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Community weekly poll: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7?
- 10/31/06 3:50 PM
re: Internet Explorer 7
by montdor1 - 11/1/06 6:18 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
Of course I will use IE 7 and as soon as I can (I already am, so there). But, recall how MS scr--ed Netscape with the original browsers. And today, Wintel (Windows + Intel) has a stranglehold on so much.
For schools, like the one I teach 11th grade regents prep, JFK HS in the south bronx, NY. OK. I have only seen digital projectors (they hang from the ceiling) used as a teaching tool, up here. But there, at JFK, I had to learn how to use a transparency thing. Now it is very simple, but takes practice when you don't have a screen, and we don't. So MS and Intel have to lower their prices, decrease their profit margins, for Americans in school. Nothing is more important to mankind's continued standard of living, technology, etc., than educating for real. A transparency is a joke, to be truthful. No one looks at the transparency projection: it is ugly and hard to figure. AMD cannot do everything.
They "screwed" Netscape..
by meisinscotland - 3/19/07 11:35 AM In reply to: re: Internet Explorer 7 by montdor1because the IE browser at the time was better? No? Or something to with illegal market trade monopoly thing..
IE 7
by Fann_Dango - 11/1/06 6:33 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
I already use it. How do I like it? Overall, it's passable. My specific dislike is the "Back", "Forward" arrows and the arrow to the right of the URL address bar. I won't go into specific reasons. Suffice to say I prefer the old text labels, and I wish we were given a choice of preference, i.e., text or icon.
Will you download and use IE 7?
by sajedul1956 - 11/1/06 6:58 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
I already downloaded it. Within less then a month I started using Firefox as my Default. I do not like the performance of IE7.
Be more specific
by Ryo Hazuki - 11/7/06 4:19 PM In reply to: Will you download and use IE 7? by sajedul1956What exactly didn't you like in IE7's performance, the fact that it's faster than FF both opening and rendering pages or the fact it uses less RAM?
I *totally* agree
by meisinscotland - 3/19/07 11:32 AM In reply to: Be more specific by Ryo HazukiYou hit the nail on the head now. Apart from hanging around so I can get past the content blockers at college, I all of abandoned firefox when I installed that little Gem IE7 a month ago.
I even disabled tabs! Which wacked up performance more. and it looks good.
Cheers dude.
IE7 nyet!
by bimmerpilot - 11/1/06 7:05 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
As long as Firefox is a better browser, I won't use IE and haven't for years. I used Eudora and Opera before Firefox and found that all of them were better browsers as well as less susceptible to hacker attacks. We have Firefox installed on our 3 computers and never worry about attacks; of course we use firewalls and anti-virus software - but doesn't everyone?
Unbias nyet!
by Ryo Hazuki - 11/7/06 4:33 PM In reply to: IE7 nyet! by bimmerpilotGiven the market share of IE, it doesn't look like FF is the better browser, so the reason you don't use IE is weak. You may have found Firefox was less susceptible to hacker attacks, but security company Secunia found the opposite in the last year, reporting 107 flaws in Firefox 1.5 against 70 in IE6. So if you are naive enough to never worry about attacks just because you have a non-Microsoft supposedly secure web browser installed on your 3 computers (read Firefox), you should be prepared for some possible big headaches in the future; if you use firewalls and anti-virus software like you say, you and anybody like you is safe with IE, even more than with FF taking into account these facts from Secunia.
I'll add to that.
by meisinscotland - 11/8/06 12:14 AM In reply to: Unbias nyet! by Ryo HazukiI'll try not to be biased, as I am currently in the process of developing a web site on this same subject. The reason IE has gained the market share was because of monopoly. Back in the '90s, when Netscape ruled the roost, everyone was happy. However when Microsoft started integrating the browser onto the system, purposely making it irremovable, Netscape begun to fade away simply because new people knew no different. "Internet Explorer" became the Internet itself, and a household name - that's just plain unfair.
Don't get me wrong, but they do it to Macintoshes too. Take Mac OS X. It comes out and is a blazing success. Microsoft lose 0.0001% of the market share and get Windows "Longhorn" moving just to make sure the competition has not even one iota of a chance to gain any upper market share. In my opinion (and I don't think you are wrong, just hear me out) IE7 was simply a reaction to Firefox, because MS have been gradually losing Market share to it the day it came out.
I mean, fair enough, there's business competition, but what Microsoft did to Netscape was actually illegal - and OS and a browser are separate products, however, over time, IE has become an integral part of Windows for the pure reason of keeping the money pouring into Microsoft.
Okay! I've said what I had to say. I'm all ears.
Wow that was bad
by meisinscotland - 3/19/07 11:29 AM In reply to: I'll add to that. by meisinscotlandsorry ppl I *REALLY* wish I could delete that post cos its BS ..
NEVER- IE7 s*cks
by 1caroline - 11/1/06 7:07 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
It is the worst version ever. I tried it twice. To many problems. I went back to 6. When doing programing or pages I use foxfire. IE can disappear for all I care.
Your review s*cks even more.
by Ryo Hazuki - 11/7/06 4:39 PM In reply to: NEVER- IE7 s*cks by 1carolineInteresting your statement ("It is the worst version ever") goes against every single review of IE7, which state exactly the opposite (even that one from biased Robert Vamosi). If you tried it twice and had any problems that made you get back to 6 than either you have serious problems in your PC or you simply don't know how to work with one, because I tried it once and haven't had any significant problems with it. Btw, learn at least how to spell the browser names before pretending you actually tried IE7 and use Firefox. With a market share of 85%+ IE won't disappear in the short time so I guess you'll just have to live with that fact.
May I add to your comment?
by meisinscotland - 11/7/06 11:51 PM In reply to: Your review s*cks even more. by Ryo HazukiI think what you wrote was good, and I mostly agree. However, (and I will need to check this, so don't quote me) I thought the market share of IE had dropped to around 70% - no?
Also, lets face it everyone has different experiences with different things. I once tried IE7 when it was in Beta -and I'll be honest- I hated it! However, that was that - it's all up to people's preference and the task in hand. As I said in my web site that I'm developing; neither one is better than the other - it's all about the task in hand.
Ahh! The personal attack.
by 1caroline - 1/14/07 9:53 PM In reply to: Your review s*cks even more. by Ryo HazukiWell, months later and me not being the only one reporting problems with IE7. Your attack was bazaar, unless you wrote the program for them. It's simple, it dosen't work well so I removed it. After some time I retried hoping bugs would have been worked out. But they weren't. So I won't try again. And not having an address bar is a problem, and not with me, my computer, my skills. And certainly not the fact of ever trying it. Come down off your high horse. What ever happened to user friendly? But thanks for your insults.
Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) has no address bar? Sure it does.
by mrniceguy35 - 1/15/07 10:26 AM In reply to: Ahh! The personal attack. by 1carolineI'm not sure why you don't see the address bar in Internet Explorer 7 because it is still there. You may not recognize it because it doesn't have the word "Address" in front of it. It is just to the right of the Back & Forth buttons. In fact, Firefox doesn't have the word "Address" in front of its address bar, at least not version 2.0. Who knows, maybe thats where Microsoft got the idea from. But the address bar is definately there. Unless you meant a different "Address" bar, but that is the only one I can think of that you meant.
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