Re: IE6 IE7 and FireFox

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DamBogan wrote:
I have just upgraded my IE6 to IE7 beta 2, I have also just installed the
horrible FireFox. Both IE versions seem to take alot more system memory
when running. To demonstrate, I open two windows of IE6 two tabs of IE7
and two tabs of FireFox, pointed one of each at microsoft.com and one of
each at google.com. The results suprised me.
IE7 was using something like 64mb of ram
FireFox using around 25mb ram
IE6 using 19mb + 29mb

Now Im a huge microsoft fan, and think they've done a wonderfull job in
the past, but is it too much to ask theat they just try to use a little
less ram when browsing. Save it for the big stuff like virtual machines,
encoding videos and RamDisks.

This FireFox seems to be quite popular with people who seem to think
Microsoft should conform to somelses rules (why would they do that?), but
sort of lacks a few functions that I would call necessary, important, and
perhaps even critical.
1, when I goto view the source, that is really just what I am doing...
viewing the source, I cant edit it even if the page Im looking at is on my
hard disk.
2, when I want to download something, it starts its cute wee download box,
which could be great if they did it right, and starts downloading to my
default download directory. Nowhere along the way am I asked "Where do
you want me to put this file?"
3, I cant send a webpage to my friend, I can send them a link, but not a
full page with pictures and button and an interface and scripts and bells
and whistles, just one line of text starting with http:// will do for
FireFox thankyou.

FireFox has done a good job of copying IE6's layout, the menus buttons are
all in pretty much the same place, which I guess will give new converts to
the product a sense of familiarity, but when even Microsoft moves onto
something new for IE7, where does that leave FireFox? They could a, keep
the same layout (copying Microsoft) b, copy IE7's layout (copying
Microsoft) or c, design a new interface alltogether (now your talking)

We're all no doubt familiar with the taskbar autohide, why dont any of
these browsers have this for their toolbars at the top of their pages?
Big ups to Microsofts IE7 with rightclick Print Preview option. These
are the sort of things I like to see, something old (we've all seen it
before) something new (wasnt there in IE6) something borrowed (borrowed
it from Microsoft Office I guess) something blue (cant change the colors
of it)

Also Im not too happy about the loss of integration in IE7 from an
explorer file browser. It used to be in IE6 that i could type in a
folder path in the address bar, and voila my internet browser was now the
same as "My Computer", but now a new window (not a tab) appears so I
still have where I was, and where I now want to be. Sure this could be
great if I accidently typed in 'c:\documents and settings\administrator'
and then pushed enter, but this doesnt happen too often. But even in
that case we still had the back button.


Probably sounds like Im just having a go at Microsoft, but that is not the
case. I think IE6 was a great product which integrated into windows very
well. However it appears this IE7 tries to do a few FireFox things
(why?), does a good job at it (lets me edit HTML when I view the source
of a page) but is taking up more resources than before and makes up for
it with a new icon.

How could Microsoft remedy this???
Stick to what you guys are good at, not copying your competition, but
innovating and making your own ideas, which are normally better (with the
exception of talking paperclips in Microsoft Office)

Thanks for reading my post, dont let my views or opinions alter yours in
any way. Long live IE6 I guess.

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