Archive for ie8
July 14, 2008 at 3:11 pm · Filed under Broken on IE7, Broken on IE8, ie6, ie7, ie8
This post comes from a mix of two articles dealing with security while browsing the Web. In simple terms, if you are using IE on any version (5 - 
then the chances of your computer getting hacked with malware, exploits, viruses etc, are far greater than someone using a good browser like our favorite: Firefox.
The article explains us that: “The vulnerability poses a special danger since the ActiveX control is digitally signed by Microsoft, which means that people who have Internet Explorer configured to trust ActiveX controls with that designation would run it automatically if encountered on a Web page.
Some of the Web pages that have already been hacked with automated SQL injection attacks earlier this year are also hosting the Microsoft Access attack, according to Symantec’s Sean Hittel.”
And yes, it is Symantec who is explaining the problem and yes, July patches are out so IE users will have to wait or disable their ActiveX control in order to be safer.
June 30, 2008 at 8:45 pm · Filed under General, ie6, ie7, ie8
This is a contradictory post, manly, ’cause I’m against IE and all his grandparents or children, and i will hate even more the grandchildren of this cursed browser. But, for those of u who still suffer of blindness, or those as me who are forced to use it at least to try your sites on it, to make sure they are working fine (which is hard and tedious to make it work accordingly), for those of you, here is 36 tools that will make better your usage or testing. Keep in mind that if u want a perfect experience while browsing a site, I recommend everyone switching to Firefox.
Anyway, here is the link and sorry for such a hate:
http://nethackz.com/36-ie-plug-ins-to-keep-it-fresh-and-breathing/
Enjoy !! 
June 25, 2008 at 1:20 pm · Filed under Plain Evil, Stick It To IE, ie6, ie7, ie8
Look what it shows if you do a search with the keyword: internet explorer on www.urbandictionary.com. I had an awesome laugh.
- A simple Windows XP tool which allows the user to browse to Mozilla.com and download Firefox, a web browser.
As soon as I installed XP I opened Internet Explorer and grabbed the latest version of Firefox.
- Microsoft’s pre-installed, default internet browser for Windows. Has to be the worst browser on earth, because its only features are free viruses, automatic spyware downloads, and awesome security holes.The best part about Internet Explorer is that it forced companies, such as Mozilla and Opera, to make their own browsers, which completely and utterly blow Internet Explorer out of the water.
Download Opera/Mozilla plz.
“Internet Explorer installed spyware on my machine again :\.”
- One of the most amazing tools for downloading Firefox
I used Internet Explorer to download Firefox. One of the only uses of this crappy browser.
- 1) The greatest browser in the world. No other browser can download Mozilla FireFox like Internet Explorer.
1) As soon as I turned on my brand new Alienware PC, I fired up Internet Explorer so I could download Mozilla FireFox.
- The crappiest browser on earth. Comes complete with security holes, shitty standards support, and no features. A favorite of ignorant internet users everywhere.Get Mozilla.
Internet Explorer is a steaming mound of poo.
- A browser that while popular, has many security holes. It also has poor support of today’s standards, and has a dangerous feature called ActiveX that can be used to install programs harmful to computers.
Still using Internet Explorer? I suggest switching to a Mozilla-based browser, Opera, or another alternate browser.
- Microsoft’s attempt to dominate the Internet by integrating this poor excuse of a browser with every Windows OS, although this was deemed illegal, they made some bullshit up about it being a core part of Windows. So in the end, they integrated this POS into Windows.IE is buggy, has many security holes, is slow, supports ActiveX so websites can install their XXX dialers on our systems, and finally, it’s not standards compliant, so 80%+ web pages have sloppy HTML which doesn’t work with standards compliant browsers, only IE. How convenient.
Internet Explorer is the most COMMON browser, but NOT the most popular.
Link here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=internet+explorer
June 16, 2008 at 1:36 pm · Filed under General, ie8
In a strange development and a surprise move, Microsoft has announced that it will halt production of IE8 in favor of Firefox 3.
After careful consideration by the IE8 team they have realized that their efforts are geared better towards improving an already good product than trying to salvage the nightmare that has been the Internet Explorer Browser since it’s conception.
Web Developers all over the world have taken the streets to celebrate. One Developer was overhear saying: “At last I will be able to sleep and eat as a regular human being, I mean I couldn’t think of anything other than IE hacks for almost 6 years. This is a true blessing.”
We will keep you posted as more news developed. So far you can read more about this amazing day here and here.
* Sigh, only in a perfect world.
June 11, 2008 at 8:26 am · Filed under Frustrations, General, ie8
It’s been quiet for a while here on Stupid IE since we’ve been busy doing some better things than worrying about IE and also because we are waiting for the next release of IE8 to see what surprises it yields.
But today, we have been hit with this piece, directly from the Microsoft Blog and we wanted to leave our two cents.
