I don't want to upset your comfortable relationship with your crappy but comfortable Internet Explorer browser. But do yourself a favor: you should insure that any problems with your browser does not interfere with your browsing.
In this case, it appears that IE8 will not properly load and display embedded videos on your favorite sites, like mine. This is unacceptable. I walked a hell of a lot of miles to shoot those videos, and their presentation will not be stopped by a faulty browser. But that's up to you.
If you are anything like me, you depend on your browser for a number of tasks; Work, Research, communication with friends and the world, among many other uses. When this is disrupted by an inferior browser update, your ability to use your browser, and therefore complete your various missions, is severely compromised.
Therefore, it behooves you to insure that you have constant, reliable access to the internet, even when the latest new version of your favorite browser will not work on your most important sites. Like IE8 and any site with a flash video, which is completely unacceptable.
And when this happens to you, which it will again at some future point in time, having reliable backup browsers insures that you will not be stranded.
So take my advice and download a few browsers that are superior, safer, and faster than Internet Explorer. Test them out and find the best two. Keep your #2 browser up to date with your favorites and passwords, and use the #1 browser to check out my videos.
Now, when your #1 browser goes on the blink, you will be able to keep working while their programmers figure out a patch.
This is the only way to prevent the problems of huge software companies from becoming your problem too. |