Jan 03 2007
A brief experience with Internet Explorer 7
Trying to use MySpace on a G4 Mac running Firefox is a test in patience.
Tempted by speed and “compatibility”, I decided to try it in my (work-only) Windows XP virtual machine, which is humming away on a 2.8 GHZ AMD thing. I really only run IE for things I may have to do for clients, since the negative security hype has kind of scarred me permanently.
How it went:
- Used Remote Desktop to connect to the Windows VM.
- Started up Internet Explorer 7.
- Typed “http://www.myspace.com” into the address bar, press enter.
- The browser crashes.
- Repeat step 3 and 4 five more times.
- Close Remote Desktop and fire up Firefox on the Mac again.
Really now, wasn’t five years enough for Microsoft to figure it out?
Not that I can completely place all blame on IE: MySpace can probably cause many things to crash, for example, my IQ.
