Comments on: This Is A Bit Too Much… http://davybrion.com/blog/2009/08/this-is-a-bit-too-much/ Trying to walk that thin line between intelligence and ignorance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:01:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: flukus http://davybrion.com/blog/2009/08/this-is-a-bit-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-22317 flukus Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:33:38 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/?p=1490#comment-22317 "i’m troubled by the fact that they are leveraging a monopoly to increase market share for one of their other products" Google doesn't have a monopoly on email. Doesn't hotmail actually have a higher market share? And for a long time hotmail only worked properly, and maybe still does, with IE. “i’m troubled by the fact that they are leveraging a monopoly to increase market share for one of their other products”

Google doesn’t have a monopoly on email. Doesn’t hotmail actually have a higher market share? And for a long time hotmail only worked properly, and maybe still does, with IE.

]]> By: Shaw http://davybrion.com/blog/2009/08/this-is-a-bit-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-22265 Shaw Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:57:53 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/?p=1490#comment-22265 It's strange. I tried with IE 7 and got that message, not so with FF> With FF, I sometimes see a message advertising chrome when I browse YouTube, but nothing of the kind that promises better experience with chrome. However, I would not stretch it to Monopoly. They are only competing with IE, and the fact that they are not displaying this message on FF probably indicates that they are only going after MS! It’s strange. I tried with IE 7 and got that message, not so with FF> With FF, I sometimes see a message advertising chrome when I browse YouTube, but nothing of the kind that promises better experience with chrome.

However, I would not stretch it to Monopoly. They are only competing with IE, and the fact that they are not displaying this message on FF probably indicates that they are only going after MS!

]]> By: Brian Dustman http://davybrion.com/blog/2009/08/this-is-a-bit-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-22261 Brian Dustman Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:36:20 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/?p=1490#comment-22261 What monopoly are they leveraging? What monopoly are they leveraging?

]]> By: Jef Claes http://davybrion.com/blog/2009/08/this-is-a-bit-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-22260 Jef Claes Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:36:15 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/?p=1490#comment-22260 I don't mind either. Google is offering so much for free, they have to make money as well.. I don’t mind either. Google is offering so much for free, they have to make money as well..

]]> By: roberta http://davybrion.com/blog/2009/08/this-is-a-bit-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-22259 roberta Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:04:53 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/?p=1490#comment-22259 as patterson said, googles just offering what they think its a better browser. IMO, it would be similar to what microsoft once did if they required you to use chrome to check your emails or browse their web apps. as patterson said, googles just offering what they think its a better browser. IMO, it would be similar to what microsoft once did if they required you to use chrome to check your emails or browse their web apps.

]]> By: Davy Brion http://davybrion.com/blog/2009/08/this-is-a-bit-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-22258 Davy Brion Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:52:52 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/?p=1490#comment-22258 it was IE7 it was IE7

]]> By: alwin http://davybrion.com/blog/2009/08/this-is-a-bit-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-22257 alwin Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:51:41 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/?p=1490#comment-22257 Which version of IE are you using? I get messages like these in IE6, in which case they are pretty much true. But none of these in IE8. Also when visiting youtube in IE6 I get: We will be phasing out support for your browser soon. Please upgrade to one of these more modern browsers.: FF3.5, Chrome, IE8 Which version of IE are you using?

I get messages like these in IE6, in which case they are pretty much true. But none of these in IE8.

Also when visiting youtube in IE6 I get:
We will be phasing out support for your browser soon. Please upgrade to one of these more modern browsers.: FF3.5, Chrome, IE8

]]> By: Davy Brion http://davybrion.com/blog/2009/08/this-is-a-bit-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-22256 Davy Brion Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:27:27 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/?p=1490#comment-22256 no, i'm troubled by the fact that they are leveraging a monopoly to increase market share for one of their other products... you know, like what Microsoft got convicted of. also, i wonder why i've never seen these ads when using Firefox instead of IE no, i’m troubled by the fact that they are leveraging a monopoly to increase market share for one of their other products… you know, like what Microsoft got convicted of.

also, i wonder why i’ve never seen these ads when using Firefox instead of IE

]]> By: Chris Patterson http://davybrion.com/blog/2009/08/this-is-a-bit-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-22255 Chris Patterson Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:24:13 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/?p=1490#comment-22255 You're on a google site, using a free google service, and you are offended by them offering (not requiring, like many IE-only sites) you a browser optimized for their applications? Wow. You’re on a google site, using a free google service, and you are offended by them offering (not requiring, like many IE-only sites) you a browser optimized for their applications?

Wow.

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