Community weekly poll: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7?
- 10/31/06 3:50 PM
Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7?
by lootduty - 11/2/06 5:38 AM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
I tried both the last beta release as well as the first production release and found IE7 to be a resource hog. It starts out working fine, but then slows down more and more as it's being use.
Bottom line: I went back to Firefox.
Not a chance!
by sifytripz9 - 11/2/06 6:21 AM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
Norton Symantec seems to have a problem with live update on some of its software with this version.
I went through live chat hell with this problem. The tech`s that didn`t know what the problem was or couldn`t figure it out just disconnected, and sometimes after just hearing the problem never responded and disconnected.
Eventually I got someone who went through the paces with me and got it straightened out.
I prefer to keep IE version 6.0
by petre_bio - 11/2/06 8:30 AM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
Internet Explorer 7 "may" be more secure, I really can't make a comment on it's security as Internet Explorer 6.0 may be just as secure with the recent patches. In respect to use, I like version 6.0 much better, maybe because it isn't as slow as version 7.0, again it's hard to say as I know it may be my computer, my provider or who knows what but it just doesn't work as well for me. I like version 6.0 and if it's not broke, why fix it but then I use Firefox for the most part anyway.
Windows 2000 so we can't.
by R. Proffitt - 11/2/06 8:45 AM
In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
At work we still have over 50% of our machines (maybe much more!) on Windows 2000. Since everything works fine, we have no reason to cycle these machines or OS out the door yet.
I'm also making progress to get more Open Office's installed since that's going to be our million dollar savings for this small office.
Bob
(NT) the trouble with new stuff from MS
by jweideman3 - 11/2/06 9:03 AM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
is they never get the bugs worked out of them and they tend to mess with other stuff thats loaded on your computer so there fore I'll let other folks who's in a rush to do explorer 7 and then complain and buy yards
of duct tape to rap around there heads to keep it from exploding . and bill and crew will work out the bugs
then it might be worth doing . for now ya know
Google works good for me the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence for example windows 98 to start now to then and in between .
hey everyone be cool
Internet Explorer 7
by marylinmc - 11/2/06 9:09 AM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
I downloaded it and found it slow......V E R Y S L O W so I went with Firefox. I guess Microsoft finally forced me to use a product other than theirs. M
Can't run it
by Tim Miller - 11/2/06 9:21 AM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
Can't run it on Win 2000 and am not going to upgrade to install it. FireFox works just fine.
IE 7
by bmonz46 - 11/2/06 10:42 AM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
did give it a try....could never get it to connect to the web via my cable modem, even after turing off the firewall and all inti virus, anti spam etc software...fianlly gave up and uninstalled it...went back to IE6 with no problem but will rely on Firefox instead
No WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by bigmutt7 - 11/2/06 12:59 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
They already have to much access and control over my computer as is. I am an old dos user and would almost prefer going back to those days. Nuff said. Larry
windows Xp Ppo, IE 6
i can talk Maybe
by dna_x01 - 11/2/06 4:39 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
i haven't interest IE 7 and before the version. because IE many have bugs, security losses, update long time, little plugin, and browser interface no good. i used mozilla and opera, i thing this is very well.
Once burned....
by MRBOWTIE - 11/2/06 6:11 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
Oh, yeah - I d/l'ed it and installed it - well, I TRIED to install it! Everything went fine until the reboot - came up with BSOD, and wouldn't load. No safe mode, no Last Known Good Configuration, nothing. Had to restore from Ghost b/u and I swear I won't make that mistake again! Internet Exploder 7.0 "Update" now resides in my ''Hidden Updates'' folder! All I ever use IE for is Windows Updates anyway, so I really don't need IE7. FF2.0 - now, that's where my vote goes!
will never download it again
by jkha - 11/2/06 8:18 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
I have already given it a try a couple of times all it does is slow my computer down an causes it to freeze up tomuch
I couldn't agree more...
by jmcglynn - 6/18/07 12:14 AM In reply to: will never download it again by jkhaThat is exactly the case that happened to me, especially with 'tabbed browsing' enabled.
Another thing you might want to know about is that its Release Candidate (RC) Version (to me) never produced such ironic results.
I would say that the RC version was more-or-less more 'bugproof'.
No to IE7
by jmcglynn - 11/2/06 11:49 PM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
IE7 crashes each time I close a tab, and all other IE windows that are responding close as well if you respond 'end now' to the dialog 'This program is not responding.'
To tell the truth, IE6 is far better by lightyears.
PS:
Windows/Microsoft update may attempt to install this automatically, DON'T, switch to MANUAL updates!
never! cuz it's not firefox
by toodollainc - 11/3/06 1:02 AM In reply to: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7? by Marc Bennett
and cuz diggnation doesnt like it either http://revision3.com/diggnation/2006-10-26
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