Microsoft says "Let there be tabs" ...and there were tabs

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze
meh. If Firefox allows me to do everything I need. Why switch?

Why didn't you say this when you switched to Firefox? Tabs aren't needed.

1) Because I like havng a web browser which is not integrated into the OS. Helps avoid trouble
2) I Never did like IE.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: walla
great now all they have to do is get on board with web standards, and i'm sold.

hmmm, the way i see it, if IE has 75%+ of the market, they are the standard.

how else would you define "standard"?

W3C standards.

www.w3c.org

 

[Nocturnal]

I don't really like the way it switches tabs, it's obvious it isn't native to the browser. FF switching, you can't even tell that it's switching. With this it blinks your entire screen lol.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Shawn
I'll stick with FF, thanks.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: walla
great now all they have to do is get on board with web standards, and i'm sold.

hmmm, the way i see it, if IE has 75%+ of the market, they are the standard.

how else would you define "standard"?

W3C standards.

www.w3c.org

Defacto vs Dejure.

sorry, but IE has the Defacto standards. and in the real world, defacto standards are just as valid as Dejure standards.

 

[djheater]

I thought you meant guitar tab.

 

[NiKeFiDO]

keywords = through msn toobar. fvck that thing and all like it!

 

[NiKeFiDO]

 

[Mo0o]

obligatory lone voice for opera

 

[dighn]

already sold on FF

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: walla
great now all they have to do is get on board with web standards, and i'm sold.

hmmm, the way i see it, if IE has 75%+ of the market, they are the standard.

how else would you define "standard"?

W3C standards.

www.w3c.org

Yeah, W3C defines the standards, but remember that IE6 was the most standards compliant browser at the time it came out. It blew everything else out of the water at the time.

It's just that MS hasn't kept up with the new standards since. Which sucks.

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Tabbed browsing? Meh. Try harder next time, IE.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: walla
great now all they have to do is get on board with web standards, and i'm sold.

hmmm, the way i see it, if IE has 75%+ of the market, they are the standard.

how else would you define "standard"?

W3C standards.

www.w3c.org

Defacto vs Dejure.

sorry, but IE has the Defacto standards. and in the real world, defacto standards are just as valid as Dejure standards.

Not really. Folks who code pages strictly for IE lose a portion of their target audience.

 

[Eli]

Tabs are the primary reason I didn't like FF, so I'll pass.. lol

Just too used to alt-tab, I guess.

 

[Ionizer86]

I realize I'm addicted to lots more than tabs. There's a lot of stuff this tabbing in IE doesn't support: no center click to open link in new tab, no gesturing (I use all in one gestures to switch tabs), and no ctrl + t for a new tab. Oh, and I don't like having excess toolbars in my browser, or a desktop search utility taking over the windows interface either. Time to stick to FF

 

[rh71]

if they have mouse gestures and extensions, then I'll switch back to IE. Small steps, I guess.

 

[Nocturnal]

Redrawing the browser sucks lol. I HOPE IE7 doesn't utilize this.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
FF is doin the job for me right now..

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze
meh. If Firefox allows me to do everything I need. Why switch?

Are you going to stop using FireFox at the first opportunity you get?

Who, me? Hell no. I love FF.

The only reason why I even still use IE is b/c I HAVE TO in order to post news to Anandtech's front page. IE is required for our engine, so having tabbed browsing helps.

why is IE required for the anandtech engine?

ActiveX?

Our text/document engine integrates with IE and no other browser. Same way you can't use ForeCastFox on IE

ouch. no offense, but that's rather sad.

why would anyone make an angine work with strictly one web browser?

the same person coded these forums.

enough said.

 

[Brutuskend]

Better than Google tool bar?

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Eli
Tabs are the primary reason I didn't like FF, so I'll pass.. lol

Just too used to alt-tab, I guess.

You don't have to use tabs, so there must be another reason.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Didn't care much for it in FF, but I'll check it out.

 

[Heifetz]

man, it took them 5 years to add tabs to IE? As far as ff, it works great on windows, but leaves something to be desired on other platforms. I've been using it on os x, and its a memory/cpu hog compared to safari.

 

[mobobuff]

I prefer IE over any other browser, but I have to admit, IE tabbed browsing looks like crap. But I guess it is their first release with it, maybe they'll make it smoother.

 

[Ns1]

am i the only person that prefers IE over FF?