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How I feel whenever someone at work complains about IE crashing. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]IPoopedALittle 129 points130 points ago

Bashing IE? So brave.

[–]achesst 17 points18 points ago

Who's going to start the slow clap?

[–]IPoopedALittle 21 points22 points ago

The slow kid.

[–]ZiggyOnMars 8 points9 points ago

/fastclap

[–]Oxupied 44 points45 points ago

Internet Explorer seems pretty solid these days. Firefox? Not so much. Chrome is solid too, IMO.

[–]TheBeardofWin 28 points29 points ago

Getting downvoted for pointing out that FF has had huge memory leaks for years now, regardless of ~6 new releases that were supposed to fix it? Not for me. Have an upvote.

BTW, my gf was sitting on reddit with a few other tabs open at the same time (pinterest, facebook, etc) and started complaining about her computer running really slow. I checked taskman and FF was using 1.2gb's of memory. A browser. 1.2 gb's.

[–]dertydan 10 points11 points ago

Shhhhhhhh, they won't listen to your silly logic!

[–]Sunlis 7 points8 points ago

Chrome does the same thing to me. Gobbled up memory like nobody's business.

Closing Chrome noticeably improves the performance of some games on my laptop, like SC2 and Skyrim.

[–]PoorlyTimedPhraseGuy 1 point2 points ago

I had no idea this was the reason behind my computer's memory getting sucked up. I tend to leave FF running on a reference page or something when I game, since I dual-screen.

[–]AutoBiological 1 point2 points ago

Firefox memory leaks have bothered me for years. However, it's probably also the fact that I'm also still one of the only people using 1gig of ram anymore.

I really like Opera. It's fast, smooth, I like the gestures, private individual tabs. It's one of the only non free software I like to keep.

But I have to stick with Firefox. For being open source, because I don't support Chrome.

[–]nrs5813 2 points3 points ago

I concur. We should be bashing anyone and everyone that isn't using IE 9 or at LEAST IE 8.

[–]Kilgannon_TheCrowing 3 points4 points ago

Don't talk bad about my Firefox!

[–]-Tommy 2 points3 points ago

Firefow is mine! We're in love!

[–]Zebezd 1 point2 points ago

Do you use AZERTY? It's the only reasonable explanation I can come up with for accidentally turning an X into a W. The sight of it kinda threw my mind off enough to remember the existence of the AZERTY keyboard layout in the first place :P

[–]wharpudding 1 point2 points ago

Beyond the ever-present memory leak in all Firefox releases, the 64-bit build of Firefox is pretty sweet.

http://waterfoxproj.sourceforge.net/

[–]stinky-weaselteats 1 point2 points ago

We will.

[–]HobKing 59 points60 points ago

You can't have Dwight use metaphor. He has to actually be correct.

Your implication is false. Internet Explorer is capable of working.

[–]b0w3n 7 points8 points ago

In all fairness Dwight memes tend to be factually incorrect about 65% of the time.

[–]Gearshock 3 points4 points ago

Haha It's funny because it's wrong!

[–]Slayergnome 1 point2 points ago

False! They are incorrect 67.24% of the time.

[–]b0w3n 1 point2 points ago

Seems like you forgot to account for a statistical outlier!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

FALSE: dwight is not on reddit. Dwight is a fictional charcter

[–]screamznbeatz 0 points1 point ago

It's kind of the opposite of sex panther

[–]koakreeper 36 points37 points ago

you know, Dwight's character isn't sarcastic. he deals in factual absolutes. Jim would be the one suited to make this kind of joke.

[–]photonboy 23 points24 points ago

internet explorer is not half as bad as the legion of people that call me at work daily to complain that they are experiencing issues with "internet exploder" and that it is a huge inconvenience.

[–]babycheeses 7 points8 points ago

The derp reached a critical mass with that user group, tell the "power users" they've been wrong for at least two years.

[–]iloveyoureyesdani 10 points11 points ago

When I see someone making a post about IE crashing, I can't help to feel like SHOUTING "Y U NO STOP USING IE6???". Come on, this is no longer year 2001. There are tons of stable options out there, including new versions of IE!

