Stop using internet explorer!

[Maheshvara]

I respect all of your opinions its just that I like others internet browsers better and in my opinion its the worst of them all.

If it's YOUR opinion, then don't go ordering us to stop using it/never to use it! You could've written something like "Why i think IE is the worst browser"....

 

This is an obvious click bait that's used to increase your post count....

[coen113]

Its not that bad

[CaptainKoda]

before all of you guys blow your heads of internet explorer just didn't work for me and i am sure now its better its just i haven't tried and now maybe i will since you guys told me it was better...

[WinNut]

I use IE9 in the school library when I'm handling transactions through the school's web-based library management system...it's actually way better than Chrome and Firefox, which I have tried for that application.

[handymanshandle]

Chrome is love, Chrome is life.

(I hear it's [Chrome] a ram hog, on Windows 7 Home Premium with four chrome tabs open it uses about 2.90GB (The laptop has 8GB).)

[techswede]

ok thats perfectly fine

Although.. I think it needs an update.. Or something

 

Correction. I had images disabled... Was checking a link that might've contained pictures of spiders a few months ago

[xox]

Internet Explorer is fucking better

 

Well, at least the metro version is, the desktop one is the fucking same as the others (alas, I use FF)

[Fgtfv567]

Why were people saying it's so bad back then? Where did this stereotype come from?

[NumLock21]

thats certainly your opinion its just internet explorer just crashed when I first used it

Most likely cause by adobe flash since MSN is the default home page.

[c3p0_]

Using firefox 36 development build. IE isn't a bad browser. It works for normal users but meh doesn't suit me.

 

[GoodBytes]

Maybe you find IE simplistic. But, it's the only web browser that:

-> perfectly touch friendly, with amazing 'apple-like' performance and responsiveness, when scrolling and zooming

-> perfectly high-dpi aware

-> consumes the least amount of battery

-> consumes the least amount of resources.

All IE is missing is add-ons. Once they have that, the web browser is the best choice.

Chrome is maybe faster, but its not efficient at all, and still need a lot of work for proper high-dpi support, despite improvements on that regard. Not to mention that you no privacy with Chrome, even if you use private mode, and you are associate with any google account. Microsoft and Firefox, you have complete privacy.

I am happy to see that more and more people are seeing that speed isn't everything.

(i am using firefox)

[Phillyphries]

Internet Explorer 11 is great.

 

I hate having to install multiple browsers. It's a damn mess.

 

IE can do everything Chrome can with less bloat. Fact.

 

Also, @GoodBytes ftw

[Hazy125]

TL;DR my post:

IE for developers still sucks

For normal consumers it's f**king amazing

For power users not so much

 

 

In response to your edit:

 

I'm in a writing mood today, which means the forum is going to get proper posts. Unfortunately for other people, it means long posts. So, spoiler tags

 

First part: Is internet Explorer better?

 

I'm going to break this down into 2 sections. One from a development standpoint, 

and one from a general user standpoint.

 

Let's start with the developer/development standpoint.

 

While the current version and the previous few versions are quite a bit better

when it comes to compatibility compared to earlier versions where Microsoft

either didn't add any support fro a feature at all, or tried to implement 

their own version or something similar, compatibility still isn't up to par

with new developments and a good proportion of advanced CSS3 features.

 

We can give them a pass on the CSS3 features it doesn't support because in

general the things it doesn't support are experimental and not part of the

current specification.

 

IE also currently handles tables the worst out of any browser, but this can

still be blamed on the vague HTML specification for tables. We can hope this

will be fixed in newer versions of HTML, as currently tables are a major thing

that behave differently in almost any web browser.

 

Something that web browsers also do, that many people don't realise, they

compensate for poorly written or plain wrong HTML. Usually this involves 

making adjustments to suit the document type that is declared, or if no

document type is declared, determining the most correct doctype based on what

is included in the HTML document. For the majority of things, Internet explorer

handles this quite well, and handling it well is what sets apart good browsers 

from poor. There are hundreds of web browsers, but only a handful are dominant.

Where Internet Explorer fails in relation to compensation for code is in relation

to some obscure nesting problems with HTML tags and some things involving a

combination of HTML and JavaScript.

 

Speaking of JavaScript, this is still a problem with Internet Explorer. There are

some really annoying things Internet Explorer does in relation to JavaScript that

makes development very difficult, because using JavaScript is important for a 

nice user experience. If you've ever opened up the Developer Tools in any web 

browser you will notice a tab called "console". This is typically used for 

JavaScript debugging and testing. Unfortunately, if you make a reference to

the console in you JavaScript script, the script will not work. This can be 

really annoying when developing code, but also when using various libraries.

See http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js to see what a JavaScript

library contains. If the library references the console, the script won't run.

Obviously this is bad when the library contains much code and you can't find

where it does to remove it.

 

Finally, Internet Explorers default privacy settings make it difficult to 

develop for. Combined with the ease at which Internet Explorer can make 

users disable scripts make this something that can cause a major problem

for developers. For example, an entirely AJAX controlled website function

could be rendered completely useless.

 

 

 

Consumer Standpoint:

 

A clever developer can find a way around all the problems listed above.

The result is a very clean and smooth experience. IE can run well on

low resource systems while still maintaining a high degree of polish. It

all looks and feels great.

 

But what if the developer couldn't overcome the above problems? CSS and 

JavaScript animations are still going to be smooth and very appealing to

look at and use, but functionality will be missing causing an unresponsive

or completely broken website. UI elements could be completely broken and 

the website could look terrible. Obviously if the website is for a business

then this is a major concern.

 

A consumer may also not like the lack of expansion to the browser via

extensions, especially if they're used to extensions after coming from

any other major web browser. For some people who used extensions like

AdBlock, this could potentially be a deal breaker. A particularly 

savvy consumer might be able to implement a few "hacks" to gain

back some of this functionality, but for the most part, those solutions

don't work particularly well

 

To summarise what was covered in the spoiler tag, Internet explorer still

has some major flaws when it comes to developing for it, but if the developer 

can overcome these flaws, and there is always a way to do so, then the experience

for the user is simply unmatched when it comes to speed and glamour factor in

comparison to any of the other major half-dozen browsers. However, it can also

be the opposite for both the developer and the consumer if the issues cannot be

resolved by the developer.

 

Finally, to answer your question. Is IE better? For the majority of consumers 

today, yes. For developers, no. Firefox with firebug was leading the way until

recently when Chrome made a major update to Dev Tools allowing device and User 

Agent Spoofing. For "techies" and "power users", no. We need extensions and 

other features that IE simply doesn't provide right now 

[Hazy125]

Why were people saying it's so bad back then? Where did this stereotype come from?

 

 

Also a large proportion of advanced web technologies were not supported pissing off devs and as a result leaving the user with a degraded experience