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Why IE Still sucks today... Installed IE9 and still no spell check.

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    ToddHileHoffer
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    Unbeleivable. No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers. Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...

    I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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      Unbeleivable. No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers. Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...

      I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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      Corporal Agarn
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      You must not have worked with MS products for long. They make everything work but does it work logically? I think not. Example: Look up command "MERGE" in T-SQL index help filtered to SQL Server 2008. Not listed and only programming merge items are shown. Had to go to search to find it. This is not the only example of bad help setup just the latest I have seen.:mad:

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        Unbeleivable. No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers. Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...

        I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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        ToddHileHoffer wrote:

        No translator

        No browser has a translator. Any translation is done by http://translate.google.com and can be used in any browser.

        ToddHileHoffer wrote:

        save your profile

        This is done in Chrome by an extension (at least originally) and requires a gmail account. I wonder if an extension for IE is available to do the same.

        ToddHileHoffer wrote:

        already outdated

        Personally I'd rather they concentrated on getting the web standards correctly implemented. All these other features can be added by extensions.

        ToddHileHoffer wrote:

        no spell check

        You can get a plugin for that here[^]

        "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon

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          ToddHileHoffer wrote:

          No translator

          No browser has a translator. Any translation is done by http://translate.google.com and can be used in any browser.

          ToddHileHoffer wrote:

          save your profile

          This is done in Chrome by an extension (at least originally) and requires a gmail account. I wonder if an extension for IE is available to do the same.

          ToddHileHoffer wrote:

          already outdated

          Personally I'd rather they concentrated on getting the web standards correctly implemented. All these other features can be added by extensions.

          ToddHileHoffer wrote:

          no spell check

          You can get a plugin for that here[^]

          "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon

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          ToddHileHoffer
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          ahmed zahmed wrote:

          No browser has a translator. Any translation is done by http://translate.google.com and can be used in any browser.

          When you load a page in Chrome, it asks you if you want to translate it without installing anything. It may use a google service, but it is seamless to the user and looks like part of the browser.

          ahmed zahmed wrote:

          This is done in Chrome by an extension (at least originally) and requires a gmail account. I wonder if an extension for

          It is built in to the current version of Chrome.

          I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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            ahmed zahmed wrote:

            No browser has a translator. Any translation is done by http://translate.google.com and can be used in any browser.

            When you load a page in Chrome, it asks you if you want to translate it without installing anything. It may use a google service, but it is seamless to the user and looks like part of the browser.

            ahmed zahmed wrote:

            This is done in Chrome by an extension (at least originally) and requires a gmail account. I wonder if an extension for

            It is built in to the current version of Chrome.

            I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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            TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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            ToddHileHoffer wrote:

            When you load a page in Chrome, it asks you if you want to translate

            I've had that happen in IE too. It appears to be more a function of whether you're logged-in to Gmail or not.

            ToddHileHoffer wrote:

            built in to the current version of Chrome

            So? It was an extension at first. Don't be such a crybaby. There will always be feature differences between browser vendors. If it's so important to you then build an extension (plugin) to IE that does what you want. The important thing is compliance to web standards. Profile syncing is *not* a web standard. If profile syncing is so important to you then stick to Chrome or gin-up a plugin for IE that does it.

            "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon

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              Unbeleivable. No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers. Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...

              I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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              peterchen
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              Obligatory XKCD[^]

              FILETIME to time_t
              | FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchy

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                Obligatory XKCD[^]

                FILETIME to time_t
                | FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchy

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                TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                amen

                "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon

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                  Obligatory XKCD[^]

                  FILETIME to time_t
                  | FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchy

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                  Joan M
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                  We should be able to upvote posts several times...

                  [www.tamelectromecanica.com] Robots, CNC and PLC machines for grinding and polishing.

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                  • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

                    ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                    When you load a page in Chrome, it asks you if you want to translate

                    I've had that happen in IE too. It appears to be more a function of whether you're logged-in to Gmail or not.

                    ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                    built in to the current version of Chrome

                    So? It was an extension at first. Don't be such a crybaby. There will always be feature differences between browser vendors. If it's so important to you then build an extension (plugin) to IE that does what you want. The important thing is compliance to web standards. Profile syncing is *not* a web standard. If profile syncing is so important to you then stick to Chrome or gin-up a plugin for IE that does it.

