why doesn't microsoft just fix internet explorer?
 

why doesn't microsoft just fix internet explorer?

They have money and could have fixed this years ago... then spent the money to change the perception of the public of how bad it is/was.

The core basics of the browser are often fucked and we see this day in and day out in the web hosting business.

There has to be a bigger reason as to why they just haven't fixed it.


Any ideas GFY?

The programmers have Apple stock:winkwink:

I have not used it in years, but I was under the impression their new versions have been much better and worked out a lot of issues, especially relating to accepting html5 and css3 technologies.

As to their older versions, they are already released and in use, can't really just fix them. For now if you feel like actually supporting older versions (In web dev, I personally don't give a fuck about IE at all). then you need to use css / javascript hacks.

Even the most current version has so many problems.....We see this on a day to day basis.


Conspiracy theorists .... Why do you think Microsoft hasn't Really fixed I.E.???

Maybe they make good money on tech support?

I don't think so... I work for a huge Hosting company and we just refer people to use Firefox or Chrome.

This solves so many issues, its scary.

Once the customer realizes Firefox/Chrome is better... Internet Explorer is history... they leave it behind.

Their policy with IE is one of stupidest software policy which i ever seen.Like is not enough how they release new version every x years instead every x months like other browsers doing,they want you to upgrade and pay to latest operative system to use latest version of internet explorer.

This.

I still use XP on my computer so can't go above IE8.

WordPress is going to be fun when Twenty Twelve is the default as IE8 fucks the layout.

One needs to understand the insidious nature of Bill Gates and his creation Microsoft. He also sends vaccines to third world countries; we have to look closely at what's really going on behind the smoke and mirrors :2 cents:

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IE9 is full of bugs.
it's annoying nearly every day and every day i have to do a ctrl + alt + suppr to remove a window that freezed because i slided a pannel involuntarily

IE9 was ok but only used it for certain things, mainly use chrome now, but as ofa week or so IE9 keep crashing on tons of pages for no reason, pages it never had problems with. There are not little sites either, it big ones like yahoo etc.

I'd rather be actually looking for a reason for them to spend time and resources to develop a better free browser. Why whould they when others are providing them with free content for their OS?

Because they want people to use Bing/MSN.

M$ has just never really understood the Internet honestly... They should be what google is today and so much more.

That's why they've partnered up so much with FB. Bing is the map of choice with FB.

I'm a front-end engineer (of my own sites now).

I hate IE.

The problem is the fucking Trident - the IE engine, written in C++.

It seems that Microsoft just don't care about improving the code of his engine to make it read web pages properly. Instead, they prefer to invest time and money in marketing.

Gecko is the Mozilla Firefox engine, and WebKit is the Apple engine, used by Safari and Chrome. Both, Gecko and WebKit have a smart team working on it, and most importantly, they really care about making a better internet. They even help W3C to improve HTML5 and CSS3.

Honestly I've never had a problem with ie9. Some of the older versions were terrible though. And if you're on xp then having to use ie8 is a nightmare. I think Google just purposely makes all their content incompatible with it.

they must be super retarded, all that money and brains and they make shit every time!

Hell, if they fixed the fuckin' thing, the programmers would be out of their jobs! Those geeks could not get by in the real world.

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