Microsoft Ad Execs Nuked IE8 Privacy Features

[zachary k]

yay chrome and adblock. ads never even load! out of sight, and out of mind.

 

[ravewulf]

[citation][nom]ravewulf[/nom]That is the wrong setting.It is located under Safety / InPrivate Filtering Settings or (from the classic menus) Tools / InPrivate Filtering SettingsTo permanently enable it AND use AdBlock Plus filters, follow the guide here http/www.vista4beginners.com/AdB [...] Explorer-8[/citation]

Oh, and it does work beautifully. The interface is not quite as convenient as the real AdBlock Plus (right clicking on items to add them to the block list), but there is a HUGE reduction in ads and trackers.

 

[K-zon]

I was always lost by this. If i enter in a site that i want to visit for services or products. Then i leave it, then all of a sudden that site is in adds in many places i go, whats the point of the ad?

Gaming, If i got to a gaming site and it is advertising some game, whats wrong with that? But then sometimes its like, why is this game being adviretised here? Most times it no big deal almost completely understandable, then its like "What?" And most the time there "free" flash games or Trial MMOs, which need to find some way of ads. Alot of game reveiw sites are just full and making new ones get confusing due to the vast amount, and sites getting reviews over others. But thats the gaming part of it.

The rest though it weird, the one big thing thats cool is learning of something you might not search directly. Biggest loss in not having them. Marketing the internet is tuff. I'd say. But there are ways to find the things you want or need, but there is a line somewhere though.

 

[wotan31]

[citation][nom]otacon72[/nom]Since Windows runs 90%+ of the world's computers I'd say a few people disagree with you...lol[/citation]
Wrong. windows runs 90% of the world's *desktop* peecee's. On the other hand, serious computing, like you know, what runs the whole internet, is all done on UNIX.

 

[agnickolov]

[citation][nom]wotan31[/nom]Wrong. windows runs 90% of the world's *desktop* peecee's. On the other hand, serious computing, like you know, what runs the whole internet, is all done on UNIX.[/citation]
I hate to break it to you, but even in Web hosting Microsoft has (or recently had, haven't been tracking this myself) a lead with IIS hosting the highest share of web sites. There was an article about that here on Tom's around the time GoDaddy switched to all IIS hosting...
You are right that in server installations Microsoft doesn't have a commanding share, but the server market you chose was unfortunate for your argument . It's more serious servers like for banking and in supercomputers that run Unix.

 

[rohitbaran]

These greedy moneysuckers!

 

[jamie_macdonald]

lol how thickle some are (will moan at anything for the sake of it).... advertising is a normal part of the web business (look on the right of tom's for example)...

And you have in private mode (clearly visable unless you are blind) which caches nothing and is safe as houses.... i don't see what there is to complain about here ...it does it's job well and causes me no problems so i couldnt give a hoot ^^

 

[gregor]

[citation][nom]agnickolov[/nom]I hate to break it to you, but even in Web hosting Microsoft has (or recently had, haven't been tracking this myself) a lead with IIS hosting the highest share of web sites. There was an article about that here on Tom's around the time GoDaddy switched to all IIS hosting...You are right that in server installations Microsoft doesn't have a commanding share, but the server market you chose was unfortunate for your argument . It's more serious servers like for banking and in supercomputers that run Unix.[/citation]
According to netcraft http/news.netcraft.com/archives/2010/07/16/july-2010-web-server-survey-16.html#more-2462, Apache is running the majority of the sites it surveyed. Although we dont know what OS they are run on...

 

[stromm]

I really hate when people try to compare a single product with another only to mention that other product's add-ons as the only thing which make it better than the first product.

Adblock and NoScript ARE NOT PART OF FIREFOX. They are third-party applications and are not included within Firefox itself. So when all of you people say that Firefox is better because of what they do, you're full of crap.

There ARE IE add-ons for adblock'ing and noscript'ing too.

 

[wiyosaya]

[citation][nom]cadder[/nom]I'm not using IE unless I asbolutely have to. Occasionally I find something that won't work in Firefox so I crank up IE. When I do a new OS install, I immediately crank up IE, so I can download Firefox.Nobody has yet proven to me that Chrome and Opera are as secure as Firefox.[/citation]
Personally, I use the IE Tab add-on when a page does not render properly in Firefox.

 

[jabliese]

Some of you seem confused about the point of the article, so to clarify: When Microsoft tells you security is job one, THEY ARE LYING. Thank you for your time.

 

[kohvitass]

Having ads on website is probably the most effective way for an open source developer to make money.
Everyone here screaming "OPEN SOURCE" is just ridiculous.

 

[michaelahess]

Screw firefox, use SRWare Iron.

 

[Repelsteeltje]

A lot of people use Windows and other Microsoft software, and that's fine. But I'm so happy we have alternatives such as Linux and the *BSD family, where not just the software itself, but the community mindset is so opposite to giant corporations trying to squeeze the last buck out of their customers to the point of actually harming those customers. Even when most people have no interest in Linux, at least we know that if things go pear-shaped, we can always fall back on software that actually puts these freedoms up front. It is good to have this choice.

 

[bv90andy]

[citation][nom]Dirtman73[/nom]Firefox FTW.[/citation]
I xnd that

 

[jsc]

Our company Cisco VPN seems to work better on Firefox that IE.

 

[simplec1]

This is why I use Firefox..........