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3 years ago
in BlogBurst ABurst — Elliott C. Back on Elliott Back's Blog
ROFL.
I'm not an A-List blogger
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I'll slag them off with jealousy
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Oh, shit, they've let me in, let's sing their praises instead!
I'm not an A-List blogger
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I'll slag them off with jealousy
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Oh, shit, they've let me in, let's sing their praises instead!
3 years ago
in IE 7 Beta 2: Fonts on Elliott Back's Blog
The big advantage that Firefox has over other browsers is the extensions.
However, for normal, everyday browing, trhat doesn't apply.
IE7 is much faster at rendering than Firefox for sure, it's comparable with opera.
The implementation of tabs in IE is better than in Opera/Firefox. Even without the tab paging it's better.
Visually IE is cleaner.
Cleartype makes pages easier to read.
However, for normal, everyday browing, trhat doesn't apply.
IE7 is much faster at rendering than Firefox for sure, it's comparable with opera.
The implementation of tabs in IE is better than in Opera/Firefox. Even without the tab paging it's better.
Visually IE is cleaner.
Cleartype makes pages easier to read.
3 years ago
in IE 7 Beta 2: Fonts on Elliott Back's Blog
I don't see how your rant on Microsoft has any relevance to the discussion at hand which is regarding the browser market.
You either have a very short memory or don't remember the early days of the web when it was Netscape (now Mozilla) that was causing incompatibilities with browsers by producing their own bespoke extensions with poor documentation on how exactly they were supposed to be rendered by browser developers.
"Imagine if Microsoft came up with tcpip, the internet protocol"
You seem to think that TCP/IP is the first widespread networking protocol. BBS systems with proprietary systems had been going for a long time before the popularity of the web. The likes of AOL and Compuserve became very popular and profitable on these types of systems. However they never achieved complete control on public wide area networks because of that.
Once HTTP was created, an alternative open feature-rich standard was available that was both cheaper to implement and more connectable (to other providers). Soon after, Internet providers eclipsed the old style BBS providers and eventually the likes of AOL and Compuserve switched to HTTP over TCP/IP too
If Microsoft had implemented a proprietary networking system, they would have met the same fate. In fact they tried to (a very limited) extent with The Microsoft Network.
Unless Microsofts implementation was considerably superior they couldn't pull it off. In the same way Netscape failed because they fell behind and Netscape 4 was an awful browser (which wasn't updated for years).
At the moment, In my opinion IE7 is the better browser and Firefox are going to have to catch up. I can't wait for the IE beater that I'm sure Firefox will release. If you watch closely, you'll notice them copy some of IE's features in the coming months.
You either have a very short memory or don't remember the early days of the web when it was Netscape (now Mozilla) that was causing incompatibilities with browsers by producing their own bespoke extensions with poor documentation on how exactly they were supposed to be rendered by browser developers.
"Imagine if Microsoft came up with tcpip, the internet protocol"
You seem to think that TCP/IP is the first widespread networking protocol. BBS systems with proprietary systems had been going for a long time before the popularity of the web. The likes of AOL and Compuserve became very popular and profitable on these types of systems. However they never achieved complete control on public wide area networks because of that.
Once HTTP was created, an alternative open feature-rich standard was available that was both cheaper to implement and more connectable (to other providers). Soon after, Internet providers eclipsed the old style BBS providers and eventually the likes of AOL and Compuserve switched to HTTP over TCP/IP too
If Microsoft had implemented a proprietary networking system, they would have met the same fate. In fact they tried to (a very limited) extent with The Microsoft Network.
Unless Microsofts implementation was considerably superior they couldn't pull it off. In the same way Netscape failed because they fell behind and Netscape 4 was an awful browser (which wasn't updated for years).
At the moment, In my opinion IE7 is the better browser and Firefox are going to have to catch up. I can't wait for the IE beater that I'm sure Firefox will release. If you watch closely, you'll notice them copy some of IE's features in the coming months.
3 years ago
in IE 7 Beta 2: Fonts on Elliott Back's Blog
>their track record has clearly demonstrated to us they will
>eventualy get further and further behind
What tarck record? They produced a Duff browser? So did Mozilla/Netscape with Netscape 4! In fact the reason IE gained the market share that they did was because Netscape 4 was so bad that even the Mozilla "Fanboys" (to use your term) turned their back on it.
It was Mozilla/Netscape that started the whole releasing non-standard extensions thing in the first place.
With no competition, Microsoft stopped actively developing their browser. That was a bad thing. Now the competition's back.
I don't see the reasoning by your suggestion that IE8 will be a long time in development. The only reason taht would be the case is if Mozilla lost a huge chunk of its market share. That point seems to contradict the rest of your post.
>eventualy get further and further behind
What tarck record? They produced a Duff browser? So did Mozilla/Netscape with Netscape 4! In fact the reason IE gained the market share that they did was because Netscape 4 was so bad that even the Mozilla "Fanboys" (to use your term) turned their back on it.
It was Mozilla/Netscape that started the whole releasing non-standard extensions thing in the first place.
With no competition, Microsoft stopped actively developing their browser. That was a bad thing. Now the competition's back.
I don't see the reasoning by your suggestion that IE8 will be a long time in development. The only reason taht would be the case is if Mozilla lost a huge chunk of its market share. That point seems to contradict the rest of your post.
3 years ago
in IE 7 Beta 2: Fonts on Elliott Back's Blog
At a guess, I'd say you're using a TFT screen.
I dual screen all my machines with a CRT and a TFT on each. On the machine I installed IE, the CRT is my main monitor. I was stunned by the anti-aliased fonts. They look absolutely gorgeous. It's actually the reason I switched from Firefox. I can't stand Firefox's ugly ragged fonts now I've seen better.
Then I dragged the IE window on to my TFT whilst I was getting on with work. Suddenly I see exactly what you mean, they look awful on a TFT panel!
I dual screen all my machines with a CRT and a TFT on each. On the machine I installed IE, the CRT is my main monitor. I was stunned by the anti-aliased fonts. They look absolutely gorgeous. It's actually the reason I switched from Firefox. I can't stand Firefox's ugly ragged fonts now I've seen better.
Then I dragged the IE window on to my TFT whilst I was getting on with work. Suddenly I see exactly what you mean, they look awful on a TFT panel!
