IE Ads Working, Eating Chrome Share like a Lion eats his food

[tgp]

Wonder how many chrome installs are because people don't know to uncheck the box on an adobe flash update.

Ha ha true!

On the flip side, I wonder how many people use IE because it comes by default on a PC.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Ha ha true!

On the flip side, I wonder how many people use IE because it comes by default on a PC.

That depends on country. In Europe people need to pick a browser when they set up a new PC. What is the Browser Choice update? (KB976002) - Microsoft Windows

 

[stmav]

Ha ha true!

On the flip side, I wonder how many people use IE because it comes by default on a PC.

Unless they are somewhat of a techie, or have a friend that has turned them on to alternative browsers, probably a good many. I know a lot of my friends didn't even know they had chrome on their computer. Much less what it was and asked if it was ok to uninstall it when I told them what it was and how they got it.

 

[Oliver Newell]

IE was terrible......about 7 years ago. But IE8 was a real turning point, IE9 was even better but IE10 is fantastic and eats chrome for breakfast. It is so fast in my windows 8 computer. Its easy to use and very fluid. I have never liked chrome, these days it is very insecure what with googles past and current record of privacy issues. In fact Microsoft are emphasising security in their ads in the UK probably aimed at google. I will admit with IE10 there is room for improvement, flash player needs to be standards on the non desktop version and the touch input for some websites needs improvement, but I think they are coming in windows 8.1, so yeah. I can see why chrome is loosing its market share. firefox is good as well.

 

[spaulagain]

I've been using Chrome for several years now and it has been a great browser. IE10 is much better than previous versions but it still lacks a good development tool. The code inspector is great in Chrome but quite archaic in IE. As a web developer, I can't avoid Chrome until Microsoft makes an equivalent developer tool.

 

[eddieDOTexe]

To be fair most (if not all, save for the EU) of IE installs are because it comes bundled with Windows. But this is pretty good news for Microsoft. They're finally shaking off that bad image from their browser.

 

[sueha]

If you could install Adblock Plus for IE10 i'd swap from Firefox... But I simply cannot put up with those ads on Youtube etc... Forcing you to watch a 30 second video before you can see the content you want.

No thanks google.

Never had any ads on YouTube with IE10 + TPL.

 

[iHuGi]

I've been using Chrome for several years now and it has been a great browser. IE10 is much better than previous versions but it still lacks a good development tool. The code inspector is great in Chrome but quite archaic in IE. As a web developer, I can't avoid Chrome until Microsoft makes an equivalent developer tool.

i have to agree that Chrome Store is way better than IE store but new IE might have the Windows Store no ?? With all the games and such.

 

[Storl]

I've been using Chrome for several years now and it has been a great browser. IE10 is much better than previous versions but it still lacks a good development tool. The code inspector is great in Chrome but quite archaic in IE. As a web developer, I can't avoid Chrome until Microsoft makes an equivalent developer tool.

IE11 has some new things i think, or just a redesign of the Developer UI (F12) not sure.. but you should be able to test it on the 26th June with the 8.1 Preview for W8.
Personally i think IE10 is great but it can not replace Opera for me even though IE10 is far better at rendering, but the lack of Javascript extensions is annoying :\ and the only extension i really want is WoT which brings up a very ugly extra bar on IE10...

 

[gsquared]

For ads I use MVPS Hosts. It reverts all unwanted sites back to 127.0.0.1

 

[Jazmac]

Google is worried their business practices are coming under scrutiny from regulators in the US and Europe. Can't be good for investors.

 

[sentimentGX4]

I'm team Opera all the way! This browser doesn't get the attention it deserves for being the driving force behind the overwhelming majority of web browser innovation for over a decade.

(EDIT: But I also use Chrome and Firefox and Metro IE on occasion.)

 

[Laura Knotek]

I'm team Opera all the way! This browser doesn't get the attention it deserves for being the driving force behind the overwhelming majority of web browser innovation for over a decade.

(EDIT: But I also use Chrome and Firefox and Metro IE on occasion.)

Have you tried Opera Next 15.0? It's really fast.

 

[spaulagain]

i have to agree that Chrome Store is way better than IE store but new IE might have the Windows Store no ?? With all the games and such.

