I know this might sound like crazy conspiracy theory stuff, but I feel like Google intentionally causes issues with IE just to make people turn away from it. At the very least, I think Google exclusively tests their websites with Chrome and doesn't even run a quick passthrough with IE.
Here is a list of problems I have on Google sites that only happens with IE.
1. Browser history doesn't work on Youtube. After watching a video, I click the back button and it takes me down to the comments section. If I click back again, it takes me to two places back in my history. For instance, if I have watched 2 videos already and am now on the third one, hitting back once will take me to the comment section, and twice will takes me to the first video I watched. There is no way for me to get back to the second video.
2. Gmail wont load sometimes. Generally I don't have an issue with Gmail, but there have been times where it just doesn't load. It will sit on the loading screen and just spin. I can close my browser and try again and it doesn't work. It almost seems like the site is down, but if open FireFox it works totally fine.
3. I will get randomly logged out of gchat. If I am logged in to Gmail, I can be having a conversation with someone for an hour and then just suddenly get logged out, or it will keep saying my last comment didn't get sent. I will refresh the page and be logged back in, and then a few minutes later get logged out again.
4. Google.com doesn't always search dynamically. Google usually searches as you type in the search box. Sometimes it works nicely, other times it doesn't. Sometimes I will start typing and it will take me to the search results screen with a message that says that I have to click search to actually search. I haven't had that issue with any other browser. The message doesn't even show up if it is searching as you type, which tells me it is something intentional. Like if they know you have been typing and they are telling you that you have to click the search button, why cant they just automatically search?
Has anyone else noticed the issues? Am I just being paranoid or do you think Google is trying to get people off of IE in an underhanded way?
Here is a list of problems I have on Google sites that only happens with IE.
1. Browser history doesn't work on Youtube. After watching a video, I click the back button and it takes me down to the comments section. If I click back again, it takes me to two places back in my history. For instance, if I have watched 2 videos already and am now on the third one, hitting back once will take me to the comment section, and twice will takes me to the first video I watched. There is no way for me to get back to the second video.
2. Gmail wont load sometimes. Generally I don't have an issue with Gmail, but there have been times where it just doesn't load. It will sit on the loading screen and just spin. I can close my browser and try again and it doesn't work. It almost seems like the site is down, but if open FireFox it works totally fine.
3. I will get randomly logged out of gchat. If I am logged in to Gmail, I can be having a conversation with someone for an hour and then just suddenly get logged out, or it will keep saying my last comment didn't get sent. I will refresh the page and be logged back in, and then a few minutes later get logged out again.
4. Google.com doesn't always search dynamically. Google usually searches as you type in the search box. Sometimes it works nicely, other times it doesn't. Sometimes I will start typing and it will take me to the search results screen with a message that says that I have to click search to actually search. I haven't had that issue with any other browser. The message doesn't even show up if it is searching as you type, which tells me it is something intentional. Like if they know you have been typing and they are telling you that you have to click the search button, why cant they just automatically search?
Has anyone else noticed the issues? Am I just being paranoid or do you think Google is trying to get people off of IE in an underhanded way?