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IE7 support might be nice too...you know, I'm forced to use it at work...it has been out for atleast a year now. And it is surprisingly somewhat more secure than IE6. You'd think Apple would have their act together, MobileMe has been a letdown since day 1.

Blame microsoft, I.E is an extrodinarily poor browser with minimal W3C compliance, supporting only CSS1.x and a little CSS2 - I believe. Also, it still doesn't pass the Acid Test. It is only the major browser now that fails it. ( Note: Firefox 3.1 beta passes the acid test )

To my knowledge, IE *still* does not support XHTML.

IE lags way behind Safari, FireFox and Opera.

Mobile Me contains functionality that IE just does not support. Apple should not have to cripple MobileMe for IE's stake.

In fact, more companies should close the door on IE, it will encourage microsoft to get their act together.
 
At work I use windows, and Google Chrome is waaaayyyyy faster than Firefox will ever be (especially in boot time, firefox takes forever!).

I agree, Chrome is really impressive. However its still in beta, so sometimes MobileMe will freak out. Time to time.
 
Blame microsoft, I.E is an extrodinarily poor browser with minimal W3C compliance, supporting only CSS1.x - I believe. Also, it still doesn't pass the Acid Test. It is only the major browser now that fails it. ( Note: Firefox 3.1 beta passes the acid test )

To my knowledge, IE *still* does not support XHTML.

IE lags way behind Safari, FireFox and Opera.

Mobile Me contains functionality that IE just does not support. Apple should not have to cripple MobileMe for IE's stake.

In fact, more companies should close the door on IE, it will encourage microsoft to get their act together.


Amen to that. IE works great with MS apps, anything else - give or take. Just like stuff built with MS APPS may not work with other browsers, only IE (ie SQL parts, etc). It is a constant battle here at work with IE bottlenecks, etc. Having to re-write a lot of applications as our databases grow, just to get around IE issues. Also, don't ever try using Google Chrome with MS-Apps, talk about your nightmare.

MS <-> MS
Anything else <-> Anything else
MS '= anything else.

For you non-programmer types, means MS compatible with MS, anything else compatible with anything else, MS' not always compatible with anything else.

Because of this we had to tell people not to use Google Chrome, watch use of Firefox in certain areas, and if you are on a mac (which we are just starting to support), have a VPC with Windows just for the MS specific areas you may hit.

MS web technologies had never ever been truely web compliant. I built a beautiful website using frontpage , back in the day. Had to disable a good many parts of it as all other browsers choked, and even IE could not handle part of what frontpage offered consistantly.
 
Maybe they could fix it so it doesn't give a slow script message with more than 3000 contacts!

I am still getting the message today (12/23). Doesn't seem any faster

3000 good greif :eek:, either someone is busy or needs to do some house cleaning..

What I need is my address book, and my eountarge to sync automatically using address book. I have google (syncman for that), me, and eouturage for work.
 
Amen to that. IE works great with MS apps, anything else - give or take. Just like stuff built with MS APPS may not work with other browsers, only IE (ie SQL parts, etc). It is a constant battle here at work with IE bottlenecks, etc. Having to re-write a lot of applications as our databases grow, just to get around IE issues. Also, don't ever try using Google Chrome with MS-Apps, talk about your nightmare.

MS <-> MS
Anything else <-> Anything else
MS '= anything else.

For you non-programmer types, means MS compatible with MS, anything else compatible with anything else, MS' not always compatible with anything else.

Because of this we had to tell people not to use Google Chrome, watch use of Firefox in certain areas, and if you are on a mac (which we are just starting to support), have a VPC with Windows just for the MS specific areas you may hit.

MS web technologies had never ever been truely web compliant. I built a beautiful website using frontpage , back in the day. Had to disable a good many parts of it as all other browsers choked, and even IE could not handle part of what frontpage offered consistantly.

Regardless of how how bad IE is/isn't, Apple simply blocks anything that isn't Firefox or Safari.

Apple isn't blocking browsers based on capability, their code simply checks to see if you have Firefox or Safari running on Windows or Mac OS X. Linux users are also left with cold support (even on Firefox).

The nature of MobileMe is that people want to access it on whatever computer they are on. All they need to do is put up a simple version of the site for browsers and devices that can't cope with displaying the full service.

If I need my e-mail and the only computer I can use has IE6, then I wont be using MobileMe.
 
iDisk?

Is it too much to ask to have the iDisk work reliably? On multiple computers that run just fine otherwise when I copy anything to any iDisk folder the progress bar goes quickly then hangs forever at the final stage.
 
My MobileMe experience has been pretty decent since the first week. I use it on three Macs and two PC's. The fix that most interests me is the "stay logged in for two weeks" option.
 
Apple isn't blocking browsers based on capability, their code simply checks to see if you have Firefox or Safari running on Windows or Mac OS X. Linux users are also left with cold support (even on Firefox).

Incorrect - I can use Linux with Firefox with MobileMe Web client without problems.

I've also tried with Opera 9, and that appears to be good too.

You'll get a warning about browser, but you can ignore this and get access to MobileMe web client.
 
