Comments for Dolly Parton Says: You Should Try IE8 Webslices!

Dolly Parton Says: You Should Try IE8 Webslices!

2009-11-13T16:51:55Z

In what's got to be the most amusing celebrity tech endorsement of the season so far, Dolly Parton has gone on YouTube endorsing Microsoft's IE8. It's got this great webslices feature, you see. "You've got to have Internet Explorer 8 to use webslices," she says, "shoot, I didn't even know there was a 1 through 7."

It's an awfully charming video by one of the greatest musicians of all time. This 63-year old mega-millionaire is downright folksy when talking about web browsers.

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Hey Dolly, if you like IE8 - you should let Google's Chrome sweep you off your feet! Not a lot of features, but it's super fast for a fast-thinking woman like you. Is it customization you're looking for? We know you've seen a whole lot of things all around the world - but have you seen Firefox yet?

Dolly Parton? How are you going to top that, Mozilla?

Thanks to James Governor for finding the above video.

Comment from Ed Martin on 2009-11-18

2009-11-19T01:23:41Z

If Justine Bateman can testify to Congress about technology, why not Dolly?

Comment from James Wanless on 2009-11-17

2009-11-17T19:45:34Z

The ad itself is kind of a 'whatever' for me. Cute? I guess it 'could' be, based on your definition. But in the original post here ... "by one of the greatest musicians of all time" really caught my eye.

I'm with toth from comment 7. Not a chance.

Comment from Gio on 2009-11-16

2009-11-16T13:54:06Z

"That only come with Webslices"

Here we go again... more non-standards... *rolls eyes*

Comment from Goldmine CRM on 2009-11-15

2009-11-15T16:47:34Z

This has got to be the strangest endorsement ever, where is the link from country music to backwards non standards browser!

The only reedem is as the one caveman says, getting people away from that dinosaur IE6

Comment from Kelsey on 2009-11-14

2009-11-14T23:50:14Z

She is so cute! I really think that Microsoft has stepped it up with the advertising and marketing this year. I really loved the Windows 7 commercials with the little girl. They are awesome.

Comment from Alex Williams on 2009-11-14

2009-11-14T19:47:49Z

That's adorable. :)

Comment from toth on 2009-11-14

2009-11-14T10:03:14Z

Dolly Parton "one of the greatest musicians of all time"??? Are you kidding me?

Comment from Ethan Bauley on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:43:45Z

"The Grass is Blue" is one of the greatest records of all time...modern acoustic country. Dolly kills it

Comment from Greg on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T18:29:02Z

Amazing.... this makes no sense on about forty levels.

Comment from Marshall Kirkpatrick on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T18:00:24Z

Totally. It's awesome.

Comment from That One Caveman on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T17:58:06Z

I don't mind her talking up IE8. At this point, I'm willing to accept whatever means are necessary to get people off IE6. If that means sticking with IE, so be it. At least I can do more with 8 (design and code-wise) than I could ever do with 6.

Comment from AdamD on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T17:34:49Z

I love how she hasn't tried it yet, but she'll gladly recommend it. Mozilla's obvious response is Kenny Rogers, but he's never been one to contradict Dolly.