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Microsoft's proposed browser ballot screen

I'm embarrassed to say I missed this last week, but when Microsoft announced its proposal to let EU customers choose a browser via a so-called ballot screen, they also provided an image of what that screen could look like. Here it is. Under our new proposal, among other things, European consumers...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-31-2009
Browser ballot screen isn't just for Windows 7

Mary Jo Foley reports on an interesting tidbit I missed while traipsing around The Netherlands this week: Microsoft's proposal to let EU users choose from competing web browsers isn't relegated to Windows 7. They'll offer this capability on Windows XP and Windows Vista as well. The “ballot...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-28-2009
How to download a web browser in Windows 7 E (which doesn't come with its own browser)

Rafael offers up an interesting step-by-step guide to finding a web browser in the supposedly browser-less Windows 7 E Editions , which will be afflicting folks in Europe in about 3 months: Mom and Dad will likely get a pre-built machine, by either a popular manufacturer or their kids, so this isn’t...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-16-2009
IE8: Ad blocking with the InPrivate Filter

You know, I almost wrote a scathing overview of some recent comments made by the author of the Firefox add-in Ad Block Plus. He came off like a real jerk, which is bad enough, but he also seemed utterly clueless about the benefits of doing an IE version of his add-on. (I believe the rationale boiled...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-03-2009
Sorry, Virginia, but there is no IE performance 'fix'

Ed Bott has written up a hopeful but ultimately misguided post about a supposed Internet Explorer 8 performance fix. There's just one problem. It doesn't work. So please don't write me about it--surprisingly, no one has, so far--as it just doesn't work. Fortunately, you don't have...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-29-2009
Is IE8 really fat and slow?

In sharp contrast to certain dimwitted bloggers out there, no one can ever accuse Ed Bott of "false misunderstanding." The guy grabs on to a topic and shakes it until it squeaks, and for this reason, he'll always be the voice of reason in our industry. The topic du jour: Reports that IE...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-27-2009
Why Internet Explorer 8 disappoints web developers

Jake Goldman has written up a lengthy post using three examples of how Microsoft continues to disappoint web developers with IE 8. I think this is an important part of the overall discussion around this browser, and about browsers in general, and of course the wider uber-topic under which it all sits...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-23-2009
Windows Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List

Or, to use a more controversial headline which I'm sure you'll see elsewhere: Internet Explorer 8 natively incompatible with over 3,000 web sites Microsoft has provided a list of web sites (in super-convenient Excel format) that haven't taken as little as 10 minutes of time to make sure they...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-19-2009
Microsoft: IE 8 is often faster than Firefox, Chrome or Safari

Sorry, benchmark followers. Not that it actually matters--in real world usage, all of these products actually perform similarly--but it turns out that the darling of Web browser benchmarks really isn't Safari. Or Chrome. Or even Firefox. It's IE 8 : Measuring Browser Performance: Understanding...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-12-2009
Mozilla jumps the shark

When a company like Opera complains about Microsoft, I sort of get it. No one uses this browser on PCs, and no one ever will. (Indeed, Opera was the last "major" browser maker to stop trying to charge for its product, despite the fact that every single OS has come with a free Web browser preinstalled...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-10-2009

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