Why Chrome is faster.

Completely disagree. Chrome is fantastic, I'm waiting for the Mac version. I find it much faster, more stable, less hungry and simpler than Firefox. And some of us are forced to use Windows, don't ask silly questions. :rolleyes:

That's because Chrome is very new. Almost all new browsers are very fast in the beginning. They people start moaning and groaning and demanding this and that be added to it. The next thing you know it is as lumbering as every other browser unless the people creating it have self control. Few companies do because once you stop adding features, people stop using it.
 
Is it too much to ask to have the iDisk work reliably? On multiple computers that run just fine otherwise when I copy anything to any iDisk folder the progress bar goes quickly then hangs forever at the final stage.

I wonder what Decade Apple will return the email a File link to a Friend feature? :rolleyes:
 
The ability to easily email groups from the web mail interface would be nice.

Also a lot more speed in the Mail interface.
 
Is it too much to ask to have the iDisk work reliably? On multiple computers that run just fine otherwise when I copy anything to any iDisk folder the progress bar goes quickly then hangs forever at the final stage.

I've never had any problems with iDisk. I use it from a number of computers, a couple of which run Windows. iDisk is great for common storage.
 
I like mobile me a lot!

Really folks I've been on board for awile now with Mobile Me and like it. That even after being hit with every bug known to man! Yeah the launch of the updated services left a lot to be desired but hey no one is perfect not even Apple. It is a measure of who you are in how you correct and deal with your problems; with Mobile Me they did OK. Not fantastic but I do believe they where caught off guard.

Things that are important to me:
1.
iDisk, this provides for an important off sight back up facility for me. Yeah there are other approaches, some that even work better, but I like that it is part of the Mobile Me package!

2.
The syncing! Once I got the iPhone and syncing started to stabilize I'm surprised at just how useful it is to have things constantly in sync. Especially being able to get access from anywhere.

3.
E-Mail address! Well you got to get one from somewhere! While I'm knocking on wood right now, mobile me doesn't seem to get spammed the Yahoo does.

4.
ICal has also overcomed my reluctance to use calendaring software. I believe this is impart related to iPhone as having a usable calendar with you 24/7 grows on you fast.


That is a short list but I must say one thing that really turned the tide is the usefulness of Mobile Me and iPhone. I don't honestly think that I'd be as positive if it wasn't for that integration.

Now don't misunderstand as I've seen all the bugs and have had at one time or another every issue in the forums. These have been slowly resolved, resulting in a very usable service. A service that yes is a bit expensive considering the growing pains (one does at times feel like a beta tester), but the cost is a little easier to swallow now that things really aren't that bad.

The things I'd like to see Apple concentrate on are iDisk and calendaring. IDisk needs all around improvements especially in transfer speed and robustness on poor networks. Calendaring needs to be uniform across all platforms so this isn't exactly a Mobile Me problem but I get very frustrated when I can't do record updates on my iPhone that I can on the desktop calendar.

Off the top of my head I can't think of anything new in the way of an app that Mobile Me needs to add.


Dave
 
Hey, Apple, how about focusing some of this energy on giving us what most users really need, like CUT&PASTE, or some real Navigation software, like iGo of TomTom, to take advantage of that GPS chip?

So sick of this money-grabbing BS....
 
why isn't MobileMe as fast as gmail?

I am a long time MobileMe (.Mac) user, and have loved it since the beginning. There have been a ton of growing pains, and I've had to reset my sync data dozens of times over the years. However, the ability to have everything synchronized between multiple computers and my mobile device has far outweighed all the hassle MobileMe (.Mac) has been over the years.

That said, a couple friends of mine use Gmail and the Google Calendar, and I'm just baffled as to why they are BOTH light years faster than Apple's online versions (MobileMe Mail and Calendar). It's seriously like night and day. When I navigate through their email or calendar, it's almost like I'm running a local app. When I do the same thing on MobileMe, it's like I'm running on a seriously slow Internet connection or something (though I'm not).

Why is this? Can't Apple figure out what Google has done, and duplicate it? They don't have to use Gmails threads or labels (though those are really nice features), but they can at least address the speed issue, yes? We shouldn't have to have really small email INBOXes or calendars to get decent speed. They should be fast regardless of the size! Gmail is.

Like I said in the beginning, I'm a long time MobileMe user, and most likely will stick with it forever. However, Gmail is calling my name, and if Gmail ever figures out how to add synchronization features like MobileMe (I know there are ways to do it now, but none of them are nearly as seamless as MM), then I just might jump ship. I can't believe I'm saying that (yes, I'm an Apple fanboy), but Google just impresses the hell out of me these days.

R

P.S. On a related note, I can check my Gmail account from my iPhone using their iPhone optimized gmail.com site. Why can't I do that with my MM account? I know you get your MM account built in with the built in apps, but there have been numerous times when friends of mine wanted to check their MM calendars or email on my iPhone, and I've had to tell them "sorry, not really possible". What gives? You'd think Apple would have all of it's sites (store included) optimized for the iPhone. Ugh.
 
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