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The problem is going to IE 8’s InPrivate. I remember when my stats showed mostly IE 6 being used, I gradually watched that to change to IE 7. Same will happen for IE8. Hopefully no one will use it.
While InPrivate Browsing is active, the following takes place:
New cookies are not stored
All new cookies become “session” cookies
Existing cookies can still be read
The new DOM storage feature behaves the same way
New history entries will not be recorded
New temporary Internet files will be deleted after the Private Browsing window is closed
Form data is not stored
Passwords are not stored
Addresses typed into the address bar are not stored
Queries entered into the search box are not stored
Visited links will not be storedHere’s the MS blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/08/25/ie8-and-privacy.aspx
Input on a web development side – this just gives another browser that we have to ‘adjust’ our sites to…
I mean it’s already a slight pain in the backside tweaking the development to suit both IE and FF… let alone Safari, Opera, etc..
Apart from that I’m also paranoid about collecting data like this.. The next thing you’ll see is Google handing out chips for insertion into the brain so they can track your thoughts too..
A russian once said to me ‘Just because you’re not paranoid, it doesn’t mean they’re not after you’
Has anyone tested Chrome for web development stuff yet?
I can’t imagine they will have dev plugins like FF has..@Renee 174850 wrote:
Input on a web development side – this just gives another browser that we have to ‘adjust’ our sites to…
Has anyone tested Chrome for web development stuff yet?
I can’t imagine they will have dev plugins like FF has..That was my first worry. Initially I thought it behaved more like IE, but on more extensive testing this morning it’s not – it’s more like Firefox. It looks like another pain in the arse for developers.
For example, one instant hurdle for the industry is that it doesn’t support ActiveX so Microgaming’s Flash casino doesn’t work and the instructions given are inaccurate.
This is going to be a headache, although I suspect programming for FF will also work for Chrome. At least I hope so! And while FF merely dents the visitor stats, I think Chrome has the potential to take a much larger audience. Bugger.
@slotplayer 174845 wrote:
The problem is going to IE 8’s InPrivate. I remember when my stats showed mostly IE 6 being used, I gradually watched that to change to IE 7. Same will happen for IE8. Hopefully no one will use it.
While InPrivate Browsing is active, the following takes place:
New cookies are not stored
All new cookies become “session” cookies
Existing cookies can still be read
The new DOM storage feature behaves the same way
New history entries will not be recorded
New temporary Internet files will be deleted after the Private Browsing window is closed
Form data is not stored
Passwords are not stored
Addresses typed into the address bar are not stored
Queries entered into the search box are not stored
Visited links will not be storedHere’s the MS blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/08/25/ie8-and-privacy.aspx
I can’t remember where I read about that but MS has come under pressure from some corners of the aff industry regarding its InPrivate browsing. All cookies become “session cookies” basically means that they are wiped after each browsing session. In which case I don’t know why they allow them in the first place. They need to change this. InPrivate browsing seems too radical.
@Simmo! 174810 wrote:
My first impressions are good I must say. And as pointed out above, it appears you have to turn Cookies off manually. Pleased to see it renders all my sites correctly so it must be sympathetic to standards like IE – that was my biggest concern. I can see this eating up Firefox, although with Microsoft’s stranglehold on new PC’s it’ll ake longer to dent the “casual user” market.
Think about this….
Google’s inroads into PC’s has become quite extensive. Think Google Desktop. There is no reason that they won’t do the same and have Chrome become default for specific PC companies (Gateway comes to mind).
Chrome has money behind it, where Firefox only has word of mouth.
Another note that someone mentioned about another browser to code to… It looks to me that Google chose to use the same model Firefox uses to render websites. That is a good thing, IE always did things wrong anyway and hoped everyone would conform. Anything with a border renders differently in IE than in any other browser. I, for one, am glad Chrome does it the FF way – maybe that will get IE to finally fix their shit.
On the cookies thing… affiliate programs should really update their shit so that they can continue tracking. That’s not the browser’s problem – aff programs need to keep up with technology. If they don’t – then there is no reason to promote their casinos.
Apart from that I’m also paranoid about collecting data like this.. The next thing you’ll see is Google handing out chips for insertion into the brain so they can track your thoughts too..
Google is becoming HUGE that is for sure and I get worried all the time about what data they collect from me.
