That's not quite the full picture Mr Czerna. IE is still the browser with the largest share worldwide, but in fact it's share is less than half, meaning that more people do not use it, than do. (i.e. most people don't use IE). In Europe, in Jan 11, Firefox has replaced IE as the largest share browser. In the US, IE still leads.

http://gs.statcounter.com/press

@Jerry

I was expecting a Firefox fanboi to pop up, and expecting the same tired old twaddle to be trotted out. Firefox/Opera/Chrome/Konqueror/Safari - name your poison - are more standards compliant/secure/virus proof/bla bla bla.

IE is more popular than all of them. Whether you like it or not, worldwide more people browse with IE than any other browser.

Why should I change from using the most popular browser in the world just because squarespace (and, seemingly, ONLY squarespace) runs a pile of tracking code, e.g.
http://www.squarespace.com/features/: "Detailed visitor logs. See every single click on your website, and what your website visitors are doing minute by minute." Whatever they are doing, it affects all instances of IE. I have to close every open browser instance to clear this rubbish.

As I already wrote, I can avoid the problem by creeping up on this website in 'Privacy' mode. But why should I? I flagged this problem up because it may be happening to other people and they may be blaming their internet connection.

BTW. In IE I can block ads and still see Josh's cartoons.

"I can't help with IE8", you write, to which my polite response is "keep quiet, then".

Peter Czerna.

I can't help with IE8, but it has been my experience that using firefox is an awful lot easier and safer.
I've had no slowdown problems at this site at all.

If you install the firefox add-ons adblock and flashblock your internet experience will be immensely improved. (but be sure to unblock the bish on adblock because otherwise you can't see josh's cartoons)

Bishop Hill

A visit to your blog causes me consistent problems when visiting subsequent sites. Is anyone else having this problem?

I can visit a few sites from my favourites in IE8, but once I have visited your blog loading all further sites is so slow that it becomes practically impossible.

If I don't visit your blog, all the other sites load just fine. Once I have visited your blog everything just grinds to a halt.

Remarkably, clearing the cache, cookies etc. makes no difference. The only solution is to close the browser completely and then open it afresh.
I can visit all other sites in any order without problems. As soon as I visit your site, all subsequent sites consistently refuse to load. Any site. For this reason, you are now the last on my list of favourites.

I suspect that squarespace is doing some interesting tracking to deliver your visitor statistics.
My evidence for this is that if I visit your site using the IE 'InPrivateBrowsing' function, there appears to be no longer a problem.

I'm not paranoid about tracking, but I really would like squarespace to stop messing up my browsing.

A new Topical Storm, formed in late 2009, developed somewhat in 2010, and perhaps about to intensify and achieve landfall in the UK in March: http://www.climateweek.com/. Or will it be an ordinary rather dull depression, on the one hand dampening our spirits by its very existence, but on the other raising them by its failure to astroturf the sceptred isle?

Time will tell, but it may well serve as a barometer of public interest, and as a showcase for the latest wheezes of the climate establishment in their battle against reason, rationality, and level-headedness.

Joe Romm's latest spin on events in North Africa.

He tries to blame climate for rising world food prices. Perhaps he should look at the increasing cost of many forms of energy to produce food, and also the massive amounts of food diverted to 'green' fuel production. The increase in energy costs in a large part is driven by idealogues that want to reduce energy demand by putting the price up - and also to subsidise 'green energy'.

http://climateprogress.org/2011/01/30/egyptian-tunisian-riots-food-prices-extreme-weather-and-high-oil-prices/

Fred updates his article

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/02/climate-sceptics-scientists-at.html

such fun

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february042011/global-superstorms-ta.php

interesting link from Climate Depot

ZDB

Right wing, lacking creativity and imagination, well you seem to be indicating that I have a particular leaning that should be taken with a pinch of salt, I'm surprised that there is no mention of funding from certain oil companies. You really have taken up the methodology of the moment.
Perhaps upon your approval I should include a disclaimer at the bottom stating that 'the views expressed within this post are those of a suspected right winger and should be read with the knowledge that there will be nothing creative or imaginative within the content to those of a consensus viewpoint.'

Or would you prefer a tag of a single word to indicate my position on the current issue.

Please, if you don't have the backup of sufficient evidence to create an imaginative argument then don't resort to ad hominem attacks, it doesn't add any credibility to your standing and belittles the effort that the Bishop has put into this site in order to create an informative area of debate and discourse.