How many times per day does internet explorer crash on you?

jimhelm · 08-14-2013, 09:49 AM

has to be 4 to 6 times a damn day for me.

I HAVE to use it for dealer track to work.... and I've had it up to here.

shitty shitty shitty

glatt · 08-14-2013, 09:57 AM

I have to use it for my time sheet, and it's painful. It just doesn't work properly. To be fair, the problem is the version of Java required for the time sheet program and IE doesn't want to let me use that version because it's not secure. So I have to click through a bunch of dire warnings and force it to run. The time sheet doesn't work with current Java. It's all messed up. And I can't wait to close that browser when I'm done.

Perry Winkle · 08-14-2013, 10:12 AM

Sometimes I'm sad at the state of my profession. Enterprise software doesn't have to be as bad as it is. The dysfunction is a complex, systemic issue.

More and more companies are making good enterprise software. But the incumbents will continue to suck asshole (and not in a fun way).

BigV · 08-14-2013, 10:42 AM

zero

Perry Winkle · 08-14-2013, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

zero

I only use it when reproducing bugs that IE users run into. The developer console crashes IE a lot.

BigV · 08-14-2013, 11:19 AM

my point being that I don't use it.

I think it's far more trouble to use than it's worth, for the reasons you've described. I'm not in a situation where I **have to** use it, so, I don't; no use therefore no crashes.

I feel sympathy for you folks that are forced to use it though. That seems... dumb.

Lamplighter · 08-14-2013, 11:30 AM

Zero - all my computers are Mac's

Undertoad · 08-14-2013, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

I HAVE to use it for dealer track to work.... and I've had it up to here.

You HAVE to,... but if it's actually compatible with modern browsers, you can use Chrome, and fake that you're using IE.

The user-agent is where your browser tells the website what software you're using. Change that, and websites will think you're using IE.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-14-2013, 01:53 PM

The only problem I have with IE is the occasional website that's says, "Ewww IE, go away" ... and I do. If the site is really obnoxious I might go back with Firefox with full on adblock as a payback.

Back when I was working, IE there was a clusterfuck which makes me wonder if it's really IE that's the problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perry Winkle

Sometimes I'm sad at the state of my profession. Enterprise software doesn't have to be as bad as it is. The dysfunction is a complex, systemic issue.

In-house system admin/tech support job security?

lumberjim · 08-14-2013, 02:39 PM

Will try that.

Perry Winkle · 08-14-2013, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

In-house system admin/tech support job security?

I don't want to go deeply into it but...

That and enterprise software vendors pawn off really shitty software as state of the art. There's little incentive to improve the situation.

Also most developers are crap and it's really hard to judge skill, only slightly less so when you are a developer yourself. Corporate recruiters are just completely fucked.

A medical IT system company wanted to pay me ridiculous amounts of money to come in and run a team to hack something shitty together in six months. They wouldn't allow regular access to domain experts or hire a data scientist to figure out what analyses should be presented. "Just display some averages and percentages. Whatever seems right." Basically a prototype that they would then force (thousands of) people to use and wouldn't invest money in to make better.

This sort of story repeats itself every day. There is a lot of inefficiency in the enterprise realm, and it's super hard to drive it out.

lumberjim · 08-14-2013, 03:31 PM

Didn't work for me, ute. u can get to the site, but it won't print contracts or import deals.

Oh well. Thanks anyway.

Gravdigr · 08-14-2013, 04:29 PM

Stopped using IE years ago.

Undertoad · 08-14-2013, 04:40 PM

It was worth a try.

I can say easily because it didn't take me any effort

tw · 08-14-2013, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

has to be 4 to 6 times a damn day for me.

Usually, when someone complains about IE crashing, I find malware on the machine.

The new trick is to download free software. Then the 'download' site also downloads a numbers of 'questionable' programs. They can be a bitch to eliminate. Since once they are deleted using Control Panel, then they reload themselves later. You must manually go into the Registry to also locate every tiny entry that refers to each 'questionable' program. Sometimes as many as 40 entries.

08-14-2013, 09:49 AM	#1
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08-14-2013, 10:42 AM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	zero __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-14-2013, 11:19 AM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	my point being that I don't use it. I think it's far more trouble to use than it's worth, for the reasons you've described. I'm not in a situation where I have to use it, so, I don't; no use therefore no crashes. I feel sympathy for you folks that are forced to use it though. That seems... dumb. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-14-2013, 02:39 PM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Will try that. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-14-2013, 03:31 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Didn't work for me, ute. u can get to the site, but it won't print contracts or import deals. Oh well. Thanks anyway. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-14-2013, 09:57 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I have to use it for my time sheet, and it's painful. It just doesn't work properly. To be fair, the problem is the version of Java required for the time sheet program and IE doesn't want to let me use that version because it's not secure. So I have to click through a bunch of dire warnings and force it to run. The time sheet doesn't work with current Java. It's all messed up. And I can't wait to close that browser when I'm done.

08-14-2013, 10:12 AM	#3
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Sometimes I'm sad at the state of my profession. Enterprise software doesn't have to be as bad as it is. The dysfunction is a complex, systemic issue. More and more companies are making good enterprise software. But the incumbents will continue to suck asshole (and not in a fun way).

08-14-2013, 11:30 AM	#7
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Zero - all my computers are Mac's

08-14-2013, 04:29 PM	#13
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Stopped using IE years ago. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-14-2013, 04:40 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It was worth a try. I can say easily because it didn't take me any effort

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