It seems that Microsoft didn’t have enough with creating their Meta Tag but now they’ve decided to create another one which does the same thing but in a different way or something in between. Yes, I don’t understand either but this is Microsoft we are talking about people, nothing is supposed to be understood.
“NOTE: The X-UA-Compatible tag and header override any existing DOCTYPE. Also, the mode specified by the page takes precedent over the HTTP header. For example, you could add the EmulateIE7 HTTP header to a site, and set specific pages to display in IE8 mode (by using the meta-tag with content=”IE8”).
Using the IE=EmulateIE7 compatibility tag is a simple way for users to continue their current experience when browsing your site until you can update with more standards-compliant content. Although adding this tag will prevent most display issues, you may also need to update your site to properly detect IE8. ”
So I can have the tag on the website but have another one on the pages and then this will prevent some, not all, of the issues until my content is more compliant???? So the fact that your browser was not compliant to begin with means I know have to do more work than before??
We are checking into a mental hospital pretty soon. Anyone care to join?
June 3, 2008 at 7:36 pm · Filed under General, Stick It To IE, ie6, ie7, ie8
I just wondered what it would be like if there were a car that behaved like
Internet Explorer.
- You’ll find it one morning in your driveway, and there is no way of removing it.
- The engine starts as soon as you approach it, which is a bit odd, but it seems to run smoothly enough not to pose a threat.
- Everybody else seems to drive the same car, so you give it a spin.
- It is pretty enjoyable to use - dead easy really. For example you don’t have to hit the gas pedal properly to accelerate, just putting your foot in the general surrounding is enough.
- It does swerve a bit in the bends and newer roads are a really bumpy ride, but that is a minor problem, surely whoever builds these cars must be working on that.
- For some reason, the roof leaks and when you ask others what can be done against that they advise you to wear a thick jacket made from a waterproof material. The best seems to be Symantex™.
- There is plenty of parking space around the area, but somehow all parking lots have advertising signs blocking the way. You are advised to get a CowCatcherXP2™ to get rid of those.
- After driving in some dark alleys a part of the windscreen shows advertisements for gambling arcades at random intervals. To get rid of those, you are advised to get a SpotwareRemoverTowel™. It takes some time and several attempts to get rid of the stains, but that is perfectly normal.
- From time to time you get overtaken by faster cars playing classical music, and smooth moving ones (even on the newer roads) with foxtails on the rear-view mirror. They do look flash, but why bother? The drivers seem to be weirdoes.
- On closer inspection, you see they attached things to their cars that make them a lot more comfortable to use. They tell you to get them in “extension shops” where the things are given away for free. When you ask for some, the shop tells you that you need to pay.
- If you park the car in your garage and close the door to work on it you’ll get a message that you really should be on the road to make repairs.
- If you try to change the colour of your car and fit nicer seats you realise that the paint never really covers all and the seats only fit when you fix them with a lot of adhesive tape. On the other hand it is really easy to change the colour of the tires and make the license plate fade in and out.
Courtesy of Wait till i com
June 1, 2008 at 1:21 pm · Filed under Frustrations, Plain Evil, ie8
“We are encouraging site administrators to get their sites ready now for broad adoption of Internet Explorer 8, as there will be a beta release in the third quarter of this year targeted for all consumers,”
And I guess Micrososft is going to pay me for the time needed to make this change to all the Websites I have developed for my clients? Screw that, let’s just hope the Meta Tag works as expected since I’m know using it on any new Website since I can’t relay on the Beta version of IE8 and I rather keep working as I used to until Microsoft gets the point and drops IE8 and focuses on making a decent OS in the first place.
April 12, 2008 at 10:23 am · Filed under General, ie6, ie7, ie8
Haven’t testes this myself but apparently Microsoft put a little thought into it and released a way for developers to test different versions of IE
Click here for the link
March 22, 2008 at 8:47 am · Filed under General, ie8
So I’ve seen a lot of websites talk about the new IE8 beta. Some, even call it the surprise of the year because of it’s support for Web Standards. Others talk about all the new features it offers, and some others even compare it to Firefox.
As this article points out: http://mashable.com/2008/03/05/firefox-ie-fight/ There’s really no innovation on IE8 and all the features are more of a catching up to other browsers than anything else. I mean, when the main hype comes from being a web standard browser, when other browsers have been doing this for ages, well…as the article points out: “You’ve got a problem.”
March 11, 2008 at 8:54 am · Filed under Frustrations, ie8
A lot of us where stunned when rumors surfaced indicating that IE8 passed the Acid2 test. We were even more astonished when screen captures like this one:
Of course some conspiracy theories were formulated but some of us decided to give Microsoft a chance and start celebrating. That was of course until some people started claming that this:
Was the real way that IE8 rendered the Acid2 test. Well people, if you look at the screen shots closely you will see that the first one is using the www while the second one is not. According to IE8’s Team something with their ActiveX and cross domain scripting is causing the error.
In other words, Microsoft is pasing the Acid2 test only when their ActiveX feels like it.
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