▲ 328 ▼ Microsoft now offering chance to win $1 million or a car if you switch to Edge (www.neowin.net) submitted 6 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments Microsoft dangles $1 million prizes and Mercedes-AMG cars inside Edge as persistent pop-ups potentially spark fresh "bribery" backlash.
[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago (5 children) You want another version of IE? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) Right now, Chrome is basically IE6. It rushes in standards with little compliance, bloats your memory, and everyone is forced to use it. All browsers are just skins, and if Google's recent Android moves are any indication, they'll likely close off source at some point so they can load it through with spyware. In terms of making a bad situation slightly better, I'd be in favor of MS re-vamping their browser division. It has little to do with AI or murdering Palestinians though, so I doubt they will. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) As a web developer, I would happily support current chrome over literally any version of IE. It’s not even a contest. The majority of standards are properly implemented in chrome, and it tends to be edge cases that are not. Whereas for IR you needed IE specific “hacks” to do a number of everyday things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Of course they’re implemented properly in Chrome. They wrote those standards, and pushed them through without review. Hence why technologies like WebRTC and simple gradients had about 8 half-working implementations in Chrome, while the later IE team put a hand up and said “Hang on, let’s implement this the right way and agree on a spec.” The way you describe IE-specific hacks was true up through around IE9. Once they got to Edge, they retired importance of major versions and insisted people auto-update their browser, getting companies off the idea of retaining an old browser for “compatibility”. They were doing the right thing for a short time before the end. I suppose a lot of people didn’t even see that period. permalink fedilink source parent [–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) I'd need a reason to use Edge. If it used a different browser engine, that would be a compelling reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago Did you use IE when it was still around? Edge is their “new” offering, because of how terrible their own engine was. Moving back to their own engine would be a step backwards. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) Right now, Chrome is basically IE6. It rushes in standards with little compliance, bloats your memory, and everyone is forced to use it. All browsers are just skins, and if Google's recent Android moves are any indication, they'll likely close off source at some point so they can load it through with spyware. In terms of making a bad situation slightly better, I'd be in favor of MS re-vamping their browser division. It has little to do with AI or murdering Palestinians though, so I doubt they will. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) As a web developer, I would happily support current chrome over literally any version of IE. It’s not even a contest. The majority of standards are properly implemented in chrome, and it tends to be edge cases that are not. Whereas for IR you needed IE specific “hacks” to do a number of everyday things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Of course they’re implemented properly in Chrome. They wrote those standards, and pushed them through without review. Hence why technologies like WebRTC and simple gradients had about 8 half-working implementations in Chrome, while the later IE team put a hand up and said “Hang on, let’s implement this the right way and agree on a spec.” The way you describe IE-specific hacks was true up through around IE9. Once they got to Edge, they retired importance of major versions and insisted people auto-update their browser, getting companies off the idea of retaining an old browser for “compatibility”. They were doing the right thing for a short time before the end. I suppose a lot of people didn’t even see that period. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) As a web developer, I would happily support current chrome over literally any version of IE. It’s not even a contest. The majority of standards are properly implemented in chrome, and it tends to be edge cases that are not. Whereas for IR you needed IE specific “hacks” to do a number of everyday things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Of course they’re implemented properly in Chrome. They wrote those standards, and pushed them through without review. Hence why technologies like WebRTC and simple gradients had about 8 half-working implementations in Chrome, while the later IE team put a hand up and said “Hang on, let’s implement this the right way and agree on a spec.” The way you describe IE-specific hacks was true up through around IE9. Once they got to Edge, they retired importance of major versions and insisted people auto-update their browser, getting companies off the idea of retaining an old browser for “compatibility”. They were doing the right thing for a short time before the end. I suppose a lot of people didn’t even see that period. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Of course they’re implemented properly in Chrome. They wrote those standards, and pushed them through without review. Hence why technologies like WebRTC and simple gradients had about 8 half-working implementations in Chrome, while the later IE team put a hand up and said “Hang on, let’s implement this the right way and agree on a spec.” The way you describe IE-specific hacks was true up through around IE9. Once they got to Edge, they retired importance of major versions and insisted people auto-update their browser, getting companies off the idea of retaining an old browser for “compatibility”. They were doing the right thing for a short time before the end. I suppose a lot of people didn’t even see that period. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) I'd need a reason to use Edge. If it used a different browser engine, that would be a compelling reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago Did you use IE when it was still around? Edge is their “new” offering, because of how terrible their own engine was. Moving back to their own engine would be a step backwards. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago Did you use IE when it was still around? Edge is their “new” offering, because of how terrible their own engine was. Moving back to their own engine would be a step backwards. permalink fedilink source parent