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[RBL]

Go MSFT go

 

Google is the borg

 

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1dc6fac0-7462-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1

[Johnny D]

Already installed IE8 Beta 2. It works nice. Thank Firefox for
pushing MS on this front....

JohnD

On Aug 27, 10:32 pm, "RBL" <RBLe...@RBLevin.net> wrote:
> Go MSFT go
>
> Google is the borg
>

> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1dc6fac0-7462-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c.html?n...
> heck=1

[RBL]

I don't care for the direction the Firefox UI is going. Just don't like it.
Visceral reaction. Prefer IE or SeaMonkey, even tho SM UI is really dated,
still prefer it.

[Johnny D]

Can't say I've thought about the UI direction but on FF it's skinnable
if you don't like the basic layout...

JohnD

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[RBL]

True. Good point.

I have found that skins often destabilize the app. I use Stardock for
skinning the OS, which seems largely stable.

But also, certain UI behavior--not just the look--annoys me with FFX.

[Rich M]

Wow again we agree. I think Firefox is the greatest and definitely has
the best speed, the best addons and skins but 3.0 loses it all.
Password saving that was a major asset of Firefox is reduced and third
party password saver addon ( Always Remember Password) that combated
sites that seek to prevent saving a password and logon are gone. I
hate it and I have gone back to 2.16 but I also know that in time I
must move on somewhere else.

On Aug 28, 3:16 pm, "RBL" <RBLe...@RBLevin.net> wrote:

[RBL]

I find myself looking forward to IE8 ... I love the fact that the browser
wars are hot. The best way to get innovation is competition.

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