[–]loststory08 4 points5 points ago

Computer tech in the US Navy here, our network forces us to use ie7, it's terrible. It literally (yes literally) does not work. I am posting this from my phone because if you try to log into Reddit on my work (lol work) computer, ie will crash and has about a 70% chance of locking up XP until you poke the damn thing in the eye and kill it.

[–]Gearshock 2 points3 points ago

upvote for "poking in the eye" I feel like I am the only person I know that says that lol

[–]GoddamnitAmerica 5 points6 points ago

Don't try to log onto Reddit from a US Navy computer then.

[–]PoorlyTimedPhraseGuy 1 point2 points ago

If you wanted to have a functional military computer then you should have downloaded a fuckton of porn on all of them.

[–]lifeiswonderful1 6 points7 points ago

Actually Chrome is crashing so much these days that I've been forced to use IE. It's not too bad

[–]Gearshock 2 points3 points ago

Glad to see I am not the only one having issues with chrome. It constantly can't reach pages for me. IE and FF go to the same page first try, but chrome has to attempt and then refresh. It's annoying as hell so I stopped using it.

[–]lifeiswonderful1 2 points3 points ago

I can't download or attach files anymore on a consistent basis. None of the google help forum solutions worked : (

[–]Gearshock 1 point2 points ago

I started having that problem a little towards the end of my most recent attempts to use chrome now that you mention it. My solution was to move back to firefox. :) (Use adblockplus and RES addons if you move over to it. You won't regret it!)

[–]Leoneri 2 points3 points ago

I actually went from Firefox to Chrome recently. Feels faster and smoother over all, and the frequent updating from Firefox to make their version number more competitive with other browsers kept breaking all of the add-ons. I keep checking other browsers periodically to see how much they've improved, however.

[–]Gearshock 1 point2 points ago

I try to do the same actually. I hated Chrome when I first used it. I tried it again for about 6 months a little while ago but kept having page load errors like I mentioned in my post. So recently I am back to firefox and since I only use two addons (AdblockPlus and Reddit Enhancement Suite) I've not had problems with the updates to firefox. Probably the only two reasons that I don't use IE9 actually. I can't internet without my adblock and I can't reddit without my RES. :)

[–]Dawn_Of_The_Dave 6 points7 points ago

Right, here goes. I use Internet Explorer. I have no issues with it. My pages are quick to load and very rarely crash. I often wonder if I live in some kind of alternate universe or if the internet is just full of whiney bastards that like to jump on band wagons.

[–]thechan 1 point2 points ago

Use whatever browser you like. IE9 is actually (finally) a solid option.

Just do the developers of the world a favor, and keep it up to date :)

Also, regarding the popularity of vehicles filled with traveling performers among disagreeable children of questionable provenance, well, welcome to the human race. Though you can't blame them really, that ride had style.

[–]2fouroffsuit 1 point2 points ago

I do enjoy when people refer to IE6 simply as "the internet".

[–]fagcity 12 points13 points ago

Wow, you sure are clever.

[–]Drunken_Economist 16 points17 points ago

You know, IE9 is a pretty well put-together browser. People that hate on IE have probably never used the latest iteration. It's not quite as quick as Chrome, but I prefer it over Opera, Firefox, and Safari.

[–]TheBeardofWin 9 points10 points ago

As do I, Mr Econ. I use Chrome 99% of the time but in the off chance that I feel as though another browser would be better I go for IE before any other alternatives.

IE9 is actually solid. It's still a bit slow to launch but after that it's good to go.

[–]pr1ntscreen 3 points4 points ago

Slow to launch? Have you tried disabling any slow addons? IE 9 has a funtion that warns you if the launch time is above a set threshold. Also, what hardware do you have? On a I3, 4gb ram HP probook it's not far behind chrome for me :)

[–]TheBeardofWin 1 point2 points ago

No add-on's, i5 with 6 gb ram.

I guess I'm comparing it to Chrome since it's the only browser that I really use outside of work. Chrome starts up almost instantaneously, whereas IE usually takes a second or two.

[–]Karter705 2 points3 points ago

When most people complain about IE, they are complaining about the one they are forced to use at work -- which is IE6.

That said, this is finally started to change (my company transitioned to IE8 about 6 months ago, anyway), so you will probably see a lot less IE hate in the future.

