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Comment on Will Yahoo’s and eBay’s “optimised for” versions of IE8 help it spread more rapidly and finally replace IE6? by Bruce Stoner

Bruce Stoner — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:40:07 +0000

Internet Explorer 8 seems to be better than any previous version of IE. IE8 is very stable and rarely crashes or cause blue screens.
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Comment on Joys and Frustrations of a New Mac User by Keith Lang

Keith Lang — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:07:11 +0000

@voirol Thanks for the handy personal Mac story — http://twurl.nl/zejjgt

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Comment on Joys and Frustrations of a New Mac User by Tom Voirol

Tom Voirol — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:01:35 +0000

@songcarver For me it's mainly the lack (or obscurity) of expert paths to getting things done. RMB, kb shortcuts etc. http://twurl.nl/zejjgt

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Comment on Such a missed opportunity, Hyundai by Christopher Lau

Christopher Lau — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:38:35 +0000

RT @voirol: Just blogged: Such a missed opportunity, Hyundai http://twurl.nl/uye772 -- of the ppl, for the ppl, by the ppl... or not

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Comment on Such a missed opportunity, Hyundai by Tom Voirol

Tom Voirol — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:35:37 +0000

Just blogged: Such a missed opportunity, Hyundai http://twurl.nl/uye772

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Comment on Little UX gems and annoyances, #1 by Tom Voirol

Tom Voirol — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:45:04 +0000

Indeed, Justin. The overall user experience of iCal is still one of the worst there is. At the same time, Outlook gets slagged for no good reason other than being from Microsoft. I may do a post one day on the neat little UX delights in Outlook.

Comment on Little UX gems and annoyances, #1 by Justin Sinclair

Justin Sinclair — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:03:24 +0000

That’s surprisingly cute. Unfortunately, not cute enough to overcome my pain at having to double click a meeting to see its details. *sigh*

Comment on Will Yahoo’s and eBay’s “optimised for” versions of IE8 help it spread more rapidly and finally replace IE6? by Ben

Ben — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:28:23 +0000

Anyway IE6 is not going to go away . Most people who use Windows NEVER upgrade anything until they buy a new computer. And laggards aren’t interested in buying new technology. Think your parents or grand parents.

eg current Market Share
IE 5 0.07%
IE 6 17%
IE 7 41%
IE 8 15%

It is likely that the IE 7 people will upgrade ( as most of them had to upgrade as IE 6 comes with XP) . The laggards will never upgrade and prob not even know what download is. And 15% market share is too much to ignore. We can however ignore IE 5 now.

Also ACID 3 is a BAD test at it doesnt show the importance of features ( you can say its compliant or NOT) you could prob get a 10% rating and render better than another browser who gets a 90% rating . Eg the FF legend rendering is terrible and its v important.

BTW i cant see the textboxes on your web site ;-( ( Using FF 3.5)

Comment on Is the functionality for users in IE8 now so close to Firefox, Safari and Chrome that it will not lose any more users to them? by Acai

Acai — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:01:39 +0000

I think IE8 is a little too late.

Comment on Yelp, you’re doing it right by Tom Voirol

Tom Voirol — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:42:05 +0000

@Matt – I agree. All voices are admissible in the conversation, particularly those of people who can actually make a change.

@Jenni – Great post of yours. I’m particularly concerned about those vote purchasing outfits. Ultimately though I base my decisions on personally written reviews rather than star ratings and the former are much harder to fake.