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Title: So... MS is replacing IE with Spartan browser. Comments / predictions?
Post by: jr2 on January 22, 2015, 06:59:40 am

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/microsoft-unveils-project-spartan-the-browser-after-internet-explorer/

Title: Re: So... MS is replacing IE with Spartan browser. Comments / predictions?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 22, 2015, 07:54:37 am

Windows Phone cortana sounds like cortana. . Now this..

Title: Re: So... MS is replacing IE with Spartan browser. Comments / predictions?
Post by: Luis Dias on January 22, 2015, 09:23:39 am

They're gonna present their genetic program only to the military so don't worry too much.

e: there's an article there at the bottom about how they should "open source" Internet Explorer. AHAHAHAHA ooooo WOW. AAHAHAHA

Title: Re: So... MS is replacing IE with Spartan browser. Comments / predictions?
Post by: karajorma on January 22, 2015, 09:33:02 am

Prediction: It will still be ****.

Title: Re: So... MS is replacing IE with Spartan browser. Comments / predictions?
Post by: Kobrar44 on January 22, 2015, 09:56:35 am

Is IE still really **** anyways? I stopped using it like half a decade ago.

Title: Re: So... MS is replacing IE with Spartan browser. Comments / predictions?
Post by: Luis Dias on January 22, 2015, 09:58:14 am

Yes.

Title: Re: So... MS is replacing IE with Spartan browser. Comments / predictions?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 22, 2015, 10:56:33 am

The only thing I have against IE is I can't use adblock with it.  And they do stupid **** like only allow the new versions on the latest OS.  I have a hard time believing there's a valid technical reason for that.

Title: Re: So... MS is replacing IE with Spartan browser. Comments / predictions?
Post by: Bobboau on January 22, 2015, 10:59:24 am

actually IE got a lot better in the last 3-4 years, around the time HTML5 because the big thing, it's still **** compared to chrome, and bad compared to firefox, but it's not nearly as earth shateringly nightmarish as it used to be.

Title: Re: So... MS is replacing IE with Spartan browser. Comments / predictions?
Post by: jr2 on January 22, 2015, 01:59:59 pm

Quote from: Klaustrophobia on January 22, 2015, 10:56:33 am

The only thing I have against IE is I can't use adblock with it.  And they do stupid **** like only allow the new versions on the latest OS.  I have a hard time believing there's a valid technical reason for that.

IE 1.0 - 8.0 portable (http://www.webupd8.org/2009/03/install-all-internet-explorer-versions.html)