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What do you use Internet Explorer for?

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by ZombieSquirrel, Mar 27, 2015.

  1. ZombieSquirrel

    ZombieSquirrel Brrrrrrrains

    Location:
    Oregon by way of "Oh-hi-ya"
    There are some people who still use it. I do, because I have to. Although I am a Chrome user, formerly a Firefox user, a program I use for work seems to only work with IE, so I'm stuck with it.

    However. Microsoft will be phasing it out: Microsoft Is Phasing Out Internet Explorer : The Two-Way : NPR

    It's not totally going away:
    Do you use it on a daily basis or only to download other systems?
     
    ZombieSquirrel, Mar 27, 2015
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  2. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    To download Firefox or Chrome on a new machine.

    To update Windows. (Or at least I used to. Doesn't it update through other means now?)
     
    Baraka_Guru, Mar 27, 2015
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  3. redravin

    redravin Cynical Optimist Donor

    Location:
    North
    To order pizza because for some reason the site for the pizza place I like doesn't even work IE tab for Chrome.
     
    redravin, Mar 27, 2015
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  4. Levite

    Levite Levitical Yet Funky

    Location:
    The Windy City
    Nothing.
     
    Levite, Mar 27, 2015
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  5. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC
    Only used at work, where it is the established browser for the application we support.

    But even at work, I mostly use Firefox (Chrome & Opera are not allowed)
    At home, it's Opera...and never IE (Chrome or FF otherwise)
     
    rogue49, Mar 27, 2015
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  6. ZombieSquirrel

    ZombieSquirrel Brrrrrrrains

    Location:
    Oregon by way of "Oh-hi-ya"
    Would any of you use the new Spartan? Maybe for a little while to check it out?
     
    ZombieSquirrel, Mar 27, 2015
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  7. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I would just because of the name, but it's not the official name, so prolly not.

    [​IMG]
     
    Baraka_Guru, Mar 27, 2015
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  8. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    As a Mac user, I've never done anything with either Internet Explorer or Windows, other than listen to people complain about them.
    I use both Firefox and Safari. I've played a little with Chrome and Opera, but not using either currently.
     
    Lindy, Mar 27, 2015
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  9. Speed_Gibson

    Speed_Gibson Hacking the Gibson

    Location:
    Wolf 359
    Absolutely nothing. If a site makes me use Explorer it had better be pretty damn important and even then will still piss me off for having to hunt for that program on my hard drive.
    I use Firefox and Opera for everything.
     
    Speed_Gibson, Mar 27, 2015
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  10. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
    my application that I'm the stakeholder for at work. We've been trying to migrate it to another platform and it's been 5 years now with maybe a light at the end of the tunnel in October.
     
    cynthetiq, Mar 27, 2015
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  11. grumpyolddude

    grumpyolddude Very Tilted

    Location:
    Metro Detroit, Michigan, USA
    Our work stations are tethered to a server that runs IE, or else I would never use it. I have a stand-alone PC for some tasks and I use Crome on it. At home, I use Chrome and QW uses Firefox...keeps us out of each other's "business."
     
    grumpyolddude, Mar 27, 2015
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  12. genuinemommy

    genuinemommy Moderator Staff Member

    I only use it when a website I need to use for work or school purposes is incompatible with every other browser option at my disposal.
     
    genuinemommy, Mar 28, 2015
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  13. Street Pattern

    Street Pattern Very Tilted

    Location:
    The American Midwest
    My employer used to require IE, and prohibit all other browsers.

    Then Google Drive (or perhaps some other Google function) stopped working for the approved version of IE, which made it possible for me to demand other options.

    Still, IE comes up automatically every time I turn on a workplace computer, and the document handling software (for approving contracts) works only through IE.

    So I use IE and Chrome at work, Firefox and Chrome at home.
     
    Street Pattern, Mar 28, 2015
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  14. RedSneaker

    RedSneaker Very Tilted

    Nothing nothing nothing.

    Firefox, Chrome or Opera.
     
    RedSneaker, Mar 28, 2015
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  15. EOD

    EOD New Member

    Location:
    Where the day needs saving
    I only use IE at work, as it is the only authorized browser. I haven't heard yet what the future browser will be when IE is phased out, but I get the feeling it will be Spartan as everyone who makes the decisions on what will be used has a very limited education on computers. I'm going to hope for the best but plan for the worst. When it comes to personal browsing I've used FF for years now and I've had no issues with it.
     
    EOD, Mar 28, 2015
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