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Channel 4 make a wrong choice?
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phantombudgie
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I was on the internet the other day and I found this: [/clarkson] Channel 4 have absolutely lost it. I'll throw this out there for anyone who's bored and wants any easy shot. The latest technology! [/troll]
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| Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:39 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Well not everyone will know the difference. This may not be popular among the technical crowd, Though I cant see the point. If they want to do this that is their choice.
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EddArmitage
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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It fails to install on my laptop. /troll
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| Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:08 pm |
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big_D
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Microsoft are pushing it here as well, with long advert segments on some channels (around 4-5 minutes), with comedy sketches to get over their point about features and safety.
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| Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:48 pm |
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forquare1
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The usual "I'm a dumb Mac user and your download doesn't work" has been sent, wonder what I'll get back.
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bobbdobbs
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probably "oh well tough luck" _________________Finally joined Flickr
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Amnesia10
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If that is the case maybe it is a general push to get IE8 used by more people. Which is not a bad thing. Getting people away from IE6 is a very good thing. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Nick
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I agree Amnesia. If peecee users are going to use IE then it's a good idea to use the latest version, and if Channel4 can earn a bit of cash by encouraging them (which I assume they will do) then it's win-win.
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| Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:25 pm |
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big_D
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Yep, that is the general gist of the ads. It won't appeal to the techies who already use Firefox or Chrome, but hopefully it will jolt the non-technically aware people into upgrading their machines. Moving people onto IE8 (from IE6 or earlier) is a huge benefit for all - it has less vulnerarbilities, it is under active support (IE6 doesn't even get security patches any more, it is EOL) and it makes life a lot easier for web developers, because it tends to work well-enough, that the usual plethora of bad coding techniques and hacks, to get a site to work with IE6 aren't needed, you only need to code the site once and do it cleanly. Yes, like the others, it doesn't implement all of the HTML/CSS/JavaScript standards 100%, but the overlap from Chrome, Safari, Firefox and IE8 are big enough that a majority of sites can work on all of the browsers without having to have hacks in the code. Bleeding edge sites, such as HTML 5 showcases will have problems, but the majority of sites will be fine.
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