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Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

David — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:01:27 -0000

I love firefox and it is way ahead of IE in every way. It crashes very rarely and I like the customizations it can have.

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Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

John Vantine — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:14:30 -0000

As you can see, it's not hard to find others who dislike IE intensly as well. I've been using Chrome for the past 3-4 months and I actually like it more than Firefox now!

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Cottages in Devon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:38:33 -0000

I actually am really bad and often make changes to my site without even looking at its appearance in IE and only on FF. I have been aught out a couple of times with my site appearing great in FF but getting complaints from IE users. Its a real pain. I havent used Chrome yet but would you advise me trying?

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Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Bruce — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:33:16 -0000

Great use of Photoshop! Agreed, IE is the worst especially for blogs. Sometimes it distorts whole websites, puts information that should be on the right sidebar all the way down at the bottom, I exclusively use Firefox and wish all my readers did too.

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

lisa@Black Friday Woodbury Com — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:12:27 -0000

That's why I use Chrome. I just wish my Firefox addons would work in Chrome though!

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Buettnerj — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:01:36 -0000

I am FireFox all the way!

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Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

John @ Maryland Real Estate — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:20:27 -0000

I also have to admit that I absolutely hate IE. The only time I will use it is to check to see how one of my websites looks using it. Have been using Firefox for 2+ years know and never looked back.

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Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Tampa Real Estate — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:18:52 -0000

We had several issues with IE6 and IE in general. Anywhere from Java to RSS to just plain using # sign on a link. (long story, but it replicates window after window if you close a window and javascript is not finished loading). Some of the issues are resolved once you enable 3rd party cookies in advanced settings but factory default settings are always with that disabled. But checking our stat page shows that a majority of our site's viewers still use IE a chunk of them IE6 so, unfortunately for us, we have to deal with these issues specially if a 3rd party provider decides to upgrade. i.e., IDX

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Margaret Safford — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:10:27 -0000

I'm glad to hear you got it fixed! I have to agree though, IE stinks. I use Firefox for that very reason.

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Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Daytona Beach Vacation Rentals — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:25:31 -0000

I Couldn't agree more! As a real estate web designer I am hindered by IE almost every day. While there are many other browsers out there, and all react differently to websites, IE seems to be the odd-ball and it is always creating issues for every real estate website I design! Thanks for the post, I'm sure this will help more than a few frustrated website owners.

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:42:29 -0000

"According to statistics 95% of websurfers use Firefox these days!" Sorry HM, but I think your numbers are WAY off. Everything I've read says Firefox has around a 30% share or the browser market. This blog's stats also support that:

Previous 30 Days (Browser, Visitors, Percentage of Visitors):
1. Internet Explorer 28,746 61.95%
2. Firefox 14,957 32.23%

But, 30% is nothing to sneeze at. Sites that run on IE only are starting right off the bat annoying a third of their users. EVERY web designer/developer should take both IE and FF into consideration. That would be much simpler if they both behaved the same way.

@Russell - I suspect it was some sort of conflict, and probably just recently happened. But I could get it to repeat on the 5 PCs here at home, and all are set up differently. Easiest fix was to toss the corner flip thing.

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Bucks County Real Estate — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:27:51 -0000

I've never had any issues using your blog and I have IE6 and I'm addicted to Back button. Maybe there's a conflict between one of the plug ins you have installed and the user's local IE settings.

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Jim Gatos — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:17:10 -0000

Please provide me with proof to these statistics if you would please. I'm going to send this proof to the MLSPIN tech support staff. All they've ever done is ignore me and give me this "Y0u're weird" look every time I brought Firefox up to their attention....

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Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

HM — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:46:23 -0000

According to statistics 95% of websurfers use Firefox these days! As soon as the first version was launched we understood that IE is in the past! back then in 2006 i presume, i started getting problems with IE and dropped it for good without a second thought :)

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Brendan@Hillsborough Real Esta — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:30:00 -0000

Okay, I must admit... I am a secret IE lover... However, I am slowly making the transition to chrome.

One thing I did notice was though when using my iPhone to log into your site was your really cool WPtouch plugin. However, It doesn't allow me to view or type in the anti-spam # when posting a comment. Therefore, I was unable to comment from my iPhone in iPhone mode.

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Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Jim Gatos — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:04:30 -0000

Although IE does suck, you'd think the developer of that Page flip thingy would've done something to get that script to work in IE...
That's the problem..

If it doesn't work in IE, it aint 100% compatible. My MLS, MLSPIN, doesn't care about Firefox. If I want to print certain things in MLSPIN's interface, I HAVE TO USE IE AND THEY DON'T CARE! This is at least a 3 year issue with them. After numerous complaints, they have this basically "go away, you're bothering us", attitude...
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Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Kevin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:33:00 -0000

you fixed it uh? i didn't have problems with IE but i still think it's sucks and Mozilla is much better :P

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Linsey — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:28:41 -0000

As Loren knows all too well, I'm one of your site stalkers. You have all the cool ideas and all the cool toys Jay. I've had 'flip envy' for some time. Sad to see that it's gone but there is no question - IE sucks.

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Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Jonathan Blackwell — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:31:58 -0000

You forgot Flock. Yeah, all Mircosoft products suck. I use Firefox / Flock and even Open Office instead of Microsoft Office.

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Cal@Gulf Shores — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:19:30 -0000

I think Knox has page flip on his blog. Jim let him know if you see him on twitter.

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

marc@intelligence hypothecaire — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:40:51 -0000

Good to see the ie problem seems to be sorted. but ie still sucks , I think.

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Keahi Pelayo — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:34:59 -0000

Agreed, it sucks and firefox is great!
Aloha,
Keahi

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Julissa Jumper — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:02:43 -0000

Oh no, Jay, I miss the flip thingy, too! It was kinda cool. Oh well, IE misbehaves similarly on my site with Imageflow, and I haven't had the time to fix that, either. You know, so many of us use and swear by FF, but it seems all my peeps use IE, so you just kinda gotta...

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Tina Fountain@Atlanta Real Est — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:00:22 -0000

Jay, seems to be working in IE7 now, also I have a macbook and it's also working correctly in Safari.

Re: Why Internet Explorer Drives me INSANE!

Jennifer Kipila@Ocean County R — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:51:00 -0000

I occassionally have that problem. If I am doing a lot of backwards and forwards, I have had internet explorer crash. I just never thought about before reading this post. I try to use Firefox as often as I can.