Comments on: Microsoft goes mad with new IE8 ads

By: hmm...

hmm... — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:12:26 +0000

you lot are pathetic! i’ve used IE8 and Firefox.. firefox is a resource hog! slows everything down.. i have been developing sites for both and find ie supports alot more the firefox. personally i use ie more, only use firefox to test sites i develop.

By: Garreth

Garreth — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:28:22 +0000

OOoooh Internet Explorer 8 loooks sooooooooshiiiiny!! I think my head might just explode with the coolness and usefullness of it’s new features. While my OS dies a slow and horrible death due to the Immense load put on it by running IE8.

Damn those adverts were funny though.
Still, not gonna use IE8, so there. I like IE6 (fast) and Firefox (well, not neccesarily fast but more secure).

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:53:23 +0000

“They hardly ever come up with any concrete evidence to justify their claims”

‘They’ speak from experience as developers, NOT users. Developing sites for IE (even is hell.

“most of them haven’t even used IE8 l, or haven’t used it for any length of time”

After even an hour of attempting to hack CSS files to make IE’s crappy standards support ‘happy’, of course not.

FireFox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera work just as well, but they actually render what they’re TOLD to.

It’s a classic case of Users vs Developers. Guess what though Users, regardless of how good IE is you still need us Developers to make sites for you, and we’ve been catering to your IE crap for a long, long time. So STFU and let us bitch.

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By: John

John — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:52:57 +0000

99% of web developers, designers, email marketers all know of the debacle that is IE (both browsers and email clients) and the pain we’ve experienced over the years trying to just make things work. defending ie?… silly. i’m guessing they are paid MS trolls.

By: daddy

daddy — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:47:41 +0000

hahaha all you firefox loving peeps…there is quite simply nothing wrong with ie7 or 8. use firefox if you wish, personal preference but its not better…more customisable? yes, some would say customisable with crap….

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Microsoft Office 2010 trailer kills Clippy | PC Pro blog — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:07:55 +0000

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By: sara

sara — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:37:52 +0000

Funny, but honestly I have a hard time taking these seriously. I’m actually not thoroughly convinced they’re the real deal, by which I mean, I’m not sure whether these are Microsoft-produced ads meant to promote… well, anything.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:29:23 +0000

Kind of sad that you even need to advertise your browser like this to try and convince people to use it.

By: Skeeow

Skeeow — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:09:50 +0000

It seems as though a lot of American commercials are going towards this strange humor of awkward commercials. I don’t really like it, but that’s just me. At least they’re not as weird as those crazy Japanese commercials and shows.