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The internet’s opinion of IE

Wikipedia: sometimes, it is accurate. [reddit] continue

Chrome surpasses Safari in US popularity, now ranked third

Google's Chrome browser has passed Apple's Safari out into third place for US browsers, a milestone the newer browser option achieved in the UK last October. Chrome, which debuted in October 2008, has been steadily gaining on Mozilla's ... continue

Driving a stake through the heart of Internet Explorer 6

Regardless of the fact that there are some people out there recommending that companies use Internet Explorer 6 as a way to keep their employees from wasting work time on things like Facebook (and Google) the real ... continue

Internet Explorer Not Faring Well With European Ballot Installation Screen

After numerous European antitrust investigations Microsoft last month was forced to provide users with a ballot installation screen that allows them to choose between Internet Explorer, Safari, Google Chrome, Opera and Firefox. Unfortunately for Microsoft, according to Statcounter, ... continue

Microsoft Tells Windows XP Customers To Avoid F1 Key, Sort Of

If you're using Windows XP you might want to avoid the F1 key when navigating the web with Internet Explorer, at least that's the newest announcement by Microsoft. The story goes as such; users browse the web in ... continue

The life and death (Please) of Internet Explorer 6

I don't think there is a web designer around who doesn't go into convulsions at the mere thought of Internet Explorer 6. It is a curse that many hope is quickly fading into memory as more and ... continue

Graph: Why people use IE

I'm surprised accidental clicking didn't get a mention. [GraphJam] continue

Wow … Mozilla sides with Microsoft over Google’s Chrome Frame plugin

It was expected that Microsoft would attempt in some fashion to downplay Google’s Chrome Frame plugin that is designed to replace Internet Explorer’s web rendering engine with the one that power’s Google’s own Chrome ... continue

Microsoft’s IE needs the slap Google’s Chrome Frame supplies.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer sucks monkey balls. I don’t care which version you are using but when a site displays properly in every other browser than in any version of Internet Explorer – including ... continue

Even Microsoft would like IE6 to die but can’t help put a stake in it

Admittedly Internet Explorer is a blight on the Web that many would love nothing better than to see disappear – instantly. It has, and continues to cause nothing but grief for designers and users ... continue

Microsoft claims it has to support IE6 because customers are still using it

As various big social media companies get behind a movement to stop people using Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft has said that it won't drop support for the 8 year old browser. Microsoft’s Dean Hachamovitch, the General Manager ... continue

First Microsoft shook up its search – next up: Internet Explorer

There were, and still are, a lot of naysayers about Microsoft’s recent reworking of its search offering and subsequent launch of Bing. Its impact on the whole search business was never expected to be ... continue

The IE8 puke ad pulled – the warm and fuzzy crowd wins again

Last week I wrote here about the new series of online ads that Microsoft was running for Internet Explorer 8 and truth be told I thought they were all funny as hell, and yes ... continue

Warped and funny IE8 ads, I’m still chuckling

I know, I know. Microsoft and funny ads just don’t seem to go together. It’s almost as if the world is coming to an end, but I gotta tell ya folks these are definitely some funny ads ... continue

Microsoft flips the EU (and Opera) the bird, and I love it.

In what has proven to be the biggest bullshit argument of the last five to ten years Opera initiated a oh woes me complaint to the European Union about Windows 7 shipping with Internet ... continue

Mozilla should be thanking Microsoft for bundling IE not kissing EU’s butt

I can’t believe we are still dealing with this non-issue of Microsoft bundling Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system, let alone looking to the European Union (EU) to give the company another slap for antitrust ... continue

Internet Explorer Loses More Ground While Other Browsers Grow

Microsoft's Internet Explorer has lost market share for its seventh straight month. New numbers released by Net Applications show IE dropping to 67.55 percent of the worldwide browser market. That's 0.6 percent less than it had one month ... continue

Where to Find the IE Patch (KB960714)

Microsoft has officially released the Internet Explorer patch to fix the security flaw affecting all versions of the browser. IE Patch KB960714 The IE patch can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update site. It is part of Microsoft's security ... continue

Chrome Starting to Lose Steam

While Google's Android-powered G1 phone is getting all the hype today, the company's previous launch is losing some of its shine. The number of users of Google's Chrome browser has taken a hit, dropping down to ... continue

Surprise: Chrome’s Users Coming From IE

In an unexpected effect, Google's Chrome browser appears to be grabbing users primarily from Internet Explorer -- and driving others toward Firefox, Safari, and Opera. As Chrome started building up a userbase last week, American tracking company Net ... continue

Microsoft Reveals Beta Release Plans

Two new web-related beta releases are on the way for Microsoft. The company announced timelines for Silverlight 2 beta 2 and Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 at its TechEd conference in Orlando this morning. Silverlight 2 beta ... continue