Tech: IE is dead, long live IE

Subject: Tech: IE is dead, long live IE
From: Mr Red
Date: 26 Mar 15 - 06:18 AM

I was told that IE will soon be replaced . Because I have to test my websites on as many browsers as I can this was news to me so I went looking.

theverge.com/2015/3/17/8230631/microsoft-is-killing-off-the-internet-explorer-brand

Spartan implies a trimmed-down version. Network gurus told me they can't use IE now becuase of the security restrictions. Something I found , but having said that Safari, Chrome had the same restriction, FireFox 34 did not.
Go figure

Subject: RE: Tech: IE is dead, long live IE
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 26 Mar 15 - 08:23 AM

all the lonely browsers (to the tune of All the lonely people) making this a music thread, too

Subject: RE: Tech: IE is dead, long live IE
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Mar 15 - 10:30 AM

I haven't used IE on purpose in 12-14 years, and I have barely understood why so many did. I suppose because "it's just what was given to me with Windows." I know several intelligent people who have NEVER installed an additional program that wasn't there when they bought their computer. Oh well...bye, bye I.E. "I hardly knew Ye"

I am reading this right now in Opera 11.64, for various reasons. (All versions of Opera are still available.)

For various other situations I may use a version of Firefox(at least 4 years old) or PaleMoon or K-Meleon

http://www.palemoon.org/ (a clever fork of Firefox )

Pale Moon offers you a browsing experience in a browser completely built from its own, independently developed source with carefully selected features and optimizations to maximize the browser's speed*, stability and user experience, while maintaining compatibility with thousands of Firefox extensions many have come to love and rely on.

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/

A fast, lightweight browser that does 92.9274% of what most people need.


There's no reason not to have more than one browser.

Subject: RE: Tech: IE is dead, long live IE
From: GUEST,#
Date: 26 Mar 15 - 11:24 AM

IE was too many headaches, so I gave it up many years ago--but not as many as Bill.

Subject: RE: Tech: IE is dead, long live IE
From: GUEST,DaveRo
Date: 26 Mar 15 - 12:07 PM

Bill D wrote: Pale Moon offers you a browsing experience in a browser completely built from its own, independently developed source with carefully selected features and optimizations to maximize the browser's speed ...

A few recent benchmark tests suggests it's no longer faster than Firefox. But there are certainly quite a few features of Firefox that most people won't use - like the development tools. I see he's just thrown the crash reporter overboard which seems a bit short sighted. Still, speed isn't everything, in fact unless you've got an old and feeble computer it hardly matters. I guess a lot of users really just prefer the old Firefox look.

I mostly use Firefox on an Android tablet these days.

I'll use this thread to mention that I recently added my mudcat quoting bookmarklet on my Mudcat Tools page. I use these tools in Firefox, and they also work in Chrome. But the quoting bookmarklet works in IE 11 - which surprised me a bit. They usually don't.

Subject: RE: Tech: IE is dead, long live IE
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Mar 15 - 12:45 PM

IE is the browser of choice for some tech folks, and it is the only way to see the full web version (vs "lite") of my office email. The Lite email is a pain in the backside, so I use IE to avoid that, and it is good for a couple of sites that if I use IE it really does block all of the spammy ads that would otherwise load. The rest of the time I use Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and SeaMonkey.

SRS

Subject: RE: Tech: IE is dead, long live IE
From: Joe_F
Date: 26 Mar 15 - 04:37 PM

I use Conkeror, a version of Firefox that allows me to keep my hands on the keyboard most of the time. It has its bugs, but its heart is in the right place.

Subject: RE: Tech: IE is dead, long live IE
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Mar 15 - 07:00 AM

Maxthon?