Community poll forum: Will you download and use Internet Explorer 7?

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!

I 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

I SEEMS TO MAKE PUTER RUN SLOWER, BUT WILL TRY TO HANG ON A LITTLE LONGER

In 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.

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.

Before 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.

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

I'm very happy with firefox, so why should I change ?

I tried to install twice already. I dont know if anyone else is having this problem, but installation goes through. System says it has to restart the computer. Just before restarting it says a set up file cant open. When it restarts the explores freezes when you open. Did the exact same thing two times.

I now mainly use Mozelle Firefox which I find much more user friendly and versatile.

I am partially sighted and one facility I particularly like with Firefox is that I am able to increase the size of the display very easily 'Control +. Each press increases the size.

It is much more informative than IE7 too.

IE6 was giving me a few bugs especially in my hotmail where it was plagued with "?" characters in almost every message which had text in it. So when i saw IE7 Release Candidate one i thought of it as relief so I upgraded immediately. It fixed the problem, TEMPORARILY, and I am now having to deal with a new problem where many sites do not load up right or causes IE to crash.
So along came Mozilla Firefox. It became my most used browser until the full release of IE7 came out, and then it became my Default Browser because none of those bugs im havin has been fixed. IE is also such a memory hog!
Main reason I haven't upgraded to Firefox 2 yet is cause IE7 has made me "upgradaphobic". Hopefully i get over it soon enough.

gaim connects to yahoo messenger just fine.

No, the button configiration doesn't comply nothing like the 6 version. I don't like having to look around trying to find the button that I need. All that was done, things got much smaller, and more buttons removed; LAME

Will I use IE 7? There are certain applications where I need IE and I will (have to) use it. I do not know how many people have the same situation that I do. For people like me the question is; Will IE7 be the your primary browser?

I downloaded IE7, and although the screen looks better, there are too many tracking programs running behind the IE7...I reccomend if you havent downloaded it yet...Dont!