I was testing a near-completion Drupal website today, and noticed that I could not log in with Internet Explorer (8). Firefox worked, Chrome worked, Safari worked...so what was the problem? Turns out there was an underscore in the domain name, and that gave IE fits. I changed the subdomain to use a dash instead, and the login worked.
In other words: Google is bashing the shit out of Microsoft:
Microsoft's Internet Explorer zips through JavaScript nearly ten times faster than usual when Google's new Chrome Frame plug-in is partnered with the browser, benchmark tests show. According to tests run by Computerworld , Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) was 9.6 times faster than IE8 on its own.
SOURCE: Techworld.com
After far to much trouble tracking down weird JavaScript errors and testing using an IE8 virtual machine, GPSLog Labs has been made IE8 compatible. If you're using IE8 and still notice any issues with the graphs or maps, please let me know.
Tom
Under our new proposal, among other things, European consumers who buy a new Windows PC with Internet Explorer set as their default browser would be shown a ‘ballot screen’ from which they could, if they wished, easily install competing browsers from the Web.This is as reasonable as the EU (and Microsoft rivals) can hope for. Naturally, the EU commission won't agree to it right away, so all we get at this time is "The Commission has no further comment at this stage." Yeah, whatever. Take the obvious concession and move on to something actually worthwhile. Does anyone else think the EU is making too much of IE?
A lot of Windows users out there dislike Internet Explorer enough that just using a different browser is not enough, they want it gone. Although there is not a way to completely uninstall it, let’s take a look at how to disable IE 8 in Windows 7 so you won’t have to deal with it anymore.
we heard a lot of feedback from a lot of different people and groups and decided to make the user choice of the default browser even more explicit. This change is part of our ongoing commitment to user choice and control.Bottom line is if there's another browser set as the default the user will have to explicitly change it to IE via the new panel. It used to automatically be made default if you chose Express settings (instead of Custom) for installation, but now you get the choice either way. This is a small change, but a welcome one.
Microsoft are trying to give something to people that nobody wants, by offering them something that nobody wants.
via ie8-nickelback.com
