Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Internet Explorer 9 - WTF?

So I'm back on Windows.. (don't ask)..

I thought I would give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt – seeing as they now had plenty of time to get with the program and catch up with browsers like Chrome.. So, Internet Explorer 9, here I come!

Except... one of the first websites I find myself browsing onto.. gives me this tripe:

Can you spot the problem here?

Yes, there's a certificate error.
Yes, I'm aware that a certificate error should cause me to think twice about the identity of the site.

And how charming and polite this browser is, in saying 'We recommend that you close this webpage and do not continue to this website'.. Before promptly giving me

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option! 'Click here to close this webpage'. What the hell? You recommend I 'close the webpage and do not continue to this website', and then don't give me a choice? Chrome gives me a choice and doesn't treat me like a dribbling retard.

But maybe I'm being too harsh on the poor thing. I'm probably in some sort of Granny-mode. Let's bring up the help page and find out how to load the page:

'You can click 'Continue to this website..' - No you utter, utter muppets. No I can't. The option isn't there.

What a joke.

Further: NICE. The 'Publish Post' button in Blogger is proving too much for this stinking mess of a browser so I couldn't even write a blog post with this heap. Back to Chrome we go! Happy days..

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