Comments for Webs' Random Ideas

Comment on Bye Bye IE6… by Webs

Webs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:56:08 +0000

I wish my company would do that George. I’m with you as it makes little sense to me, but people have it so ingrained in their heads that they have to use MS. For example, here at work you have to get approval to use Firefox. Then get a separate approval to get proxy access. The whole thing seems insane to me!!

What do people not understand about FF being safer, more reliable, and standards based? Not to mention I save the company on Internet browsing charges with Ad Block Plus due to all the flash and other crap that gets blocked on pages I visit…

Comment on Bye Bye IE6… by george.w

george.w — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:05:10 +0000

Moving from IE6 to IE8 is setting your company up for painting itself into another corner a few years down the road. An app designed to only work in IE will only (maybe) work in some future version of IE. If you switch to a standards-based browser, you can always switch to another standards-based browser.

ActiveX needs to join Flash in the dustbin…

Comment on Bye Bye IE6… by ThomasJeffersonwannabe

ThomasJeffersonwannabe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:29:54 +0000

I totally agree with you guys on IE6 and flash.
At work we are finally getting ready to move from IE6 to 8, it is ridiculously overdue.

Most people complain endlessly about the iphone/pad not supporting flash. But I for one am glad apple is fighting the good fight.

Comment on Huh, 19×20… by testwebs05

testwebs05 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:36:35 +0000

Time for a test…

Comment on Bye Bye IE6… by Webs

Webs — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:55:24 +0000

D’Oh! I totally spaced on that super huge mega key feature of HTML 5… I would agree. HTML 5 will force Adobe and MS to fight over who wins the crap-tacular ness of Silverlight and Flash and both will probably dwindle over time.

The real problem, I’m not sure how to overcome this, is getting people to understand that without good content, Flash and its ilk makes websites suck more not less. Well that and with good Firefox plugins I can easily block their special flashy content they spent time and money coding.

Comment on Bye Bye IE6… by george.w

george.w — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:25:26 +0000

The emerging open video standard and HTML 5 would be a better path than Silverlight. If Google, Youtube, and Facebook support them, Silverlight won't stand a chance.

Comment on Bye Bye IE6… by Webs

Webs — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:59:48 +0000

LOL, yea when major companies like YouTube and Google move forward, that is usually a sign that everyone else should too.

Good luck with flash. That is one hell of a behemoth. Not to mention that doing so would give MS’s Silverlight the nod most likely. Unfortunately for geeks Flash is embedded in way too much shit.

Comment on Bye Bye IE6… by george.w

george.w — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:28:04 +0000

I quit coding for IE6 (and began to argue the point in meetings) when YouTube did. Die, foul undead corpse of web technology past, die!

It’s important for geeks to take an active role in killing that which must die. If zombies ever attack, we will be the ones to destroy them.

Next target: Flash.

Comment on Mayan Calendar by Webs

Webs — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:31:11 +0000

Lol, true.

Comment on Just a Thought on Bill Maher by Webs

Webs — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:29:38 +0000

If you have a “strong” immune you should get the vacc because the danger of getting a shot comes from what it protects you against and not the the shot itself. If the shot itself presents a very small risk then the upside should be worth it, protect others and help protect you too.

People with “strong” immune systems are still susceptible and still die from diseases and viruses that shots protect against. There is not sure fire protection so on top of being healthy you should get a shot.

Actually the strain that the current H1N1 protects against is not called H1N1, it is referred to as H1N1, but H1N1 actually refers to the over all type of flu and the type of H1N1 is a strain under H1N1. Flu vaccines though are very safe and have been given for over hundred years. Obviously the last 60 or 70 years have been better studied. And what scientists find is that not only are they safe and effective but have very virtually no long term or short term side effects other than protecting you against diseases and viruses. I’m not sure what further studying of vaccines would find.

That said, if you have an allergen to eggs you may not want to get the vaccine and it could cause harm, but that is for a specific set of people. Folks like you and me are safe.

For me to accept that last statement I would need to see a link. As a lot of evidence points to the contrary.