IE7

7 seems to be very stable when embedded with OEM XP's. But as an aftermarket install or upgrade it still stinks.

Charlie

I had installed XP upgrade from an MS CD purchased at Staples. Later
brought in SP2. Then installed, via download from MS, IE 7 early on.
No problems that I'm aware of. But then I don't customize or tweak
stuff, just install and use.

I use Firefox mostly. My wife uses IE, probably because of her
accumulated "favorite" lists from earlier versions. I "assure" you
I would be aware of problems, have there been any.

I really can't see any reason to use Internet Explorer. It's slower than Firefox and less secure. I rarely touch it.

I love tabbed browsing. What's the point of turning it off?

RE importing favorites....something about leaving sleeping dogs lay.

Don't need my "bookmarks" listing all messed up. She uses IE, and
so far no complaints. Certainly none from me.

...that either require IE or just don't work well in Firefox. One site my daughter uses -- Nick Jr. -- doesn't play well in Firefox. Some of these sites will work in Firefox if you install the "IE Tabs" extension but others really insist on IE. Fortunately their numbers are dwindling, though there are sites in my corporate intranet that haven't caught up yet, as IE is the only "supported" browser in my company.

a site that would only work with Firefox

but there are still a lot of sites that are "IE only"


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Firefox: I hate tabbed feature...it requires a three click approach: right click, open in new tab, tab goes to taskbar, click to open it.

IE: Tabs turned off...two click approach: Right click, open in new window....tadaaaa, it's there immediately.

Firefox: Automatic and unchangeable feature of caching pages/graphics. Sometimes it's a good thing for sites you don't want to have to load new each time, but crappy with CNET forums when I want new content to show each time and not have to refresh the page each time at each forum. That's one of the 'features' of those 'accelerated' software programs that some ISP's recommend you download and install either from their home page or from a cd they send you. I always decline.

IE: Very slow loading for graphics intensive sites when using dial up modems.....such as CNET and all it's fancy-azzed advertising that goes on here now. Makes me crazy, but beats hell out of having to refresh the pages each visit in order to see new content. Who REALLY cares about Tiger, Kelly, and Jimmy and whether they have On-Star anyhow?

I use both FF and IE, depending on where I'm traveling to and how much patience I have. When I get back to Starband in November, I won't care about the graphics crap anymore....and will stick with IE for everything. I really do like it better than FF and kock on wood after ten years or more of traveling the net exclusively with IE, I've only caught a virus twice and those came through email and were caught by good AV programs.

Thanks for the info, guys...

TONI

Hold down Ctrl, click a link, and it opens in a new tab. Click to open. Two clicks.

Or, if you want, right-click, open in new window. Tadaaaa. Just like IE.