OT - which internet browser?

[Pete Verdon]

I have no machines capable of running IE, either at home or at work. I don't find this a problem.

Pete

[Lobster]

Just installed it - so far so good: no probs with RBS banking either ;-)

Oh FFS... so are you saying now that Quidco (yes, I'm fan) won't do its thing unless I use IE?!

David

[F]

No, Quidco (and TopCashBack) works fine on FF. I keep pricing-up purchases separate from buying by using the two different browsers.

If you go direct to a shopping site to get a price with FF, then go there through Quidco with FF, you can fail to get your cashback because the first visit left a cookie. Go there first with FF, then through Quidco with IE, and there's no connection between the two visits to lose you your cashback.

[The Natural Philosopher]

same here, but debian linux not freebsd.

[PeterC]

Yup, that basically removes access to IE but not IE itself.

Now, I do have and nlited version of XP Pro SP3 that actually does not have IE, OE and WMP. Just need to try it out (it's installed OK on another machine) when the tuits come round.

[Adrian]

The Natural Philosopher gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Non-IE is considerably more than 5%. So's non-Win.

Looking at site stats for a very "non-IT-techie" site that I'm responsible for, yesterday had 344 unique visitors. Of those, 193 used IE (124 IE8, 48 IE7, 21 IE6). I make that 44% non-IE.

If you look at OS, 301 unique (159 XP, 98 Vista, 44 W7) were Win users - so 12.5% non-Win.

[Adrian]

The Natural Philosopher gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

For which there's no alternative? Hey-ho. That's what VMWare is for...

I've been using Ubuntu as my main laptop OS for 2yrs or so now. I use a WinXP VM for QuickBooks, the Saab electronic parts catalogue, and Royal Mail SmartStamp (which I could do via browser, but it's mainly used for invoices, for which I've got the VM up for QB...) - and damn near nothing else.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I have given up on Vmware. Vile network speed and slow screen. Virtual box is much better.

[John Rumm]

Or turn on private browsing in FF when researching. It ought not save cookies then.

[F]

I *could* try it, but with amounts like the £58 cashback from my car insurance renewal depending on it, I'm not going to be checking any time soon!

[Pete Verdon]

So, to be clear, Lobster could do the same thing on Linux using, say, Firefox and Chrome. Or Opera, Konqueror, Galeon, Lynx, etc etc etc

Pete