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You might hate it, but would you use IE8 for $10,000?
You'll have to do a few things to get in the action. First, of course, you'll have to become a legal resident of Australia. The DIAC website can help you with the process. Once you've checked that off, you also have to follow @tengrand_IE8 on Twitter to get the daily clues and then put on your Columbo trench coat and use IE8 to uncover the road to riches.
Gotta love the tagline they used: "But you'll never find it using old Firefox (So get rid of it, or get lost.)"
Oh, you crazy Aussies!
I know it's a contest to promote their own browser and it makes sense to use proprietary features to ensure people are actually using IE8, but how Microsoft is that? "This is the most compliant Internet Explorer yet, but we're running our least compliant contest ever using it! Yeeeeeeeeeehaw!"
Wouldn't we all love it if the winner used Firefox and IETab to pull off a win? To quote Bart Simpson, "The ironing is delicious."
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Subscribe to commentsshaunisadirtyJun 21st 2009 6:51PM
You have to perform 4 steps to speed up Firefox? You have to perform 4 steps that you have to Google? And you still think it's the best, what an idiot. Do you notice how long FF takes to open? It's absolutely insane. And then you get the box about add-ons - which are stupid in themself - and then FF restarts because it updated itself without asking you or warning you so you have to wait even longer. People hear all the time that FF is the best, they don't know any better themselves and it appears to work so they start spewing the crap themselves and telling everybody. The majority of users are not tech savvy, they just believe what they hear. Why do you think Apple's marketing is always "the fastest" and "2x" this and that, it's because the average person doesn't take the time to look at the actual facts and will buy into the marketing. You are apparently one of those people.
HazeJun 22nd 2009 7:44AM
shaunisadirty ,
man u knw wht its better than limited interface of " IE , opera , Chrome "
and hell no it doesnt take time to restart , to open or even to install any crap
i think u hav some kind of problem with ur computer hahahahaha
like u will be still using a CPU called " intel celeron " hahahaha
we people use the powerfull AMD ,
do u want my advise , i will send u some money , so u can take a taxi to the nearst bridge , and jump over it ,,,,,,, hahahahaha
dude find ur self a job
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