[–]M4j0rTr4g3dy 2 points3 points ago

Have any of you fanboys used IE9? I have had no issues with it. Fact, chrome and FF have always given me flash issues.

[–]__circle 15 points16 points ago

IE9 is actually an incredibly good browser. Better than pretty much any other one, save maybe Chrome. I don't use Windows so don't have a chance to use it often, but if I could, I would.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

Too bad there are many work places that insist on using IE6 for some reason...

[–]Nacimota 14 points15 points ago

It's usually because they have some kind of internally produced software running on the local intranet that they couldn't be fucked maintaining for the sake of compatability with later versions of IE (or any other browsers, for that matter).

[–]Karter705 4 points5 points ago

This is not (completely) the fault of the company -- IE had like a 90% market share when IE6 was released in 2001, so it made sense to develop with IE6 in mind. It's a pity that Microsoft hates (well, hated, I suppose) web standards so much and left devs screwed when other (compliant) browsers became popular.

[–]Nacimota 0 points1 point ago

It wasn't so much that they hated web standards; I actually think they were fairly indifferent. You have to remember that when IE was being developed, the first browser war was going on. The web, on the whole, was pretty young and Microsoft was fiercely battling Netscape for market share (Netscape was extremely dominant when MS entered the arena). But the fight wasn't so much about standards as it was about features.

MS was able to cram features in because they had far more resources than Netscape (according to Wikipedia, "Microsoft spent over US$100 million per year on Internet Explorer in the late 1990s,[1] with over 1000 people working on it by 1999."). The result of this, is of course, the bloated piece of rubbish people like to rag on about today (IE6).

[–]babycheeses 1 point2 points ago

Their Admins should deliver IE6 via AppV then.

[–]Grizzalbee 1 point2 points ago

IE9 compatibility mode yo

[–]Nacimota 2 points3 points ago

Not a complete fix but even if it was, it honestly wouldn't occur to them.

[–]babycheeses 3 points4 points ago

If by "many" you mean less than 1%. Then yes.

[–]Karter705 1 point2 points ago

Where did you get 1% from? IE6 still has an overall market share of 9.22% and its market share in the work place was 60% as of 2009

[–]fjarlq 2 points3 points ago

IE6 market share has dropped rapidly in corporate. The March 2011 number was 3.9% according to Forrester (PDF).

It was 15.8% in April 2010.

[–]Karter705 -1 points0 points ago

Wow, that's crazy -- Must be because the support for XP is ending.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

Any value larger than 0% is too many ;)

[–]wharpudding 1 point2 points ago

That's their fault. Not Microsofts.

[–]babycheeses 0 points1 point ago

Its 10 years old. Like any massively popular software, the tailing end is going to be very long and thin.

[–]__circle -1 points0 points ago

Any workplace that does that needs to sack every single IT worker within it. Not because of browser usability problems, but because of how insecure IE6 is.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

These are typically the workplaces that have their IT business handled by the chef's son...

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[–]phishroom 1 point2 points ago

I would think a Fortune 25 company could afford to fix this situation.

[–]XaVierDK 3 points4 points ago

Then they wouldn't be a Fortune 25 company... Or at least, that would be their excuse.. It's probably the difference between the CEO and board getting their third boat or not..

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points ago

Yes because good admins tend to rely on browser security

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points ago

How is it better than Firefox? What about the numerous exploits in the past? Does their shit-poor history not concern you?

[–]Gearshock 4 points5 points ago

While you were busy leveling your charizard to 100, the world moved on without you. The interesting thing with software versions is how amazingly different from each other they can be. IE8 and below are kinda meh, but IE9 is awesome. This is how we do it in the tech world; learning from the past.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Okay, thanks for the response that didn't amount to anything. Awesome how? I'm using it now, why is this better than Firefox?

I just noticed I can't change the size of this window in IE but I can in FF and Chrome...

[–]Gearshock 0 points1 point ago

Well for one thing it doesn't have the memory leaks that FF does, it also loads pages on par with chrome from my recent experiences. Not sure what you mean about not being able to change the size of the window though. I personally use FF because I want AdBlockPlus and RES.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Oh, I think I may be referring to a res feature...

[–]Gearshock 0 points1 point ago

Ahh, you mean the reply box? yeah that may be something with RES.

