Community weekly poll: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7?
- 10/31/06 3:50 PM
My Icons are gone
by supercub - 10/31/06 9:44 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
The new version of IE7 is OK except for to loss of my personal icons. Change that so I can have them back and I'll be a happy camper!
IE&7 Disaster
by tencotom - 10/31/06 9:51 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
I have downloaded IE7 and have taken it off.
This thing is so buggy and so confusing that it is
literally suicidal to use it.
Obviously Microsoft feels the same way because the institutional support is lukewarm at best.
Normally when a new Microsoft app appears there is a
shelf full of books (most inaccurate and unneeded) in the local bookstores. The only title available on IE7 at Amazon is seven months away. Tells you something?
Anyhow I downloaded IE7 at the same time I put an Omega Rev disk in my system and one or both of the two created major damage. I'm waiting for the installer now to put a new Motherboard in.
I just don't know what to say other than "I'M MAD AS
HELL AND WON'T TAKE IT ANYMORE"
Tencotom@mindspring.com
I dunno about IE 7
by bbguntx - 11/1/06 3:48 AM In reply to: IE&7 Disaster by tencotomI DL'd IE7 RC1 and the damn thing mde my machince run so slow that I had to uninstall it. If this verson does the same it's not worth it. I have 1.75 GB Ram and it made my computer act like I had only 256 Ram. I got rid of it and my computer started running at it's normal speed. Much faster! without IE7
?
by swampbuggy - 10/31/06 9:52 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
I down loaded it but i also downloaded foxfire which i use at present time till they get the bugs out of 7 if they ever do.
EXPLORER 7
by Ken Bird - 10/31/06 9:57 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
I SEEMS TO MAKE PUTER RUN SLOWER, BUT WILL TRY TO HANG ON A LITTLE LONGER
It's good but has it's flaws.
by RedAlert2_fan - 10/31/06 10:10 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
I've had IE7 for awhile now. But theres one thing I wish was diferent. When you click a link and it's supposed to pop up in another window. That's what it does, pops up in another window. I would rather it just open in another tab instead of whole new window. Well besides that it's cool.
You can change the Tab behavior
by min.darren - 11/1/06 8:47 AM In reply to: It's good but has it's flaws. by RedAlert2_fanIn the prefrecnces you can set new windows to pop up in a tab or a new window. I think the only place this may become an issue is on pages that were designed to have a sized popup screen. Other than that, the tabs work decently well. I think I liked Opera's tabs the best.
Ability to "popup in new window"
by mrniceguy35 - 11/1/06 11:26 AM In reply to: It's good but has it's flaws. by RedAlert2_fanIf you have a mouse with a scroll wheel in the middle (I think the term is "wheel") just push down on it while having your cursor over a link and it will open in a new tab. It worked for me and I just tried it a couple of mintes ago.
Never
by spete327 - 10/31/06 10:11 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
Why?
Because it will not work in my operating system.
Listen, I use Windows 2000 Professional, and the reason I use Windows 2000 Professional is because when XP was first released I went out and got my copy like a good little Microsoft Windows user should, and installed it, and that was a mistake, I found Windows XP so lame that I formated the hard disk, and went back to Windows 2000 Professional, and never looked back. As a matter of fact, I have thrown away the XP disk and took the loss. if Windows Vista is as lame as XP was, I will do the same thing to that operating system, throw it in the trash.
Why is it lame?
by mrniceguy35 - 11/1/06 11:43 AM In reply to: Never by spete327Okay so you gave your opinion that you think Windows XP is lame. Problem is you give absolutely no reason why! Why do you think it is lame? How could it be more lame than Windows 2000 when XP is supposed to have more features and more updated. It won't work on your Windows 2000 Professional version? Of course it won't, because it was never made to or didn't you make sure your system met the requirements for IE7.
Re: Why is it lame.
by spete327 - 11/3/06 10:16 PM In reply to: Why is it lame? by mrniceguy35Before I get started, My system runs any OS I care to install on it, including Windows VISTA, been there, done that to.
As for what you call features, the only fearture that I see in Windows XP is Windows media player. If you want to play a music CD, Media player, if you want to play an Mp3 file, Media player. Microsoft Media Player is part of what makes Windows XP so lame. They even took out the Kodak Imaging software. The wordpad software that is in XP want's to save everything in rich text format, at least with Windows 2000 Professional I have an option as to what format I want my document saved in.
I will say it again Windows XP is so lame, that I will not use it.
Never
by FrankWoolf - 10/31/06 10:12 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
To me it just means yet another round of bugs causing more problems for webmasters and and more sites designed for IE that won't work properly with anything else. Dump it is the trash so we can all have an easier time.
When I am forced...And not even then...
by jctlcdc - 10/31/06 10:14 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
Internet Explorer is so far out of touch that it's like a Yugo being sold for the same price as a Porsche.
The only thing I currently even use IE for is accessing my Hotmail account via MSN Messenger and Windows Update (gotta love Microsoft for forcing you to use their products). I downloaded Firefox a while ago (about a year?) and haven't looked back. I have no reason to download or use IE7 since my usage is so limited as it is. Firefox is a much more intuitive user interface, easier to view (downloadable, customizable graphics interfaces--colors in general terms) and in most cases considerably faster to load a page (or pages in my case--I normally have 10 or more tabs open at one time). I love the adblock and flashblock feature which keeps my system very clean while surfing the internet.
If, at any point in time, I am forced to go to IE7, I will no longer use my PC's for Hotmail or any internet usage--they will become strictly gaming machines and I will convert over fully to Mac. I have both in my home at this time and have been quickly learning the reason that Mac has such a loyal and dedicated customer base. I have 5 Mac desktops, 1 Mac laptop and 4 PC desktops and I enjoy the time spent on my Macs much, much more than on the PC's, not the least reason of which is the absence of IE. IE has not been present on the Mac since version 5.5 was released for OS 9 (which I am occasionally forced to use on my oldest Mac since Firefox and Safari are not available for OS 9) and I consider that a very good thing.
Now, if only I could find a way to eliminate IE from my PC altogether (blast you Windows Update!)...
Jason
Never! Use version installed in new comp only when forced.
by MARBLEANN - 11/1/06 7:23 AM In reply to: When I am forced...And not even then... by jctlcdcFor all of the reasons I have seen stated here so far is exactly the reasons I will not touch Explorer period no matter what version. I have the version that came with my new notebook simply because like other stated you are forced to use it at times. I still use the older NS and never had a virus and I like the e mail that comes with the program. I go on IE the other day to talk to HP a company that forces you to use IE if you have to to use chat and I get a virus and I had all of my security on. I am still looking for a replacement for my old NS and haven't found it yet. But in the mean time I rather use a old verson of NS then IE , new or old.
NEVER
by feenwager - 10/31/06 10:19 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
I'm very happy with firefox, so why should I change ?
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