Comments on: Regarding Microsoft’s IE8 marketing and ”creative” product comparisons http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/06/22/microsoft-ie8-marketing-and-creative-product-comparisons/ Ramblings and tech news from the Pingdom team Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Nathan Lee http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/06/22/microsoft-ie8-marketing-and-creative-product-comparisons/comment-page-1/#comment-442976 Nathan Lee Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:42:16 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=2879#comment-442976 Internet Explorer 8 is very good because it is as stable as Opera. I hate the previous versions of IE like IE6 because it hangs frequently. ' Internet Explorer 8 is very good because it is as stable as Opera. I hate the previous versions of IE like IE6 because it hangs frequently. ‘

]]> By: umpirsky http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/06/22/microsoft-ie8-marketing-and-creative-product-comparisons/comment-page-1/#comment-341705 umpirsky Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:24:24 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=2879#comment-341705 "Myth #4: Internet Explorer doesn't play well with Web standards." - So true. “Myth #4: Internet Explorer doesn’t play well with Web standards.” – So true.

]]> By: Adam http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/06/22/microsoft-ie8-marketing-and-creative-product-comparisons/comment-page-1/#comment-341645 Adam Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:42:56 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=2879#comment-341645 Oh boy, that is just hilarious Oh boy, that is just hilarious

]]> By: Kenny Brunton http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/06/22/microsoft-ie8-marketing-and-creative-product-comparisons/comment-page-1/#comment-341636 Kenny Brunton Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:11:30 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=2879#comment-341636 OK, I've finally stopped laughing now but my side is so sore I could probably start crying all over again. What a load of complete nonsense. For a start, did they even bother to test this lot out on an older PC? The machine I'm using is around seven and a half years old (Yes, I know most people don't have cars that old) and I run most browsers for compatibility testing. From my experience IE8 in fact loads many pages VISIBLY slower than Chrome as far as I can see. There's not a huge amount to compare Chrome and Firefox, although Chrome has the edge slightly. However, when it comes to cold startup times, again, Chrome has it in the bag and is therefore my browser of choice for the time being. I used to have a lot of respect for Microsoft but it's gradually being eroded away with stunts like this. OK, I’ve finally stopped laughing now but my side is so sore I could probably start crying all over again. What a load of complete nonsense.

For a start, did they even bother to test this lot out on an older PC? The machine I’m using is around seven and a half years old (Yes, I know most people don’t have cars that old) and I run most browsers for compatibility testing. From my experience IE8 in fact loads many pages VISIBLY slower than Chrome as far as I can see. There’s not a huge amount to compare Chrome and Firefox, although Chrome has the edge slightly. However, when it comes to cold startup times, again, Chrome has it in the bag and is therefore my browser of choice for the time being.

I used to have a lot of respect for Microsoft but it’s gradually being eroded away with stunts like this.

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