Comments on: Internet Explorer 8 Extends Laptop Battery Life

By: neo

neo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:55:09 +0000

tats good from mircosoft but will it make a difference? .. probably we can have this as a secondary browser ,might come in handy wen the battery level is low.
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By: Michael Aulia

Michael Aulia — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:53:46 +0000

I don’t understand how using a different browser can actually extend the battery life O_O … is it the colouring? lol
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By: Klaus @ TechPatio

Klaus @ TechPatio — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:38:25 +0000

Hi Sunny,

I’m afraid I don’t know Flock It sounds familar to me, but I haven’t tried it I’m afraid.

I tried to use Safari as my main browser once, it went well for a few weeks, loved how fast it was compared to Firefox. But eventually, I missed my Firefox plugins too much and switched back to Firefox again.
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By: Klaus @ TechPatio

Klaus @ TechPatio — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:37:27 +0000

Let’s hope that IE9 will bring Internet Explorer “back into the game” so that we don’t have to take special care for IE browsers when doing our web development.

By: Klaus @ TechPatio

Klaus @ TechPatio — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:36:40 +0000

I have IE in my Windows installation as well, but it always takes forever to boot because of all the Windows updates all the time, since it can easily be a few weeks between each boot.

By: Klaus @ TechPatio

Klaus @ TechPatio — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:36:03 +0000

Good call Kiran, stick with Firefox, I like that

By: Sunny Bhasin

Sunny Bhasin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:04:13 +0000

Hi Klaus
As you are also addicted to Firefox Addons , same prob is with me also
I use Flock Browser which also supports these addons , so what would you like to say about Flock???
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By: Alan @ Basin Glass Co.

Alan @ Basin Glass Co. — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:34:08 +0000

I use Linux so Firefox is my best option (I can’t use IE) but whne I had a mac or Windows I didn’t use it either; actually I havent used it for about 6 or 7 years (whenever it was that Safari came out). I just became tired of all the problems it had: CSS wouldn’t load properly and it was open to so many viruses and vulnerabilities. Firefox plugins are amazing too so the 8% of battery life doesn’t really justify using IE.

By: Phaoloo

Phaoloo — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:00:56 +0000

I hate IE though still keep it on my computer to test web designs and for some apps use IE engine to show web content. Agree that it’s quite slow, prefer Firefox and Opera.
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By: Kiran

Kiran — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:35:30 +0000

Interesting. But not enough to deter me from using my fav, Firefox

If I need to extend my laptop battery life, I would just plug in the cord into power supply. Certainly not give up my Firefox and the addons! One tip that was given to me a long time ago by a tech support is to not plug your power adapter 24 7 into your laptop. First purchase, power it up for 24 hours for full charge. After that, only recharge when it’s required. Never over-recharge or keep the hardware on a charging mode all the time.
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