                    "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon

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                    Henry Minute
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                    ahmed zahmed wrote:

                    or gin-up a plugin for IE that does it

                    To make that a little easier, Google has announced that it has released an API Explorer[^], it's currently limited to 5 of their services although they say that will increase rapidly.

                    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                      We should be able to upvote posts several times...

                      [www.tamelectromecanica.com] Robots, CNC and PLC machines for grinding and polishing.

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                      TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                      That's what anonymizers and extra CP accounts are for.

                      "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon

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                        That's what anonymizers and extra CP accounts are for.

                        "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon

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                        Joan M
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                        5! (but only one from me) :laugh:

                        [www.tamelectromecanica.com] Robots, CNC and PLC machines for grinding and polishing.

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                        • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

                          ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                          When you load a page in Chrome, it asks you if you want to translate

                          I've had that happen in IE too. It appears to be more a function of whether you're logged-in to Gmail or not.

                          ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                          built in to the current version of Chrome

                          So? It was an extension at first. Don't be such a crybaby. There will always be feature differences between browser vendors. If it's so important to you then build an extension (plugin) to IE that does what you want. The important thing is compliance to web standards. Profile syncing is *not* a web standard. If profile syncing is so important to you then stick to Chrome or gin-up a plugin for IE that does it.

                          "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon

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                          ToddHileHoffer
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                          ahmed zahmed wrote:

                          I've had that happen in IE too. It appears to be more a function of whether you're logged-in to Gmail or not.

                          What does that even mean? Chrome has the translate feature built in IE is missing it.

                          ahmed zahmed wrote:

                          So? It was an extension at first. Don't be such a crybaby. There will always be feature differences between browser vendors. If it's so important to you then build an extension (plugin) to IE that does what you want.

                          Yes, but it should be standard by now don't you think? Google agrees so it is a standard part of Chrome.

                          ahmed zahmed wrote:

                          The important thing is compliance to web standards. Profile syncing is *not* a web standard. If profile syncing is so important to you then stick to Chrome or gin-up a plugin for IE that does it.

                          I guess. But why can't IE9 have spell checking? FF and Opera have had built in spell checking for years. IE9 is a decent product. But in my opinion, it already feels dated and it was just released.

                          I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                            Obligatory XKCD[^]

                            FILETIME to time_t
                            | FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchy

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                            ToddHileHoffer
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                            For the record, I don't use Firefox. IE is on par with FF. I was never big into the whole browser debate. It just kills me that Chrome has been around for just a few years and MS is playing catch up and failing. MS is getting their ass kicked by Google, it is just sad.

                            I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                              For the record, I don't use Firefox. IE is on par with FF. I was never big into the whole browser debate. It just kills me that Chrome has been around for just a few years and MS is playing catch up and failing. MS is getting their ass kicked by Google, it is just sad.

                              I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                              MS should build a personal version of IE and a Corporate one. Hell for most of the products they should do the same. It's because of the huge Intranets that were developed on IE6 and the huge Office Apps/Macros in 2000/2003 that made it very hard for them to inovate. The thing aboug Google be it Android or Chrome(the browser not the OS) that makes it very fast to develop is precisely this. There are no legacy systems they have to worry about. Hey version 2 is out. 2 weeks later hey 2.5. Two more weeks hey 3.0 and so on. It's easy. they just don't care about any of the stuff that ms had/has to. I think that's why they made IE9 only Vista/Wewen compatible. So that the users leave the veteran XP. It had it's days. But it's just too old. And the list of examples could go on and on. Discalmer: NONE. It is my opinion and I stand by it. :)

                              All the best, Dan

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                                ahmed zahmed wrote:

                                I've had that happen in IE too. It appears to be more a function of whether you're logged-in to Gmail or not.

                                What does that even mean? Chrome has the translate feature built in IE is missing it.

                                ahmed zahmed wrote:

                                So? It was an extension at first. Don't be such a crybaby. There will always be feature differences between browser vendors. If it's so important to you then build an extension (plugin) to IE that does what you want.

