Comments on: Firefox vs. IE 7 (IE7 having trouble with Google sites?)

By: Denise

Denise — Sun, 17 May 2009 05:08:49 +0000

I downloaded IE7 and can no longer get into my Internet Options. This is a bunch of bull__! Can't even delete it!!! This makes me really mad!!!!!

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:04:54 +0000

I beg to differ – “shrink to fit” is a nightmare. Instead of one-click printing now, our clients have to use the menu and go into the dialog box to select 100% size. Our pages are properly styled (via CSS) to wrap print w/o cut off at 100%. IE7 does shrink to fit and you need a magnifying glass to read. You cannot right click and print an iframe without selecting everything in it. Then you still need to go into preview and choose your scale. You cannot set the scaling to 100% in javascript (only a registry hack) before calling window.print(). I have frustrated customers and wasted thousands of dollars researching a work around (none found yet). Microsoft calls this a feature? If this is how Microsoft thinks they are improving usablity they are seriously mistaken.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:41:43 +0000

I completely disagree. And I don’t want to! But the fact of the matter is that FireFox is NOT faster than Internet Explorer, and as I said, I really wish it were, becuase I’d love more than anything to stop using any Microsoft/Windows products, so I’m always on the lookout.
I’ve got IE6, and have now had Firefox 2.0.0.12 for about two weeks. IE6 continues to load pages faster for me than does Firefox, though I’ve noticed that Firefox has improved steadily over time, so I think the day will come. People can hem and haw and all of that, claiming I must be doing something wrong, but this is simply my experience.

By: Future PR Communication Models

Future PR Communication Models — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:12:15 +0000

[...] communication: Robert Scoble says IE7 is slower than FireFox on some web sites on certain websites. Source. Robert Scoble is a technical evangelist, and author; best known for his popular blog, Scobleizer. [...]

By: DEMOfall 07 Browser/OS Statistics | Robert Accettura’s Fun With Wordage

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:31:38 +0000

[...] Stephen Wildstrom did a little survey of demo machines at DEMOfall 07. 81% Windows, 19% Mac. He says that’s growth, and I’m not shocked to hear that. He also did a survey of browsers and found all Mac’s use Firefox over Safari, and makes a reference to it’s skin (an interesting observation considering the current discussion over retheming the browser for 3.0). Firefox did decent on the Windows front as well. I’ve noticed this myself. People seem to prefer demoing their web based product in Firefox. Is it out of habit? Or because some ajax based websites feel slower in IE7? [...]

By: Alexa Sucks At Explaining How To Boost Rankings

Alexa Sucks At Explaining How To Boost Rankings — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:30:22 +0000

[...] however, we really are the minority. There are more IE users than Firefox. I am not here to debate which web browser is better, but I am here to say that if I run a billion dollar business… I think it would be [...]