[–]douglasmacarthur 8 points9 points ago

NO. You are misusing Dwight. Dwight corrects metaphors as though they're literal. He doesn't correct literal things as though they're metaphors.

Also, criticizing IE is so tired. It's just a fucking browser, shut up already.

[–]B-Timmay 1 point2 points ago

I think i heard that one before. In 99, when shit really was bad... I'm not an IE user myself, but i gotta hand it to the developers: They really listened, and acted upon it.

[–]danblee 1 point2 points ago

I'd feel a lot better if they were more specific and it was something like "Explorer has stopped working" "False: If that was the case you wouldn't be able to get to your start menu, desktop items, or anything else that required a browsing window."

[–]LordOfGummies 1 point2 points ago

Internet Explorer 9 works just as well as any other current browser.

[–]Thotaz 7 points8 points ago

I use IE every time I need to download a file over 50 MB because chrome is so slow when I download files for some reason.

[–]hipposarehxc 3 points4 points ago

Why did you get down voted?

[–]wharpudding 2 points3 points ago

Because the Google fanboys won't tolerate any slights against Chrome, even if they're based on fact.

[–]Mudkip123456 9 points10 points ago

I don't always use internet explorer,

but when I do, it's to download chrome.

[–]AutoBiological 2 points3 points ago

I don't always use Internet Explorer, but when I do it's because I'm at work. Otherwise I haven't had it installed in years.

[–]Skeezybum 3 points4 points ago

Wtf is IE? I use Netscape Navigator.

[–]Obiwan123 2 points3 points ago

The Firefox guy has to start the slow clap.

[–]babycheeses 4 points5 points ago

Is that because of Ff's horrible memory leaks and general suck?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Can you expand on the "general suck"?

[–]comox 1 point2 points ago

General Suck reporting for duty, Sir!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

A lot of the comments in this thread don't bother to justify their opinions at all.

"Firefox is shit. Chrome is good, I.E. is better now."

I don't see why Firefox is bad, or I.E. is any better. Security wise I know that FF has performed pretty well in the browser exploit competitions, with I.E. not doing so well. Chrome always comes out top and Safari is usually last I think.

[–]Obiwan123 1 point2 points ago

indeed :) FF only knows the slow clap....and the crash clap.....and the "here is todays patch" clap.....

[–]lusciouslou 1 point2 points ago

I use to use IE. I don't understand the problem with it. The only differences I see with firefox and IE is that firefox has plug ins, and many websites only allow IE to download things. What is the problem with IE really? There could be some huge flaw that I'm missing, but I have never seen it.

[–]thechan 5 points6 points ago

Some end users MIGHT not notice a big difference - the real IE hate typically comes from developers.

Following best practices, coding to standards, and using up-to-date techniques? Great. Your site will work in all browsers EXCEPT Microsoft, because they're above silly things like web standards, and each version of IE has its own unique swarm of bugs. So we code our client sites properly first, then have to write additional individual stylesheets for all the different versions of IE, along with conditional script band-aids to bring their crap up to date. Cross-browser compatibility can double initial build time in some cases, and time spent answering client questions about compatibility testing and IE issues are non-billable hours. All around, Microsoft = headaches that shouldn't be necessary at all, given their resources.

IE9 is actually decent. But unfortunately the industry still has to support versions back to at least 7, because so many IE users refuse to update.

[–]lusciouslou 2 points3 points ago

Thank you. I never understood why IE generated so much hate. I used it for years and then switched to firefox, and i saw very little difference. Again the only true differences I noticed were the add-ons firefox has. The problem I have is that some sites don't like firefox, and ask me to use IE.

[–]Faulty_gramma_guy 1 point2 points ago

"Internet explorer have stopped working"*

[–]PoorlyTimedPhraseGuy 2 points3 points ago

Your spelling is off, too.

[–]poeticdisaster 1 point2 points ago

Oh really?

Relevant

[–]nastybacon 0 points1 point ago

I dont want to get myself unpopular. But I've seen Firefox crash more times than internet explorer. Yes it is embarrassing! My fave is Chrome :)

[–]zoomish 0 points1 point ago

Yesterday someone said they were having trouble with there AOL . I had to leave the room .

[–]asiriphong 0 points1 point ago

I use Chrome which is great for the most part. But at times the built in flash crashes.

