 AM PDT
- This is for everyone who KNOWS MS is screwing you because you aren't on XP. Be sure to lube up first. K? In the mean time I will stick with the non hack job that is FireFox.
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