MetaFilter posts tagged with browsers and microsoft

"It's where you put your search terms. Correct?"

chorltonmeateater — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:58:21 -0800

What is a browser? Nobody seems to be sure. Whatever one is, Microsoft are convinced that Internet Explorer 8 is the best of the lot: if you disagree, you might like to get the facts. After all, only the best browser could offer you potential winnings of $10,000 for using it (unlike 'old Firefox', 'tarnished Chrome', or 'boring Safari'). It looks like Internet Explorer isn't willing to be bullied anymore.

Internet Explorer 7 Released

armoured-ant — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:43:22 -0800

It is done. Windows Internet Explorer 7 has been released.

Making IE Better

will — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:40:10 -0800

Microsoft's IE team is calling for input into the future of their browser. Over lunch with Robert Scoble they communicated that they're working hard on security patches. So where do you come in?

"The team is looking to work with community members to improve Internet Explorer. That means blogs. That means taking harsh feedback. That means having a dialog about the future that's frank and as open as possible."

With an opportunity like this we should forgo mere whining and name calling, and participate.

David, Herman and Mighty Mouse vs. Goliath

poopy — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 08:11:22 -0800

Developers gripe about IE standards inaction "Seeking to goad Microsoft into action, digital document giant Adobe Systems last week unveiled a deal to bolster support for CSS in its GoLive Web authoring tool with technology from tiny Web browser maker Opera Software..." ( via Stopdesign )

hitsman — Tue, 22 Jan 2002 19:05:42 -0800

AOL's Netscape sues Microsoft for damage done to its Netscape Internet browser by violations of antitrust law found in a separate government case against the software giant. "I don't see this case as primarily about money. I see it as primarily about injunctive relief,'' said Steve Salop, a Georgetown University law professor.

holloway — Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:43:43 -0800

"Opening a file type previously considered safe, e.g. plain text or HTML file isn't safe with IE". (via email, you wouldn't know him)

manero — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:04:09 -0800

MSN.com shuts out non-Microsoft browsers. If you're using Mozilla or Opera, you'll have to get a hex editor and change your User-Agent string and pretend you're using IE. Is this lawsuit material?

tranquileye — Sun, 17 Jun 2001 05:37:38 -0800

Some good news about Internet Explorer 6? IE6, scheduled to be released in August, will be the first browser to support a new privacy standard called Platform Privacy Preferences, or P3P, which will allow surfers to automatically determine whether a Web site collects personally identifiable information and opt out of the data collection.

headlemur — Fri, 15 Jun 2001 19:37:26 -0800

Steal my Images IE 6 not only will plaster squiggly lines all over your pages but will help everybody steal your images!! Another fine enhancement from the folks who brought you the Marquee tag.

silusGROK — Tue, 03 Apr 2001 09:22:27 -0800

MSIE leaves the door wide open on your Windows OS... I can't believe that the myriad "security holes" are coincidental... maybe we should call them back doors. I mean, really... who do they think they're kidding? We all know who really wants surreptitious access to our systems. [via Glish]

solistrato — Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:02:31 -0800

Mozilla Savaged By Suck. Yet another high-profile site calling for the open-source quagmire that might be Netscape 6 one day to put up or shut up. No word whether some crank from Mozilla has called Greg Knauss a Microsoft-loving son of a whore yet.

endquote — Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:29:56 -0800

To those who are interested in such things, IE 5.5 is out, with all kinds of new and not that important features, including those great colored scroll bars.

delfuego — Thu, 20 Apr 2000 22:23:51 -0800

A day after a MSIE bug, a Netscape bug. I figured I had to post this here, since the anti-Microsoft crowd always posts about the MSIE bugs, but seems to stay reeeeeal quiet when a bug is found in their chosen browser. I wish that people would just acknowledge that all software has bugs, and that discovering them is a helpful link in fixing them.

ericost — Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:39:44 -0800

You know their server isn't particularly secure; well neither is their browser.

Zeldman — Mon, 10 Apr 2000 06:16:53 -0800

The Web Standards Project blasts Microsoft's "arrogant" break with standards in IE 5.5/Windows Edition. Please read the press release and, if you agree, post it to your favorite mailing lists and news groups. This must not stand.

endquote — Fri, 07 Apr 2000 11:15:57 -0800

IE 5.5 beta is out, and there's an article on MSDN describing its new features. Most interesting are the user comments, where everyone's saying "standards! standards!" (click "read user comments" at the bottom of the page)

gleemax — Mon, 31 Jan 2000 23:27:25 -0800

Microsoft's font embedding demos are really smurfin' cool. I think my favorite is the Hotzone Journal. IE4+ needed. Has anybody seen embedded fonts used elsewhere, or does anybody know if Mozilla does/will support font embedding?