[–]trashsack 0 points1 point ago

I hate to be that guy but switch 'mean' with 'imply' and you'll get a better sentence.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Yea, the old versions of IE are pretty terrible, even up to 8. But, IE9 isn't too bad at all, just disable the extra fancy shit. You've probably already disabled that extra filtering bullshit, right? Of course you have, because you're on the internet!!!

[–]Nicuttah 0 points1 point ago

Lets be honest, all internet browsers have major flaws. It just depends largely on which flaws you are willing to deal with.

[–]w0ody -2 points-1 points ago

Like an IE user would know what browser they are using...

[–]Tegamal 1 point2 points ago

I love trying to explain what a Web browser is...

Me: What Web browser are you using?

Them: what's that?

/facepalm

[–]sirs 1 point2 points ago

I love trying to explain what a Web browser is... Me: What Web browser are you using? Them: MS Word! /facepalm

[–]WiebeKremer 0 points1 point ago

My IE actually crashed freakin' 30 seconds before I opened this meme.. WTF?

[–]riptaway 0 points1 point ago

This shit sucks. If you're going to butcher the original intention of memes into nonsensical fucktardation, put them on facebook where they belong.

[–]daemacho 1 point2 points ago

ie contributes to 100% of my stress at work. if i was a super villain, ie would be my driving force to destroy the world. if i lose focus on my villainous plot, i just get on ie for about 10 minutes. work + ie = how super villains are born.

[–]hellomynamesbruce 1 point2 points ago

so it contributes to your workload and therefore contributes to your money pile. I don't get the problem. Without Internet Explorer IT repairman would be fucked.

[–]daemacho -1 points0 points ago*

haha, i wasn't being serious. i just monitor the network and such (making sure nothing going on with the severs, switches, routers, batches, etc) i don't provide much tech support. since our intranet is only fully supported by ie, just using it is frustrating. ie issues don't create a workload for me, just annoying to use, i get paid the same regardless of how ie is operating. Sorry if there wasn’t much clarity in my previous post.
*edit: pretty much ie doesn't work too well at my work. ie 8 is the only compatible browser for our intranet.

[–]ChuckleMonk -1 points0 points ago

Unless you have a large enough user base, in which SQL reports, sharepoint, portals, and customer requirements force your hand and you are left with no choice but to restrict users and only support IE.

IE 9 is a great browser in a work environment, but I feel as if you would be a little crazy for using it over Chrome at home.

[–]spookynutz 0 points1 point ago

Chrome is not perfect, especially for home use. I prefer IE9 at home, to be honest, but use chrome at work. When browsing on an HTPC, Chrome has longstandibg known bugs associated with using large display text in the OS. Crashes, new tabs run off the display over the window controls, browser window maximizes over the taskbar, etc. It also has issues playing full screen flash video in dual display environments. Bringing the primary display to focus will cause Chrome to restore the window on the secondary display. IE has none of these types of issues.

[–]ChuckleMonk 2 points3 points ago

I agree, Chrome has some bugs that are frustrating, especially if you use a good amount of add-ons. The rendering problems in IE are very frustrating to me. I find myself more accepting of googles browser right now.

(edit: hey, fuck us for having a relevant conversation, right?)

[–]whitmell -1 points0 points ago

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE INTERNET EXPLORER IS TOTALLY UNUSABLE!

[–]manaseater 0 points1 point ago

Hey. I use IE everytime I reformat. How else would I get chrome?

[–]PoorlyTimedPhraseGuy 1 point2 points ago

A saved chrome installer on a jump drive or portable HDD.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

But if you're anal you need the installer to be "fresh" every time.

[–]InstantAnythingcom -2 points-1 points ago

Innernet Exploder.

[–]Rountree85 -1 points0 points ago

Who's the guy in the background?

[–]ismelldeath -1 points0 points ago

But it's IE so it's working as intended.

[–]punkmucker -2 points-1 points ago

people still use IE?

[–]screwballs -2 points-1 points ago

sees dwight bashing ie hits him in the face with an apple

[–]Tommy7654 -3 points-2 points ago

BURN! (I guess)

[–]vapre -1 points0 points ago

Your browser is bad and you should feel bad.

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