Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] IE grip

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Mike Miller wrote:

> I just attempted to copy and paste a URL into IE, and Win2000 managed to
> screw up the clipboard and paste a different string, so it was a bad
> URL. Instead of simply telling me that it was a bad URL, IE sent me to
> an msn.com web page with an ad on it; a popup window also appeared to
> tell me that I can do casino gambling on the internet.  Nice work,
> Microsoft!

They tell us these days that people are not going to pay for a browser,
since IE is ubiquitous and free.  I'm getting surer and surer that people
*would* pay a non-trivial amount of money, if they had to, to get a
browser that could do it all, do it fast, and do it without this kind of
baloney.  I know some people swear by Opera.  Mozilla comes pretty close
on everything except for speed. Safari is great if you're running on Apple
and can do it with only okay CSS and DOM support.  (Safari is improving in
that respect, and I have to remember that even Mozilla has some weird
gaps; does any browser do ":content" and similar amazing things yet?)

As more and more stuff becomes web-based, I think there is now again a
real opportunity for a next-gen browser to sweep the field and really
hurt Microsoft in a serious way.

jking


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