Comments on: Microsoft pulls IE8 puke ad over complaints http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/07/02/microsoft-pulls-ie8-puke-ad-over-complaints/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Cindy Sue Causey http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/07/02/microsoft-pulls-ie8-puke-ad-over-complaints/comment-page-1/#comment-193497 Cindy Sue Causey Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:57:17 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/07/02/microsoft-pulls-ie8-puke-ad-over-complaints/#comment-193497 Shoot, forgot to comment on the ad (which I had intended to put first).. A puking ad = not so much.. Yes, it's some people's humor and that's their perogative, but for others it can be what is called a "trigger".. Movies and such that come with things like DSV labels warn us that this kind of thing might occur giving us the opportunity to make educated decisions about whether to continue viewing or not.. Ads such as the featured one here occur in literally seconds and so don't carry that warning label.. My wholly uneducated guess is this may be in part where some of the balk came from.. Hugs from Talking Rock.. :) Shoot, forgot to comment on the ad (which I had intended to put first).. A puking ad = not so much.. Yes, it’s some people’s humor and that’s their perogative, but for others it can be what is called a “trigger”..

Movies and such that come with things like DSV labels warn us that this kind of thing might occur giving us the opportunity to make educated decisions about whether to continue viewing or not.. Ads such as the featured one here occur in literally seconds and so don’t carry that warning label.. My wholly uneducated guess is this may be in part where some of the balk came from..

Hugs from Talking Rock.. :)

]]> By: Cindy Sue Causey http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/07/02/microsoft-pulls-ie8-puke-ad-over-complaints/comment-page-1/#comment-193495 Cindy Sue Causey Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:50:18 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/07/02/microsoft-pulls-ie8-puke-ad-over-complaints/#comment-193495 Opera Unite is doing it for me.. All the others literally denied me access to download them and instead demanded I upgrade before being allowed to participate.. I live on $400/month.. Upgrade with what..? To that end, Firefox and Internet Explorer gets a great big fat zip, zilch, nada, #FAIL from behind this Keyboard.. On the other hand, Opera 10 gets a 10 for continuing to be accessible and, in fact, for becoming yet MORE USABLE with the latest build (requisite alpha glitches aside).. You guys working on THAT project *ROCKS*, bay-BEE..! Warmest wishes from Talking Rock.. :wink: Opera Unite is doing it for me.. All the others literally denied me access to download them and instead demanded I upgrade before being allowed to participate.. I live on $400/month.. Upgrade with what..?

To that end, Firefox and Internet Explorer gets a great big fat zip, zilch, nada, #FAIL from behind this Keyboard.. On the other hand, Opera 10 gets a 10 for continuing to be accessible and, in fact, for becoming yet MORE USABLE with the latest build (requisite alpha glitches aside).. You guys working on THAT project *ROCKS*, bay-BEE..!

Warmest wishes from Talking Rock.. :wink:

]]> By: Glenn http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/07/02/microsoft-pulls-ie8-puke-ad-over-complaints/comment-page-1/#comment-193333 Glenn Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:33:10 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/07/02/microsoft-pulls-ie8-puke-ad-over-complaints/#comment-193333 One positive thing I can say about the ads is that they don't single out other browsers or insult their audience. The GRIPES one seems to hint at IE6 though. /suppress nightmarish memories. They also seem to sidestep the fact that IE8 is slower than all other modern browsers by using older browsers as an excuse for poor performance (which is true, but not the only reason) They're OK ads, with the obvious exception of OMGIGP @ Ken: I totally agree. Everyone please get firefox 3.5 One positive thing I can say about the ads is that they don’t single out other browsers or insult their audience. The GRIPES one seems to hint at IE6 though. /suppress nightmarish memories. They also seem to sidestep the fact that IE8 is slower than all other modern browsers by using older browsers as an excuse for poor performance (which is true, but not the only reason)

They’re OK ads, with the obvious exception of OMGIGP

@ Ken: I totally agree. Everyone please get firefox 3.5

]]> By: James Keane http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/07/02/microsoft-pulls-ie8-puke-ad-over-complaints/comment-page-1/#comment-193263 James Keane Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:20:24 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/07/02/microsoft-pulls-ie8-puke-ad-over-complaints/#comment-193263 Yes, that is pretty funny, and I suspect it's a situation that happens all too often. Yes, that is pretty funny, and I suspect it’s a situation that happens all too often.

]]> By: Ken Bundy http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/07/02/microsoft-pulls-ie8-puke-ad-over-complaints/comment-page-1/#comment-193249 Ken Bundy Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:18:46 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/07/02/microsoft-pulls-ie8-puke-ad-over-complaints/#comment-193249 *WARNING* Do NOT use Internet Explorer 8 - this web browser presents an unacceptable security risk. *WARNING* Do NOT use Internet Explorer 8 – this web browser presents an unacceptable security risk.

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