Wow, anyone could be mistaken for thinking you two were Microshaft
employees...
<tirade>
Vista sucks because:
* it uses far more memory than it should, even with the visual effects
turned off
* IE7 on Vista is more flaky than IE7 on XP FACT!
* The registry hacks to get around the draconian limits on Vista are not
easily applied for all users
* It's a battle trying to edit what it thinks are system files, even if
they're not
* It doesn't really offer all that much over XP
</tirade>
And I even have one for IE7 if you really want to hear it:
<tirade>
* They've moved all the buttons around to a non-standard layout (hmm,
remind me of Office 2007)
* They changed the rendering method *again*
* Still no support for some really standard CSS
* For a browser with half the components in memory, it still takes too
long to start up
* More security holes than any other browser
</tirade>
I'd go on, but I don't want to write a university thesis...
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
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On Sep 12, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Boyd, Todd M. wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Sancar Saran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:15 PM
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Why MS Won't Retire Browsers -- was: Interntet
Explorer 8 beater 2
Because,
M$ earning money from Win GUI. No WinGUI no money.
From the begining, M$ try to broke web compatibilty in every way...
Sure M$ has bad records about software quality. But even ask
yourself.
WHY IE
(especially 5 and 6) SO buggy even M$ standards.
M$ isn't mr nice guy and they wont get a dime from web.
They hate web and internet from begining.
M$ is anti web IT company. They are too big they are to bold (or
bald)
to
accept changing market and they got too much money on
bank to do someting very very stupid.
Like Windows VISTA.
Don't expect anything good from M$...
<tirade>
Okay... here it goes. I'm sick and tired of people talking trash on
Windows Vista. It came pre-installed on my laptop (Home Premium...
not Business Pro, sadly) and I haven't had any issues with it
whatsoever. Some of my WinXP programs don't show up in the start
menu when they're installed... but it's not Microsoft's fault that
software companies haven't taken the initiative to adapt to the new
Vista framework (which, let's be honest, can't require all that much
effort in most cases where base-level operating system stuff isn't
involved in the actual program).
Annoyed with the UAC that asks you to confirm every administrative
decision you make on your computer? Quit being a weenie and just
automate it with RegEdit (or, if you're using Business, there is an
explicit option for it in the Control Panel).
Annoyed with all the bells and whistles in the Aero theme that is
installed by default? Don't use it! I remember the first time I
installed a Linux distro that came pre-bundled with KDE... I took
the time to remove all the fading, transparency, window animations,
bouncing cursors, etc. (actually, I just switched to XFCE instead).
I don't see the difference. If you want to get high and mighty with
a retort about rolling your own Linux distribution--well, you've
just sailed far beyond ANY pre-packaged OS (Mac, Windows, Linux, or
otherwise) and the point is moot.
Find a new scapegoat to complain about, PLEASE. Bitch about WebKit's
lack of XMLDOM instantiation. Bitch about Google launching pay-for-
play high resolution satellite imagery. Bitch about the Xandros EEE
being squashed by Intel. Bitch about Facebook's API and their
draconic limitations on markup language and Javascript... but this
"Vista sucks and I won't comment as to why" broken record has run
its course.
</tirade>
Have a lovely day!
Todd Boyd
Web Programmer
Three Votes Todd!! In total agreement.
I've been meaning to make a similar post & statement not just here (in
PHP mailing list), but in an abundant number of places all across the
Internet horizon. And My PC didn't come bundled with Vista, in fact, I
actually Upgraded from XP personally & manually.
I have no stock options in Microsoft, and I have nothing personal with
them - Just another commodity user/customer. And I couldn't have said
it any better.
Cheers!
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Founder, Internet Architects Group, Inc.
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[Web] http://www.rahulsjohari.com
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