Simviation Forum - IE9 "Upgrade"...?

Sep 17^th, 2010 at 5:01am

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At the mo' I am using Win XP Pro SP2, with Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer 8, as my Internet Browsers....

...so, I thought, "what about installing the latest; IE9 Browser"....

...

...until I read this...>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/16/no_ie9_9_on_windows_xp/

No further support for we; Win XP, 32-bit, DX9c, enthusiasts... Cry

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Paul....I like; "Old Stuff"... Wink

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Reply #1 - Sep 17^th, 2010 at 4:17pm

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If only Microsoft would start making "better" stuff, instead of more stuff.. And I hate Bing with a passion. We are being steered in the direction MS wants to send us and I'm beginning to resent that.

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Reply #2 - Sep 17^th, 2010 at 6:44pm

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I don't intend to start using IE9. Sticking with firefox. Under all the fancy mods, it's still the IE we all know and hate. Cheesy

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Reply #3 - Sep 17^th, 2010 at 8:06pm

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Sadly, MS seems to enjoy shooting themselves in the foot. While I didn't read the whole article (probably should), but after reading the first line alone, you just "know" how it will turn out.

"Microsoft has ruled out putting Internet Explorer 9 on Windows XP, leaving millions of PCs open to Mozilla and Google browsers providing hardware-accelerated rich-internet."

What follows is ONLY MY OPINION!!!

You'd think at some point, Microsoft would realize that there might be a reason so many people are sticking with XP. Now I know we all have our own preferences, but I've tried Vista, and personally think it's a load of... well it's a load. And Windows 7. Been there done that too. Windows 7 seems to me, to be nothing more than the way Vista was supposed to be when it was released. Now again, we all like what we like, but it seems to me that discontinuing support for XP has done nothing but leave the users of thier most popular OS out in the cold. Not exatly the way to breed customer loyalty now is it? I for one really hate this "upgrade or else" attitude they seem to have as of late.

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Reply #4 - Sep 17^th, 2010 at 8:49pm

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Groundbound1 wrote on Sep 17^th, 2010 at 8:06pm:

Sadly, MS seems to enjoy shooting themselves in the foot. While I didn't read the whole article (probably should), but after reading the first line alone, you just "know" how it will turn out.

"Microsoft has ruled out putting Internet Explorer 9 on Windows XP, leaving millions of PCs open to Mozilla and Google browsers providing hardware-accelerated rich-internet."

What follows is ONLY MY OPINION!!!

You'd think at some point, Microsoft would realize that there might be a reason so many people are sticking with XP. Now I know we all have our own preferences, but I've tried Vista, and personally think it's a load of... well it's a load. And Windows 7. Been there done that too. Windows 7 seems to me, to be nothing more than the way Vista was supposed to be when it was released. Now again, we all like what we like, but it seems to me that discontinuing support for XP has done nothing but leave the users of thier most popular OS out in the cold. Not exatly the way to breed customer loyalty now is it? I for one really hate this "upgrade or else" attitude they seem to have as of late.

I'm Groundbound1, and Windows 7 wasn't my idea, so don't blame me!

I agree.

Well said, Ground.. Wink

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Reply #5 - Sep 18^th, 2010 at 5:14am

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I moved straight from Windows '98 to Windows XP, then added SP2 to it.
I run it in "Classic Mode", (Win '98), and find it simple, uncomplicated, and generally problem-free, compared to the reports of the Windows versions which followed it.
...and, very importantly, all my various (old) programs which I use daily, are written for it!

Internet Explorer (8), I find, runs very "sluggish" compared to Mozilla Firefox.
Sometimes I have to swap Browsers to get certain programs to run successfully....eg: Videos, etc... Roll Eyes

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Reply #6 - Sep 18^th, 2010 at 9:22am

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Groundbound1 wrote on Sep 17^th, 2010 at 8:06pm:

Sadly, MS seems to enjoy shooting themselves in the foot. While I didn't read the whole article (probably should), but after reading the first line alone, you just "know" how it will turn out.

"Microsoft has ruled out putting Internet Explorer 9 on Windows XP, leaving millions of PCs open to Mozilla and Google browsers providing hardware-accelerated rich-internet."

What follows is ONLY MY OPINION!!!

You'd think at some point, Microsoft would realize that there might be a reason so many people are sticking with XP. Now I know we all have our own preferences, but I've tried Vista, and personally think it's a load of... well it's a load. And Windows 7. Been there done that too. Windows 7 seems to me, to be nothing more than the way Vista was supposed to be when it was released. Now again, we all like what we like, but it seems to me that discontinuing support for XP has done nothing but leave the users of thier most popular OS out in the cold. Not exatly the way to breed customer loyalty now is it? I for one really hate this "upgrade or else" attitude they seem to have as of late.

I'm Groundbound1, and Windows 7 wasn't my idea, so don't blame me!

Wasn't my idea either. Nor was Vista. My idea was to upgrade XP to work with multi-core, give you a choice of 32 bit or 64 bit, and keep everything else the same.
And I don't use IE

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I use Chrome.

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Reply #7 - Sep 18^th, 2010 at 9:40am

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I am always reluctant to spend loadsamoney on a very expensive Windows Operating System "up-grade?".... Cry

....
...when what I REALLY want, is a new Motherboard/Processor/Graphics Card/Memory/Blonde Flight Attendant, etc, etc.... Kiss

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Paul...G-BPLF..FS 2004...FS Nav...Win XP Pro...and a spare seat... Wink

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Reply #8 - Sep 18^th, 2010 at 6:16pm

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patchz wrote on Sep 18^th, 2010 at 9:22am:

Groundbound1 wrote on Sep 17^th, 2010 at 8:06pm:

Sadly, MS seems to enjoy shooting themselves in the foot. While I didn't read the whole article (probably should), but after reading the first line alone, you just "know" how it will turn out.

"Microsoft has ruled out putting Internet Explorer 9 on Windows XP, leaving millions of PCs open to Mozilla and Google browsers providing hardware-accelerated rich-internet."

What follows is ONLY MY OPINION!!!

You'd think at some point, Microsoft would realize that there might be a reason so many people are sticking with XP. Now I know we all have our own preferences, but I've tried Vista, and personally think it's a load of... well it's a load. And Windows 7. Been there done that too. Windows 7 seems to me, to be nothing more than the way Vista was supposed to be when it was released. Now again, we all like what we like, but it seems to me that discontinuing support for XP has done nothing but leave the users of thier most popular OS out in the cold. Not exatly the way to breed customer loyalty now is it? I for one really hate this "upgrade or else" attitude they seem to have as of late.

I'm Groundbound1, and Windows 7 wasn't my idea, so don't blame me!

Wasn't my idea either. Nor was Vista. My idea was to upgrade XP to work with multi-core, give you a choice of 32 bit or 64 bit, and keep everything else the same.
And I don't use IE

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I use Chrome.

XP will be around for year to come. Vista is a train wreck. 7 is wonderful and is waaaaay better than vista. (they seem to have worked out all the bugs) Simple.

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Reply #9 - Sep 18^th, 2010 at 7:44pm

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I understand IE 9 was designed for is for use with Win 7 only. My computer guru has a public beta copy of it on both his machines. He says he tried it on one (some super-duper alienware monster) and liked it so much he put it on his second machine. He says I should go with it, too. I'll wait until he thrashes it a bit before I take the plunge.

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