I'm not talking about the store. I'm talking about the code inspector. As a web developer it is very helpful in troubleshooting development. Chrome's inspector lets you right mouse click on an object to view its html and CSS, then change right in the browser to see the changes. Also, it visually shows the margins and padding, etc. IE's inspector is half baked at best. You can't simply right mouse click on an item and view it. You have to view the code, then click through all the [+] for each div until you find it. Then the CSS is displayed horribly on the right and very difficult to re-factor in the browser.

My Dad has been an avid IE adversary for sometime. Recently he and I started working on a web project together. I showed him the tool in Chrome vs the IE one and he couldn't believe how good the Chrome one was. He switched and hasn't looked back.

Also, Microsoft needs to stop versioning their browser. Until they do that, they will always be behind Chrome and Firefox. While IE10 is much better, dealing with the legacy versions is a nightmare. Especially because Microsoft was horrible at using standards even between their own versions.

When I have to add 3 additional stylesheets to a project specifically for older versions of IE, then there is a fundamental problem with IE.

 

[a5cent]

If you could install Adblock Plus for IE10 i'd swap from Firefox

I use adblock plus, request policy and ghostery in Firefox. I haven't found anything like those for IE yet.

I'm not sure if this is what you two are looking for. I think it might be, so give it a try. I'm using IE10 and so far it has worked great. After installing and enabling it, you also need to tell it what country you are in (status bar > simple-add-block icon > settings).

Adblock for Internet Explorer version IE7, IE8, IE9 and IE10 – Simple Adblock

 

[JammyGitz]

I've been using Chrome for a couple of years ago and I forgot pop-ups even existed until I tried IE 10, then every website I was going on.... BAM... casino pop-up blocked my view of the porn I was watching. IE's pop-up blocker doesn't even work

 

[12Danny123]

I've been using Chrome for a couple of years ago and I forgot pop-ups even existed until I tried IE 10, then every website I was going on.... BAM... casino pop-up blocked my view of the porn I was watching. IE's pop-up blocker doesn't even work

Ewww. Hope your not addicted to porn

 

[WanderingTraveler]

I'm going to wait till I get my Win8 PC for me to go back to using IE.
Some toolbar messed up IE on my laptop. That, and some devs are just sloppy in coding *cough*Facebook*cough*

I've been using Chrome for a couple of years ago and I forgot pop-ups even existed until I tried IE 10, then every website I was going on.... BAM... casino pop-up blocked my view of the porn I was watching. IE's pop-up blocker doesn't even work

I totally forgot I was in a family-friendly forum when I saw this.
I'm 14.

 

[WanderingTraveler]

I'm team Opera all the way! This browser doesn't get the attention it deserves for being the driving force behind the overwhelming majority of web browser innovation for over a decade.

(EDIT: But I also use Chrome and Firefox and Metro IE on occasion.)

As someone who used Opera Mini back in my days with Symbian (which was a long, long time in phone years), go Opera!
Then, they switched to Webkit...

 

[Robert Carpenter]

I'm not talking about the store. I'm talking about the code inspector. As a web developer it is very helpful in troubleshooting development. Chrome's inspector lets you right mouse click on an object to view its html and CSS, then change right in the browser to see the changes. Also, it visually shows the margins and padding, etc. IE's inspector is half baked at best. You can't simply right mouse click on an item and view it. You have to view the code, then click through all the [+] for each div until you find it. Then the CSS is displayed horribly on the right and very difficult to re-factor in the browser.

My Dad has been an avid IE adversary for sometime. Recently he and I started working on a web project together. I showed him the tool in Chrome vs the IE one and he couldn't believe how good the Chrome one was. He switched and hasn't looked back.

Also, Microsoft needs to stop versioning their browser. Until they do that, they will always be behind Chrome and Firefox. While IE10 is much better, dealing with the legacy versions is a nightmare. Especially because Microsoft was horrible at using standards even between their own versions.

When I have to add 3 additional stylesheets to a project specifically for older versions of IE, then there is a fundamental problem with IE.

Just wanted to point out that you are wrong, maybe you just haven't discovered it.

IE has an "Inspect Element" option too. If you open F12 Developer Tools, right underneath the HTML tab there is a "mouse icon". Click that icon, and then you can select any element on the webpage.

Try it out!