Comments on: IE7: A Slightly Deeper Look http://www.firsttube.com/read/ie7-a-slightly-deeper-look/ crunchy nuggets, served semi-daily Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:05:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Matt http://www.firsttube.com/read/ie7-a-slightly-deeper-look/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Matt Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:04:08 +0000 http://firsttubecom/read/IE7-A-Slightly-Deeper-Look#comment-48 In the Microsoft world, this icon: [x] means CLOSE. Not STOP. CLOSE. So why does the STOP button look even more like a CLOSE button in IE7 than it did in IE6? Now it's only 230 pixels away from the real CLOSE button, and they're still too clueless to see the problem. I'll stick to my red stop-sign-shaped STOP button in Firefox, and feel good knowing my browser wasn't designed by people who failed the shapes test in kindergarten. In the Microsoft world, this icon: [x] means CLOSE. Not STOP. CLOSE. So why does the STOP button look even more like a CLOSE button in IE7 than it did in IE6? Now it’s only 230 pixels away from the real CLOSE button, and they’re still too clueless to see the problem. I’ll stick to my red stop-sign-shaped STOP button in Firefox, and feel good knowing my browser wasn’t designed by people who failed the shapes test in kindergarten.

]]> By: aliquis http://www.firsttube.com/read/ie7-a-slightly-deeper-look/comment-page-1/#comment-406 aliquis Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:56:58 +0000 http://firsttubecom/read/IE7-A-Slightly-Deeper-Look#comment-406 You where saying:<br /> "The RSS mechanism built into IE7 is really cool, and frankly, makes the default Firefox stylesheet look cartoonish. It filters by category and lets you narrow your view by topic, by date, sort and reverse sort - it's very cool, in fact, to be honest, it's cooler than many web pages I visit."<br /> <br /> Which might be true, but if you go and check:<br /> <a href="http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/aug_2006/event/index.html">events.apple.com.edgesuite.net</a><br /> at 24:45 or more exactly 26:05 and you will notice one thing.<br /> <br /> You could just aswell have said:<br /> <br /> "The RSS mechanism is a total rip off from the one in Safari, and since it's Apple it must be good!" ;) You where saying:
“The RSS mechanism built into IE7 is really cool, and frankly, makes the default Firefox stylesheet look cartoonish. It filters by category and lets you narrow your view by topic, by date, sort and reverse sort – it’s very cool, in fact, to be honest, it’s cooler than many web pages I visit.”

Which might be true, but if you go and check:
events.apple.com.edgesuite.net
at 24:45 or more exactly 26:05 and you will notice one thing.

You could just aswell have said:

“The RSS mechanism is a total rip off from the one in Safari, and since it’s Apple it must be good!” ;)

]]> By: Adam S http://www.firsttube.com/read/ie7-a-slightly-deeper-look/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Adam S Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:51:08 +0000 http://firsttubecom/read/IE7-A-Slightly-Deeper-Look#comment-443 <i>even though the differences in the core of 2k vs xp are minimal.</i><br /> <br /> Bah. XP SP2 introduced a lot of changes. They've said they are "working" on getting IE7 ported to Win2k. <br /> <br /> Your sarcastic post doesn't really have much of a point. even though the differences in the core of 2k vs xp are minimal.

Bah. XP SP2 introduced a lot of changes. They’ve said they are “working” on getting IE7 ported to Win2k.

Your sarcastic post doesn’t really have much of a point.

]]> By: WrongWay http://www.firsttube.com/read/ie7-a-slightly-deeper-look/comment-page-1/#comment-405 WrongWay Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:31:57 +0000 http://firsttubecom/read/IE7-A-Slightly-Deeper-Look#comment-405 I tested ie7. And I do have to say its GOOD..<br /> <br /> SO good infact i dont need to use it.... <br /> <br /> Let me explain. <br /> It renders close enough to firefox in all my test cases, that I dont even feel the need to boot into windows anymore just to test a web app im deving. It'll look good enough. So in short IE7 allows me to stay in linux.. GOOD JOB on that.<br /> <br /> My only complaint is its BUILT INTO the OS.. So much so it requires a reboot to install. And of course microsoft feels the need to NOT offer this on WIN 2k... even though the differences in the core of 2k vs xp are minimal. I guess this is one more way for microsoft to force 2k users to move to vista. I tested ie7. And I do have to say its GOOD..

SO good infact i dont need to use it….

Let me explain.
It renders close enough to firefox in all my test cases, that I dont even feel the need to boot into windows anymore just to test a web app im deving. It’ll look good enough. So in short IE7 allows me to stay in linux.. GOOD JOB on that.

My only complaint is its BUILT INTO the OS.. So much so it requires a reboot to install. And of course microsoft feels the need to NOT offer this on WIN 2k… even though the differences in the core of 2k vs xp are minimal. I guess this is one more way for microsoft to force 2k users to move to vista.

]]> By: Matthias Mauch http://www.firsttube.com/read/ie7-a-slightly-deeper-look/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Matthias Mauch Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:47:31 +0000 http://firsttubecom/read/IE7-A-Slightly-Deeper-Look#comment-404 Hm, i doesn't understand why many people say "Firefox, the one and only". Is it really the the "bad IE" or is it the Web sites which not uses Web Standards? ACID, who, what a test. See a smile, made with CSS-Hacks. Browsers like Safari, iCab and Opera will pass the test, but does anyone compare IE against Safari, iCab or Opera? No...<br /> <br /> On <a href=" http://www.aadmm.de">www.aadmm.de</a> , available in english and german, you can really compare browsers against Web Standards like CSS, MathML, SVG and XML. Also the often told of Alpha Channel Transparency support for IE 7. See, how IE 7 will work with a Web site, that only use up to date Web Standards without CSS Hacks for IE, without Conditional Comments. The Web site is made to test features of Web browsers, not to compare Firefox against IE.<br /> <br /> I think, many people can't install new browsers on their own os platform. They will not install other browsers, they will use the "in box" browsers. On Mac OS like Safari, on Linux (KDE) Konqueror or (Gnome) Epiphany and on Windows the IE. And what about persons with disabilities? Screenreader often need IE and Windows. So why does many people say that IE 7 isn't a good browser? Hm, i doesn’t understand why many people say “Firefox, the one and only”. Is it really the the “bad IE” or is it the Web sites which not uses Web Standards? ACID, who, what a test. See a smile, made with CSS-Hacks. Browsers like Safari, iCab and Opera will pass the test, but does anyone compare IE against Safari, iCab or Opera? No…

On http://www.aadmm.de“>http://www.aadmm.de , available in english and german, you can really compare browsers against Web Standards like CSS, MathML, SVG and XML. Also the often told of Alpha Channel Transparency support for IE 7. See, how IE 7 will work with a Web site, that only use up to date Web Standards without CSS Hacks for IE, without Conditional Comments. The Web site is made to test features of Web browsers, not to compare Firefox against IE.

I think, many people can’t install new browsers on their own os platform. They will not install other browsers, they will use the “in box” browsers. On Mac OS like Safari, on Linux (KDE) Konqueror or (Gnome) Epiphany and on Windows the IE. And what about persons with disabilities? Screenreader often need IE and Windows. So why does many people say that IE 7 isn’t a good browser?

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