Comments on: Authenticode dialog as it always should have been

Authenticode dialog as it always should have been

kokogiak — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:51:28 -0800

Microsoft's Internet Explorer team is actually churning out some improvements - the authenticode dialog "Do you want to install this?" in their latest SP Preview Release now functions like it should have from the start, a more usable (understandable) set of choices, and the option to say "No, never ask again". Also, pop-up-blocker apparently quite functional, is set to 'on' by default. Glad to see at least a little progress being made (still no word on PNG or CSS support changes, nor plans for a 7.x version, afaik).

By: jon_kill

jon_kill — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:54:13 -0800

Oh. Good. Do you have any details about McDonalds or Deisel jeans?

By: trondant

trondant — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:04:43 -0800

too little, too late.

By: borgle

borgle — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:06:20 -0800

Keep in mind...don't just block "GAIN", block "Claria". They changed their name a while back.

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:12:12 -0800

[warning] 10 seconds to Pepsi Blue reference [/warning]

By: pzarquon

pzarquon — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:13:48 -0800

I've been using SP2 for its updated Tablet PC capabilities, and like it quite a lot. Of course, with dozens of third-party utilities adding "pop-up blocking" to their otherwise unrelated software, it's getting hard to figure out why you can't get a pop-up when you actually want it.

By: Blue Stone

Blue Stone — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:57:16 -0800

People still use Internet Explorer?

By: crazy finger

crazy finger — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:23:46 -0800

I always used IE because I wanted the benefits from a perfectly compatible suite of software (IE, outlook, ms *.*). Then after IE took 90% of market share and all competition seemed dead, MS revealed that they would stop developing free versions with updates. IE started crashing a few weeks later, I switched to Firefox... NEVER LOOKED BACK!

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:44:40 -0800

This feature got a rabid applause at the Atlanta DevDays 2004 last week. lame.

By: angry modem

angry modem — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:51:17 -0800

People still use Internet Explorer? According to this article, IE has 94.8% of the worldwide browser market share. Yes, I realize I'm responding to a trolling.

By: Pericles

Pericles — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:11:35 -0800

Looks like the USer Experience people are out of solitary in Redmond. compare "When things happen automatically and those things are the wrong things users get annoyed" with Clippy's "It looks like you're writing a letter!!!". But I got my Google bar for when required to use IE. Gimme CSS 2.1, PNGs and the ability to stop lurgies shitting on my system any day.

By: twine42

twine42 — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:14:04 -0800

As a recent convert to the dark (OS) side, I really can't see a reason to use IE any more. Especially the aformentioned PNG and CSS support. How the hell someone who push forward the standard can still balls it up so badly is completely beyond me. Get those two things fixed and I'll consider using it as more than just a test browser.

By: twine42

twine42 — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:16:03 -0800

Hang on... random thought that hit exactly 3ms after I hit post - What are the chances Google could be convinced to add a PNG support functionality to thier googlebar? It's already obviously got some kind of access to the rendered to highlight search terms, so...

By: quonsar

quonsar — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:36:38 -0800

totally lame. what they need is a clearly documented place where you can change your mind six months later when doofus mc'crapware inc produces something useful, and you simply can't install it. ever. unless you are some sort of registry hive encyclopedia.

By: jon_kill

jon_kill — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:55:31 -0800

Twine42, I wouldn't be surprised if it was just altering the HTML.

By: twine42

twine42 — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:45:58 -0800

possibly, but IIRC the view source doesn't change. Don't have IE w/ googlebar here to test it.

By: Edge100x

Edge100x — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:17:07 -0800

If anyone's feeling adventurous and wants to try the pre-release SP2, it's freely downloadable from microsoft.

By: soulhuntre

soulhuntre — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:13:10 -0800

The SP2 pre-release is running happily on some test machines here, as well as on my current workstation. The firewall improvements are nice and the new security features will be a big step ahead. Its good work all in all, not that many peopel on the 'net will ever admit it :)

By: ed\26h

ed\26h — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 03:31:39 -0800

By: ed\26h

ed\26h — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 03:43:43 -0800

too little, too late. For what?