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Upgrading Windows. All of them.

The Shark Lady — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:09:23 +0000

This person is really dedicated – he created a video depicting him upgrading Microsoft Windows from the very first version to Windows 7.

Geeks and techies – grab a cup of coffee and enjoy 10 minutes of nostalgia and blue installation screens:

Microsoft Workers Hide Their iPhones

The Shark Lady — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:33:39 +0000

Shhh, don’t say the A word. It’s an Apple product and you can’t talk about it if you are a Microsoft worker.

Some Microsoft workers take pains to hide their iPhones. While rank-and-file workers tend to use the iPhone openly around peers, some conceal them within sight of more senior executives. One Microsoft worker said he knows several colleagues who try to disguise their iPhones with cases that make them look more like generic handsets.

I wonder what happens in Nokia.

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Microsoft Sends Flowers to IE6 Funeral

The Shark Lady — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:57:55 +0000

Who said the Redmond fellas didn’t have a sense of humor?

Although it’s their very own baby, Microsoft apparently knows when to quit, so they “participated” in the funeral service performed for Internet Explorer 6. Microsoft has sent flowers and wrote a card, saying “Thanks for the good times IE6,” the card reads. “See you all @ MIX when we show a little piece of IE Heaven.”

Unfortunately, IE6 isn’t really dead yet. Some 12% of internet users are still utilizing this old and broken browser. Web developers all over the world just yearn the day when no one uses this browser. Hopefully, we’ll soon see the day when all browsers are standards-compatible.

Microsoft: Thousands of Popular Sites Still Incompatible with IE8

The Shark Lady — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:43:40 +0000

In a new post, Microsoft informs the web that there are still around 2,000 sites that aren’t compatible with IE8 and require the Compatibility View mode.

Let us just ponder, Microsoft, whose fault is this? Web developers spent days and months, battling with the problems created by your inferior browsers (IE6 and IE7), and now no one is in a hurry to make changes to accommodate IE8.

A very complicated diagram in the post shows how IE8 determines whether to go to “quirks mode,” “IE 8 almost standards mode,” “IE 8 standards mode” or “IE 7 standards mode” when displaying a site.

Microsoft now promises to deliver more standards support with IE9, including Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) standards, and maube SVG and HTML5 standards. That, of course, remains to be seen. The fact remains that developing sites to fit the different IE quirks is STILL a tiresome, annoying job.

Current StatCounter Global Stats concerning web browsers show that about 24% of internet users surf with IE8; IE7 has a market share of about 19%, and dropping; Firefox 3.5 has about 17% market share and IE6 still holds 12% of the market.

Source: StatCounter Global Stats – Browser Version Market Share

Beware of Devil Mountain Software

The Shark Lady — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:57:05 +0000

Devil Mountain Software reported last week that 86% of Windows 7 PCs are regularly reaching the breaking point in terms of memory usage. Many raised an eyebrow over these weird claims.

Who exactly is behind Devil Mountain Software? Are the legit? And why do they keep bashing Microsoft products? ZDnet has done some serious research and came up with interesting answers to many questions:

A small software company based in Florida, Devil Mountain Software regularly releases studies filled with detailed performance and market data about operating systems and browsers, with a special emphasis on Windows…

We love a mystery, but tracking down who actually runs this outfit was unbelievably difficult. But after extensive research, we are convinced that Randall C. Kennedy is the owner and sole operator of this company and that it has no other employees.

Read the full article: Why we don’t trust Devil Mountain Software (and neither should you)