I am so glad I'm not doing web development for the general public so I don't have to deal with IE anymore. Yay for targeted web applications where we can require a specific browser.
Bastard
Over 80% of my visitors still use IE 6. IE 5 users make up a bigger portion than Firefox, Safari, and Opera combined
what the hell kind of site do you run
I have a feeling that's probably pretty close to the demographic of the general population
there are a lot of people that just don't think at all about this stuff unless something's broken
they just open their browser and go to their websites and they don't want to be bothered learning anything different even if it's a later version of the same browser
I am so glad I'm not doing web development for the general public so I don't have to deal with IE anymore. Yay for targeted web applications where we can require a specific browser.
Bastard
Over 80% of my visitors still use IE 6. IE 5 users make up a bigger portion than Firefox, Safari, and Opera combined
Ugh tell me about it.
70% of our website visitors use a version of IE. Most common is IE6, then 7 not too far behind.
Something like 12% of our website visitors use Firefox.
Then there's about 3% Safari and the rest are "misc".
We have a check on our login screen, and if they're not using Firefox 3 we don't let them in.
That's great if you're targetting a niche audience, or your audience is somewhat savvy and/or knows that they should use a certain version of software to access something.
That's an outright disaster if you're running anything for "general access" or mainstream access.
EDIT: also what Dru said above.
Sad reality is that we need to cater to what the majority of our site visitors use.
If 80% of our visitors were blind and used text-reading software, we'd obviously have to cater for that.
I will repeat a dentist support story. He doesn't use the Internet, so I'm safe posting it here.
His server had gone down, we suspected clogged with dust. He lives out in the countryside, but luckily one of our employees lives near his practice. We decided that the easiest way would be to have her pick up the server on the way and drive it in so we could poke at it.
We gave phone and written instructions on how to unplug the keyboard, monitor, and power cable.
While he was disconnecting the cables we were on the phone with him, walking it through. When it comes time to disconnect the monitor, we hear him straining pretty hard, and then announce:
"I have successfully disconnected the umbilicus"
If anybody here watches the Venture Brothers, imagine that in Orpheus's voice.
Anyway, when the computer arrived, the video card's VGA port had been physically ripped off the back of the motherboard.
That was some years ago. He eventually decided that computers were too much trouble, and now keeps track of patients using a pegboard.
I am so glad I'm not doing web development for the general public so I don't have to deal with IE anymore. Yay for targeted web applications where we can require a specific browser.
Bastard
Over 80% of my visitors still use IE 6. IE 5 users make up a bigger portion than Firefox, Safari, and Opera combined
Ugh tell me about it.
70% of our website visitors use a version of IE. Most common is IE6, then 7 not too far behind.
Something like 12% of our website visitors use Firefox.
Then there's about 3% Safari and the rest are "misc".
We have a check on our login screen, and if they're not using Firefox 3 we don't let them in.
That's great if you're targetting a niche audience, or your audience is somewhat savvy and/or knows that they should use a certain version of software to access something.
That's an outright disaster if you're running anything for "general access" or mainstream access.
Oh, I know. We only have 8 customers and we provide phone support to them so it's not a problem yet. Plus we're selling to online sellers so they're generally pretty savvy anyway.
Anyway, when the computer arrived, the video card's VGA port had been physically ripped off the back of the motherboard.
Yes
Back when we were first getting started, we decided the easiest way to get our software to customers was to install it on a cheap laptop and ship it. They plug it in, turn it on, walk through a few setup things like "what is your name" and then it just works.
Very first one we sent out, got soda spilled all over it within a few days.
We now use web-based software.
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ZeroFillFeeling much better.A nice, green leaf.Registered Userregular
edited September 2008
1 point per blowjob
you can keep track with one of those big signs that looks like an exploding thermometer they use for donation drives
Things I like about Chrome -
It is really fast, so far. Firefox 3 was fast to start out, but it's gone back to Firefox 2 speeds.
When I forget to close the browser before leaving, I do not come home to the slowest computer ever and oh my god where are my RAMs? I come home to a delightful 30k memory usage.
The frequently used homepage is a goddamn work of genius. Whoever thought that up should be on the front of Times magazine.
Things I don't like -
Where's the click scroll, maybe I missed it? I like click scroll it saves my finger from RSD.
Sounds like a strange thing to miss, but what am I gonna do
(e) Oh yeah and the middle mouse thing
But overall I like the better rendering speed, speed-in-general, and lower memory footprint (even though this doesn't matter much when you're at 6gb [not gloating])
you can keep track with one of those big signs that looks like an exploding thermometer they use for donation drives
That doesn't work because I have gotten at least 150 blowjobs and I am not really that cool.
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
edited September 2008
Do they have transperancy support for Vista?
Really I don't think it will be comparable to firefox til developers get a chance to develop all the standard day to day plugins like adblock and whatnot.