                                Yes, but it should be standard by now don't you think? Google agrees so it is a standard part of Chrome.

                                ahmed zahmed wrote:

                                The important thing is compliance to web standards. Profile syncing is *not* a web standard. If profile syncing is so important to you then stick to Chrome or gin-up a plugin for IE that does it.

                                I guess. But why can't IE9 have spell checking? FF and Opera have had built in spell checking for years. IE9 is a decent product. But in my opinion, it already feels dated and it was just released.

                                I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                                TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                                ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                                Chrome has the translate feature built in IE is missing it

                                You can install google toobar[^] to get that

                                ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                                But why can't IE9 have spell checking

                                It can, but I don't think it's productive to whine about it as it's not a web standard. It's like whining that Microsoft Word doesn't have some feature that Open Office has.

                                "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon

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                                  MS should build a personal version of IE and a Corporate one. Hell for most of the products they should do the same. It's because of the huge Intranets that were developed on IE6 and the huge Office Apps/Macros in 2000/2003 that made it very hard for them to inovate. The thing aboug Google be it Android or Chrome(the browser not the OS) that makes it very fast to develop is precisely this. There are no legacy systems they have to worry about. Hey version 2 is out. 2 weeks later hey 2.5. Two more weeks hey 3.0 and so on. It's easy. they just don't care about any of the stuff that ms had/has to. I think that's why they made IE9 only Vista/Wewen compatible. So that the users leave the veteran XP. It had it's days. But it's just too old. And the list of examples could go on and on. Discalmer: NONE. It is my opinion and I stand by it. :)

                                  All the best, Dan

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                                  ToddHileHoffer
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                                  I agree.

                                  I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                                    ahmed zahmed wrote:

                                    I've had that happen in IE too. It appears to be more a function of whether you're logged-in to Gmail or not.

                                    What does that even mean? Chrome has the translate feature built in IE is missing it.

                                    ahmed zahmed wrote:

                                    So? It was an extension at first. Don't be such a crybaby. There will always be feature differences between browser vendors. If it's so important to you then build an extension (plugin) to IE that does what you want.

                                    Yes, but it should be standard by now don't you think? Google agrees so it is a standard part of Chrome.

                                    ahmed zahmed wrote:

                                    The important thing is compliance to web standards. Profile syncing is *not* a web standard. If profile syncing is so important to you then stick to Chrome or gin-up a plugin for IE that does it.

                                    I guess. But why can't IE9 have spell checking? FF and Opera have had built in spell checking for years. IE9 is a decent product. But in my opinion, it already feels dated and it was just released.

                                    I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                                    TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                                    all kinds of extensions and plugins for IE here[^]

                                    "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon

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                                      ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                                      No translator

                                      No browser has a translator. Any translation is done by http://translate.google.com and can be used in any browser.

                                      ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                                      save your profile

                                      This is done in Chrome by an extension (at least originally) and requires a gmail account. I wonder if an extension for IE is available to do the same.

                                      ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                                      already outdated

                                      Personally I'd rather they concentrated on getting the web standards correctly implemented. All these other features can be added by extensions.

                                      ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                                      no spell check

                                      You can get a plugin for that here[^]

                                      "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon

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                                      Marc Clifton
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                                      ahmed zahmed wrote:

                                      This is done in Chrome by an extension (at least originally) and requires a gmail account. I wonder if an extension for IE is available to do the same.

                                      To use a gmail account? Heh, that would be amusing! Marc

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                                        Unbeleivable. No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers. Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...

                                        I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                                        JoeSox
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                                        ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                                        No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers.

                                        Why bother? Google has that http://www.google.com/toolbar/ff/index.html[^] I wouldn't be surprised if MS has the same features on their msn toolbar so why add it to the browser development. I see why Opera does it since they don't really have third party toolbars (or at least not google, msn toolbar etc.)

                                        Later, JoeSox CPMCv1.0 - Last.fm - MyFriendfeed - CPForAndroid++

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                                        • T ToddHileHoffer

                                          Unbeleivable. No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers. Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...

                                          I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                                          Rajesh R Subramanian
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                                          I'll buy the "no spell check" rant, but ... translator?! And saving your "profile" on the cloud?

                                          "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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