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Community weekly poll: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7?
- 10/31/06 3:50 PM
I've used Firefox too...
by revstar - 11/4/06 1:43 PM In reply to: FireFox trumps E7 by steelburnerin all versions, but I have always returned to IE. One of the main reasons their list of add ons and extensions.
With the last version, there is a utility that allows copying of bits and pieces of web pages. It was very popular,can't remember the name. I noticed a utility with the same name but different function. Ah. I thought. Let's give it a try. I did and was suddenly infected with popups everywhere. I informed Mozilla of this and they said, "Yeah, we know about that.", then did nothing. When I download FF2 one of the first things I noticed on the talk boards was a complaint about the same thing with the same response.
Mozilla wouldn't know about consumer protection if it came up and bit them in the ass.
Firefox? Never again.
I think that's to do with the NSIS worm
by meisinscotland - 11/6/06 4:47 AM In reply to: I've used Firefox too... by revstarApparently the NSIS worm had affected the Mozilla product not that long ago, and was disguising itself within the trusted package. Believe me, you don't normally get popups with Firefox!
Did you see anything about "NSIS Media" on any of the popups?
There's nothing wrong with preference. Some people like Internet Explorer, some Firefox. No hard feelings.
IE7 eewww
by celtmaiden - 11/3/06 10:38 PM In reply to: Explorer 7 by hokiebobI tried it.
It's pretty?
It has tabs! There, there's a good point, right? Too bad it messed up my computer. I had to do a restore so it would go away and I could use my MSN... updates. what a pain in the...I'll stick with Firefox, thanks.
IE 7 & Outlook Express
by morninglory - 11/4/06 5:45 AM In reply to: Explorer 7 by hokiebobHellooooo, it's me again! This AM when I tried to open my mail in Outlook Express I kept getting an error; I finally figured out that it was because I had NOT installed IE 7. I normally use FF for my browser but IE was not to be denied! So I had to download it, taking up space on my hd, in order to get to my mail. Has anybody else had this problem or am I just to dumb to fix it some other way? Thanks for any input!
Betsy
Not sure on that one - has OE7 come out yet?
by meisinscotland - 11/8/06 12:29 AM In reply to: IE 7 & Outlook Express by morningloryAre Microsoft delaying the release of Outlook Express 7 or is it due out with IE7? Or maybe we'll all have to upgrade to Windows Vista - I don't think so!
explorer 7
by trochezrich - 11/6/06 5:53 PM In reply to: Explorer 7 by hokiebobIf some web pages do not load well with firefox, how come it's your prefered browser?
How come Firefox is your prefered browser?
by panama43 - 11/6/06 10:07 PM In reply to: explorer 7 by trochezrichIn the beginning I was trying out the main web browsers such as Opera, Netscape, Mozilla, Mozilla's Firefox & Internet Explorer 6.
I tried each of them out for about a month each, some less than that 
, IE-6 was the over all winner because some of the web sites did not recognize some of the lesser known browsers. I was judging the speed of the browsers loading the web pages and Firefox would have won if it wasn't for some of the web sites web pages not working on it properly, e.g eBay.
When Microsoft released IE-7 Beta #1 
, I jumped at the opportunity to try it out and stayed with all the test released versions. IE-7 RC I thought that was the best out of the IE-7 test series, IE-7 was still slow loading up a web page but still better than IE-6 .... Then came news Mozilla had released Firefox-2, the first page loaded (wow :O) tested it against the web sites that the old versions of Firefox failed on ... (wow :O) Firefox-2 on every web site worked perfectly and the speed was very impressive. The little Add-ons you can use plus the themes are very easy to download and to use, customizing your browser appeals to me and the ifox theme is the one I like to use 
I hope this is some help to you
Reset Windows XP Content Protection
by petereque - 10/31/06 8:38 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
Installing IE 7 reset all my Windows Content protection to 0, the goody-goody setting! Why did it do that? I certainly didn't ask for it! And at least one site is still missing after I reset the protection and re-booted.
I could almost understand resetting in IE, but not in my OS! Microsoft knows what's best for us all, I suppose.
Pete
IE7 content settings
by hfhlt004 - 11/1/06 12:04 AM In reply to: Reset Windows XP Content Protection by peterequeDidn't happen to me. I guess some people have bad luck.
Internet Explorer 7
by jake80 - 10/31/06 8:45 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
I downloaded it and tried it for a week but went back to the Explorer I did not like the tool bar or should I say the lack of many options their Google (Came with Explorer7) did not have the auto fill and other features.
I guess if you want a bigger screen you will like it it's trimmer and gives you more area on your monitor. but I missed the tool bar the File Edit View Favorites Tools and Help I would rather sacrifice the space for the satisfaction of doing what I always am used to doing if this makes any sense to you.
IE 7
by Dan628 - 10/31/06 10:27 PM In reply to: Internet Explorer 7 by jake80I know what you mean. I take it a little personally when people get upset after I have reconfigured my computer to function or even look how I want it to. I really don''t understand why, I mean it's my machine, I paid for it and I was actually under the impression that was the whole idea anyway. If something is more convenient for me located in a different area than where the designers put it, what's the big deal? Like you, I like having certain tools at the ready and I prefer my screen set at a certain resolution.600X800, and I also liked having auto fil on Google. I really don't understand the convenience of having all of that empty screen. I haven't downloaded 7 yet and I'm just starting to read the experiences of others that have. I don't like to jump into anything too quick.
Toolbars
by Snapper Dill - 11/1/06 7:21 AM In reply to: Internet Explorer 7 by jake80Actually the menu bar is still there, do right-click where you'd expect it to be and and you get the option to enable it, and the status bar, as well as an option to add and remove navigation buttons.
I've been using it ever since the beta came out, to test my websites. The release version is hugely better than the betas.
IE7 is a vast improvement over 6 - quicker, cleaner, more customisable and much more compliant to web standards.
No doubt still renders the junk code spewed out by Frontpage better than non-M$ browsers but it's still a long way behind Opera or Firefox.
I'll be staying with Firefox.
IE 7
by MMH - 10/31/06 8:48 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
Tride it, messed up my MSN, contacted MSN Tech support, contected Qwest support, finally both told me it won't work with MSN, and wasn't supported by MSN!?!?!?
Had to remove it to get things working again.
EI 7
by hyper viper - 11/1/06 12:34 AM In reply to: IE 7 by MMHPLAIN AND SIMPLE....IT IS CRAP!!!!! FIREFOX FAAAAR BETTER.......EI WOULD BE ABOUT MY LAST CHOICE OF A BROWSER!!!!
Holding off on Internet 7
by JEfromCanada - 10/31/06 9:04 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
There are some "features" of Internet Explorer 7 that I'm not ready to embrace. Once is the exclusion of images from non-secure sites that are meant to be displayed on a secure page. I need that capability at the moment, so unless Internet Explorer 7 has a way to override the more stringent rules, I'll stick with IE6.
Not that I use IE6 - I'm a devoted Firefox user - but there are some sites that only work with Microsoft's version of HTML, and for those, I intend to keep using IE6.
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