I wanted to try the Intel AppUp beta for Windows 7 netbooks. So, I pointed my Google Chrome browser at…
http://www.intel.com/Consumer/Products/appup.htm
This resulted in partially rendered web page and Chrome attempting to use all available processor resources. I had to use Windows Task Manager to terminate Chrome.
Next up was Firefox. It rendered correctly and did not cause the processor to rev up. However, I could not download the AppUp EXE file using Firefox.
This forced me to use Internet Explorer 8 which takes forever to startup (why is that). The AppUp webpage rendered correctly and let me download the EXE file.
Thanks for the terrible user experience, Intel!
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One response to “Intel AppUp Webpage Browser Hostile?”
Thank you for trying the Intel AppUp Center Beta. Sorry AppUp didn’t download well for you. I’ve forwarded your experience onto our support and development team to look into further, but will need some additional information to ensure we have the whole picture: what OS version of Win7 are you using (x64, Home Starter, Home Premium, Ultimate, etc.)? We are only supporting XP and Win7 Home Starter now, but are looking to expand that in the near future.
The client is tested on IE and Firefox, but several internal team members also use Chrome and were able to successfully download with issue. I would encourage you to log download and install issues on our community (http://www.intel.com/support/go/appup/support.htm) and you’ll get a response. We did launch AppUp as a beta to get feedback and to make this the best possible experience for consumers.
Amy at Intel [reposting comment from Mary at Intel]