Really I don't think it will be comparable to firefox til developers get a chance to develop all the standard day to day plugins like adblock and whatnot.
it supports transparency, though I don't see why that really matters
Really I don't think it will be comparable to firefox til developers get a chance to develop all the standard day to day plugins like adblock and whatnot.
it supports transparency, though I don't see why that really matters
No really though, I just use it as another medium of checking out people's pictures and bother them with emails since A: they don't check their emails or have nifty apps that tell them when they have an email or B: They don't understand how to flickr.
It is awful for more reasons than that. It's extremely unintuitive and does not make it easy to navigate a person's page. The majority of the myspace population has a crappy "personal" looking front page (which includes the crappy music they listen to). Myspace is best used for bands because I guess it's easy to set up and bands don't tend to put the work into making the front page look really crappy because people are just there for the music.
There's probably a lot more to list, but why bother, Myspace sucks.
Seems alright. But how do I set it up to load all my bookmarked sites on startup/previously open tabs like I have Firefox setup? After I get that going though I still won't use till I can use adblock and change the theme.
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I have a feeling that's probably pretty close to the demographic of the general population
there are a lot of people that just don't think at all about this stuff unless something's broken
they just open their browser and go to their websites and they don't want to be bothered learning anything different even if it's a later version of the same browser
That's great if you're targetting a niche audience, or your audience is somewhat savvy and/or knows that they should use a certain version of software to access something.
That's an outright disaster if you're running anything for "general access" or mainstream access.
EDIT: also what Dru said above.
Sad reality is that we need to cater to what the majority of our site visitors use.
If 80% of our visitors were blind and used text-reading software, we'd obviously have to cater for that.
His server had gone down, we suspected clogged with dust. He lives out in the countryside, but luckily one of our employees lives near his practice. We decided that the easiest way would be to have her pick up the server on the way and drive it in so we could poke at it.
We gave phone and written instructions on how to unplug the keyboard, monitor, and power cable.
While he was disconnecting the cables we were on the phone with him, walking it through. When it comes time to disconnect the monitor, we hear him straining pretty hard, and then announce:
"I have successfully disconnected the umbilicus"
If anybody here watches the Venture Brothers, imagine that in Orpheus's voice.
Anyway, when the computer arrived, the video card's VGA port had been physically ripped off the back of the motherboard.
That was some years ago. He eventually decided that computers were too much trouble, and now keeps track of patients using a pegboard.
Oh, I know. We only have 8 customers and we provide phone support to them so it's not a problem yet. Plus we're selling to online sellers so they're generally pretty savvy anyway.
*Facepalm*
Who wants to help me devise a system of 'Cool Points'?
I feel that it is my duty to let everyone know just how cool they really are.
Yes
Back when we were first getting started, we decided the easiest way to get our software to customers was to install it on a cheap laptop and ship it. They plug it in, turn it on, walk through a few setup things like "what is your name" and then it just works.
Very first one we sent out, got soda spilled all over it within a few days.
We now use web-based software.
you can keep track with one of those big signs that looks like an exploding thermometer they use for donation drives
Overall I like Chrome, but it's a little disheartening when this is the first thing I see (spoilered for dimensions)
Try reinstalling?
faster and more stable than firefox
but keep in mind it is in beta, though it's a very polished beta (which is typical of google)
It's just that on startup it "crashes" and then works fine I guess?
It is really fast, so far. Firefox 3 was fast to start out, but it's gone back to Firefox 2 speeds.
When I forget to close the browser before leaving, I do not come home to the slowest computer ever and oh my god where are my RAMs? I come home to a delightful 30k memory usage.
The frequently used homepage is a goddamn work of genius. Whoever thought that up should be on the front of Times magazine.
Things I don't like -
Where's the click scroll, maybe I missed it? I like click scroll it saves my finger from RSD.
It took a while to install.
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Chrome is the best browser I've used so far.
Also, OS X, what the fuck is your deal with Flash? Will it ever just work?
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You can't do Right Click->Reload
Sounds like a strange thing to miss, but what am I gonna do
(e) Oh yeah and the middle mouse thing
But overall I like the better rendering speed, speed-in-general, and lower memory footprint (even though this doesn't matter much when you're at 6gb [not gloating])
That doesn't work because I have gotten at least 150 blowjobs and I am not really that cool.
Really I don't think it will be comparable to firefox til developers get a chance to develop all the standard day to day plugins like adblock and whatnot.
Satans..... hints.....
it supports transparency, though I don't see why that really matters
i think what you need is to stop using myspace
myspace is hell
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I like pretty things.
Satans..... hints.....
Myspace is bad because: It has ads.
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No really though, I just use it as another medium of checking out people's pictures and bother them with emails since A: they don't check their emails or have nifty apps that tell them when they have an email or B: They don't understand how to flickr.
There's probably a lot more to list, but why bother, Myspace sucks.
at least not with the couple sites i checked
under incognito mode
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holy shit I can resize the posting box
Too late, already posted...
gotta say it sounds like safari (what is new about chrome)
EDIT: Nevermind, I guess it doesn't have RSS..?
I think I like it.
Its so fast though, I feel like I have no post timer.