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Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Jeffro on 11-03-2005 at 06:07 PM
Open up firefox, surf to www.live.com and it says:
Firefox Users
Firefox support is coming soon. Please be patient 
Microsoft finally admits that there are very much firefox users, and cant afford to disable clients like firefox!
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Omar on 11-03-2005 at 06:11 PM
MS does a lot of useful things.... wtf are you talking about... 
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by hmaster on 11-03-2005 at 06:17 PM
Finally, i think after teh 10mil mark they had to
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Omar on 11-03-2005 at 06:42 PM
8% of the browser market is enough to get noticed...
Still IE is the big gorilla on the browser war...
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by absorbation on 11-03-2005 at 06:51 PM
Microsoft are useful, are you using there os right now, i am.
I noticed this to it's not handling the menu right in firefox
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Nathan on 11-03-2005 at 06:56 PM
If it hadnt of been for microsoft compuetrs os's like linux/mac etc wouldnt of exsisted (I think)
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Patchou on 11-03-2005 at 07:07 PM
8% of the browser market? I don't think so.
In any case, yes, it's a nice act thing to do from them.
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Omar on 11-03-2005 at 07:09 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
8% of the browser market? I don't think so.
i read that somewhere a while ago...... 8% including all Mozilla based browsers (FF; Mozilla suite, AOL, Netscape, etc)
EDIT: Link with newer stats...
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by user27089 on 11-03-2005 at 07:12 PM
That is pretty cool that Microsoft are doing this...
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Th3rmal on 11-03-2005 at 09:06 PM
ye thats a good move for ms, but they have been doing good for a long while now.... i believe Mozillas crawling its way upto number 1, i only use firefox and recommend it to my friends, its a very good program
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by TReKiE on 11-03-2005 at 10:39 PM
I don't see the big deal here, live.com is merely a rehash of http://start.com which has had FireFox support for ages.
Looks nicer in IE though
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by thc2010 on 11-03-2005 at 11:15 PM
Yeah lol it does too
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Hank on 11-03-2005 at 11:49 PM
still prefer firefox over IE, but with that said, Even IE7 will changge Webpages how they react
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by guanako on 11-04-2005 at 04:48 AM
i want FF support for mail beta, does anybody knows if it would same as with live.com?
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Discrate on 11-04-2005 at 04:52 AM
what is microsoft live?
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Hank on 11-04-2005 at 05:10 AM
go an read about it @ www.live.com
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Discrate on 11-04-2005 at 05:18 AM
i cant find where to see what it is for . i dont understand what it is for?
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by kierant on 11-04-2005 at 05:20 AM
Try searching the forums (before more people give you negative reps for spamming)
EDIT: or google it, or study the link given above .... etc
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Discrate on 11-04-2005 at 05:23 AM
instead of not answering my question please answer it. i have looked through this thread i could not find what it is for could you please tell me what microsoft live is for?
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by kierant on 11-04-2005 at 05:26 AM
http://ideas.live.com/
Like I said, try googling or using the thread given by Animal.
EDIT: Note that on the link I've given there are several 'Learn More' links. Use your initiative for a change and give a few of them a click before coming back and saying 'oh but what does it do...blah'
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Exca on 11-04-2005 at 08:29 PM
I think firefox loads kinda slow 
u used both browsers at a time and you really see the difference. Firefox only displays when the page is loaded totally. IE you can already click links even if the images aren't totally loaded yet and thats useful and fast...
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by ayjay on 11-04-2005 at 08:33 PM
Microsoft is finally doing something useful?
Does virtually creating the face of computing today not count as something useful?
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by SikStyles on 11-04-2005 at 08:58 PM
quote:
Originally posted by ajd
Microsoft is finally doing something useful?
Does virtually creating the face of computing today not count as something useful?
exactly!
this is not even half of half of half of half what microsoft has done i think. The threads subject is wrongly worded, seems like this the only thing microsoft has done
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Voldemort on 11-04-2005 at 10:13 PM
Is your O.s. useless?
i dont think so.
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by ayjay on 11-04-2005 at 10:33 PM
Mine is. When I click "My Documents" it starts singing happy birthday with synchronised CD-tray-ejects
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Exca on 11-05-2005 at 11:03 AM
quote:
Originally posted by ajd
Mine is. When I click "My Documents" it starts singing happy birthday with synchronised CD-tray-ejects
that is fun
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by John Anderton on 11-05-2005 at 11:57 AM
My stats so far suggest (For this forum only) ....
Firefox: 50.3455 %
Internet Explorer: 43.9875 %
Opera: 4.0705 %
Other Browsers: 1.5965 %
This was over the past 6 months (I had taken stats for 3 months before that as well but well .... i lost em 
)
I know the sum comes out to be 98 - 99 % but thats cause i negelected the remaining digits while posting the calculations here 
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Exca on 11-05-2005 at 11:59 AM
quote:
Originally posted by John Anderton
Firefox: 50.3455 %
Then am i the only one where firefox loads slower than IE?
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by guanako on 11-05-2005 at 07:28 PM
quote:may be tre reinstalling? update extensions?
Originally posted by Exca
quote:
Originally posted by John Anderton
Firefox: 50.3455 %
Then am i the only one where firefox loads slower than IE?
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by ShawnZ on 11-05-2005 at 07:55 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SikStyles
half of half of half of half
Wouldn't it be easier to say "one sixteenth"?
RE: Microsoft finally doing something usefull! by Exca on 11-05-2005 at 10:09 PM
quote:
Originally posted by guanako
quote:may be tre reinstalling? update extensions?
Originally posted by Exca
quote:
Originally posted by John Anderton
Firefox: 50.3455 %
Then am i the only one where firefox loads slower than IE?
everything is new..