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[jwinslow]

Google's HTML5 YouTube Videos Don't Need Flash - Youtube html5 - Gizmodo

IFOWOGO[/ocbucksfan]

 

[Muck]

For me it's been a matter of performance, I have IE8 but I have never actually used it, there was always memory leaks,

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I brought the new chrome announcement because, well, Firefox is becoming the memory whore that IE used to be, suddenly your browser can consume 4 gigs of memory, and that's a problem, I have not encountered those issues with Chrome.

You're claiming that FF's memory management problems are a new thing and that IE has typically been worse?!

I'm gonna have to call BS on that one.

FF has had a memory leak the size of Rosie O'Donnel's ass since at least version 2.0.

 

[OCBucksFan]

You're claiming that FF's memory management problems are a new thing and that IE has typically been worse?!

I'm gonna have to call BS on that one.

FF has had a memory leak the size of Rosie O'Donnel's ass since at least version 2.0.

I am not claiming it to be a new thing, and IE consumes more memory on the initial run than most browsers, and you can add to that the enormous security holes it's had in the past, I deal with it every day at work, I see what my terminal servers memory looks like with IE and without IE. Also, the thing with Firefox it is was never really an issue when I had 1 gig of memory, now that I have 16, I see exactly how bad it can be, after an hour, IE runs like shit on 1 gig of memory as does firefox. After 4 hours, Firefox will eat up a ton of memory in a single process, and bring my pretty system to a fucking crawl.

Bring back Mosaic!

 

[OCBucksFan]

Google's HTML5 YouTube Videos Don't Need Flash - Youtube html5 - Gizmodo

IFOWOGO[/ocbucksfan]

This is actually sort of concerning, with Adobe taking so much time to get flash for the android (something that was originally promised prior to the release of the droid) it makes me wonder if google is trying to move away from the idea all together.

We talk about memory leaks in browsers, but honestly, I think most of those have to do with flash. So this could be a good thing, could be a bad thing, I know that it's become way too common on the net, but I guess it's better than animated .gifs.

 

[jwinslow]

Internet Explorer losing users as other browsers set share records -- Engadget

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In the last quarter, Chrome, Safari and Opera all set new personal bests for browser market share with 4.63, 4.46 and 2.4 percent respectively. This period marks the first time Chrome has beaten Safari to third spot, while their collective prosperity comes at the expense of IE, which continues to hemorrhage users at a rate of 0.92 percentage points a month. Microsoft's 62.7 percent slice might still look mighty, but projections from Net Applications suggest it could shrink to below 50 percent by May of this year. Unless something magical happens. You'll probably also want to know that Net Applications monitors incoming traffic to over 40,000 websites and generates a sample size of about 160 million unique visitors each month -- making the veracity of its claims pretty robust.

One hidden sign of our collective laziness: 21 percent of all users last quarter were still fulfilling their browsing needs with IE 6. For shame.

 

[powerlifter]

I wouldn't be surprised if the number of chrome users doubles by this time next year.

 

[MaxBuck]

I'm not clear why anyone thinks use of IE6 is a sign of laziness. If what you're using meets your needs, wasting time to install something else seems stupid to me.

Just commentary from a bunch of elitist IT pr icks. :tongue2:

 

[powerlifter]

I'm not clear why anyone thinks use of IE6 is a sign of laziness. If what you're using meets your needs, wasting time to install something else seems stupid to me.

Just commentary from a bunch of elitist IT pr icks. :tongue2:

Patches and vulnerabilities.

 

[Deety]

BuckeyePlanet visitors this month:

1. Internet Explorer 49.31%

2. Firefox 32.36%

3. Safari 11.35%

4. Chrome 5.38%

5. Opera 0.44%

6. Mozilla 0.24%

7. Mozilla Compatible Agent 0.21%

8. Opera Mini 0.12%

9. Playstation 0.11%

10. BlackBerry 0.10%


With OS:

1. Internet Explorer / Windows 49.23%

2. Firefox / Windows 28.70%

3. Safari / Macintosh 7.96%

4. Chrome / Windows 5.14%

5. Firefox / Macintosh 3.27%

6. Safari / iPhone 1.81%

7. Safari / iPod 0.75%

8. Safari / Android 0.37%

9. Firefox / Linux 0.36%

10. Safari / Windows 0.33%

 

[jwinslow]

I'm not clear why anyone thinks use of IE6 is a sign of laziness. If what you're using meets your needs, wasting time to install something else seems stupid to me.

Ignorance to ineptitude is not an excuse for home users. Most of them have no clue how to download new drivers or software

IE6 was rated as the 8th worst tech product of all time by PC World. Microsoft's monopoly-driven arrogance and laziness at addressing major flaws was a big problem and still cripples web developers by forcing them to support that troubled browser.

 

[Deety]

Ignorance to ineptitude is not an excuse for home users.

IE6 was rated as the 8th worst tech product of all time by PC World. Microsoft's monopoly-driven arrogance and laziness at addressing major flaws was a big problem and still cripples web developers by forcing them to support that troubled browser.

I've been seeing lots of notices on developer pages about dropping IE6 support this year, and quite a few new plug-ins have been cropping up to give IE6 users nag screens about updating. Looks as though there's a movement afoot to make those users uncomfortable enough that upgrading is easier. This won't help those who don't have control over the matter, though.

 

[jwinslow]

Agreed, unfortunately I believe MS has said they will support IE6 until 2014 :(

 

[Deety]

Agreed, unfortunately I believe MS has said they will support IE6 until 2014 :(

Well that's just silly. Everyone knows there won't be any 2014.

 

[Muck]

Well that's just silly. Everyone knows there won't be any 2014.

Apophis doesn't strike until 2036 silly.

 

[CentralMOBuck]

Anyone ever have any problems watching videos in vimeo?