Tech Talk with /Talk
hello lovely talkboarders. I have a quick question. Are any of you using the IE6 browser? If so, I have another question for you.
( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:56, archived)

I use it at work

(PsychoChomp, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:57, archived)

are you at work now?

( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:04, archived)

Nope
not for another 10 days!!!!!!
(PsychoChomp, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:04, archived)

lucky guy

( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:07, archived)

The only reason I can think of anyone using that is if they're on a work PC.
and even then they should be shouting at their employers.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:57, archived)

it's an absolute PITA browser

( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:59, archived)

It's old and smelly to boot.

( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:08, archived)

You're going to ask them out, aren't you?

( Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:57, archived)

No JMG
No dating on b3ta!
( SuperMatt, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:58, archived)

That IS for the best.
Agreed.
( Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:01, archived)

You're only saying that so you can have them all

( Major Turd for tonight only, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:03, archived)

Especially Moohalaa no doubt.

( Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:05, archived)

Ha!
I KNEW IT!
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:12, archived)

JMG, I have 'added' you 'on' 'xbox'

( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:27, archived)

I try not to go anywhere near it.

( SuperMatt, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:57, archived)

^

( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:58, archived)

But what if we're not?
Come on now, we're excluded from this thread :(
( Major Turd for tonight only, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:57, archived)

you can still participate
it just won't be as much FUN!!
( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:58, archived)

I'm using FF on OSX, it's a pile of shite.
I feel very excluded. Mainly because many websites don't work on Macbook.
(Northern Lovely, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:59, archived)

IE6 is for lewsers.

( The Gentleman Bastard waxing lyrical. ©, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 18:59, archived)

I use it at work
because work don't like tabs or security (I can only assume).
( in vino veritas, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:00, archived)

you most likely work for a large corporation
slow to roll out changes across large groups of employees, yeah?
( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:10, archived)

this
IE6 has more security holes than erm...something with lots of security loopholes.

I block IE6 and any other older browser across the networks I look after.

I block Chrome too.
(El Guiri the only b3tan who is not fat, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:19, archived)

Yup
Der government.
( in vino veritas, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 20:01, archived)

Well if we're doing techie stuff
Does anyone know anything about Panda antivirus? It's a kaspersky one and someone recommended it to me because I was moaning about AVG taking too long to load.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:04, archived)

save yourself headaches and heartaches and use Avast
free and open source supported, best damn free personal virus protection on the planet.

avast-home.en.softonic.com/
( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:06, archived)

Thanks
I'll ty that. I think I've seen Avast recommended on here before.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:09, archived)

it has a sexeh male voice too that tells you when it's updated itself

( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:11, archived)

Mine's a Geordie accent
it says "why eye man, your database has been updated like"
( Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:35, archived)

it´s shit
and it´s free for a reason....

you don´t get half the amount of engine detection and cleanup like you do in the full version. and thats not even mentioning heuristic scanning.

For a home PC, nod32 and kaspersky are good choices. When I worked in the labs these used to have the highest detection rates, although Kaspersky can have a few false positives.

edit: also panda is shit. their offices are in madrid. They are like the noobs of anti-virus detection.
(El Guiri the only b3tan who is not fat, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:20, archived)

or if you're willing to shell out £40 for a year, nod32
second to none for me, they have a smart secuirty suite or the standalone antivirus
*virus and trouble-free for 5 years with it*
www.eset.co.uk/
it also uses piffling amounts of resources compared to 'most' other AVs
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:12, archived)

Cock piss
I've left my laptop at work for the first time in about 6 months, and it's got a document that I was supposed to print out on it. Pisshit.
( magnum, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:11, archived)

fuck IE6, fuck supporting it, fuck developing for it and fuck everyone who still uses it
www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/25/save-the-developers-stop-using-internet-explorer-6/
( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:11, archived)

IE6 still represents 31 percent of all browsers out there
we're fucked for a bit longer
( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:12, archived)

while developers still pander to the idiot IE6 users, where's the incentive for those users to upgrade?
STOP SUPPORTING IE6 OR THEY WILL USE IT FOREVER
( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:16, archived)

actually you are in luck, I'm currently wearing it

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:27, archived)

I can tell, it's not blocking your popup very well

( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:42, archived)

i use Opera, I sing into my modem

( (|D[ekionplexis B3ta.com: fictional child porn is OK, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:30, archived)