WTF?!! Internet Explorer 7 'tax'

Started by DigitalBuddha, June 14, 2012, 05:27:22 PM

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DigitalBuddha

The Australian online retailer Kogan.com has introduced the world's first "tax" on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) browser.

Customers who use IE7 will have to pay an extra surcharge on online purchases made through the firm's site.

This aggression will not stand, man! - http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18440979



Ohh Jezzzz, what's that smell, man!!

okfinewhateva

I just use Mozilla / Firefox, a much better browser to begin with... ;D 
Rat finks , suicide tanks , and cannibal girls...

BikerDude

I'm betting he'll be hearing from MS.
Even if he's just a little dude I'm betting that they will not want to set a legal precedent.
I can hear the black helicopters already.


Out here we are all his children


Caesar dude

I like this! Who uses IE nowadays...there should be a surcharge for sure.... juts for stupidity...there are so many better browsers out there! :) :)
Love is like a butterfly it goes where it pleases and it pleases where it goes. :)

BikerDude

I work in IT doing government contracts.
We are almost 100% IE.
We have to maintain browser compatibility but the audience technically should be 100% IE.
Typically government workers are precluded from installing other browsers.
Sad but true.


Out here we are all his children


Hominid

Chrome all the way Dudes.  Swallow the Google cool-aid, it's not half bad.



DigitalBuddha


meekon5

Opera by choice, (though I am moving towards Firefox now) but my work PC has as many as I can find including safari, the joys of being a developer.
"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and  that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
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Mr. Bob

Chrome here. I am a slave to Google....
Are we having fun yet?

DigitalBuddha

Nothing to be ashamed of; Google just announced that it now owns the planet.

Caesar dude

Love is like a butterfly it goes where it pleases and it pleases where it goes. :)

cckeiser

I have IE9, Firefox, Safari and Chrome, but mostly use Chrome.
There are not Answers.....there are only Choices.

Please...Do No Harm
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Mr. Bob

Are we having fun yet?