Bye bye Firefox

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: EKKC
IE7 crapped out my fairly new installation of XPS 700
cant do uninstall, cant to system restore, it just lags royally at boot to an unusable state

i do however have IE7 on another Dell and it runs fine.

A friend at work said his mother in law called him asking him how to uninstll IE7. She just installed it. When asked why, she wan't the new version. Even though the old one worked fine.

Of course, the punchline to the phone call was IE7 can not be uninstalled. Yaaa ..... Oh ... that alone is a reason not to install it.

WTF are you talking about, of course it can be uninstalled.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: Stunt
Can someone point out why Opera is better?

I love FF, but it's a memory hog...~200mb typically. I refuse IE.

Stubbornness will not get you anywhere.

Opera is nice for features like trash can, BitTorrent handling, and a number of other things. Check out Rossman's link. I just don't feel like a transition since IE is fine.

 

[drum]

congratulations :roll:

 

[John]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I installed IE7 last week and it's so-so. I think it's a step down from IE6...aside from the tabs.

How exactly is it a step down from IE6?

1) It doesn't load all the pics on a site. Like if I load the YouTube homepage I get like 50% red-x boxes and 50% images.

2) It's locked up like 4 times in a week. Never happened with IE6.

3) If I click the "http" button in a "Reply to Topic" window on Anandtech, it gives a me a pop-up warning that I have tp right-click to accept. No option to leave okay all the time for this site.

1) Weird. None of my PC's with IE7 have that problem.
2) Maybe your pc is unstable? Check the sticky in the cpu forum for stability testers. 😛 FWIW when I hit reply just now IE7 errored and closed, lol.
3) tools > internet options > security > internet zone > custom level > look under scripting at the bottom for "Allow website to prompt for info using scripted windows > enable > ok > apply

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: EKKC
IE7 crapped out my fairly new installation of XPS 700
cant do uninstall, cant to system restore, it just lags royally at boot to an unusable state

i do however have IE7 on another Dell and it runs fine.

A friend at work said his mother in law called him asking him how to uninstll IE7. She just installed it. When asked why, she wan't the new version. Even though the old one worked fine.

Of course, the punchline to the phone call was IE7 can not be uninstalled. Yaaa ..... Oh ... that alone is a reason not to install it.

Next time tell them to call someone who knows a thing or two about computers.

How to Uninstall IE7:
1. Go to Control Panel
2. Click Add or Remove Programs
3. Click Show Updates checkbox
4. Click whatever version of IE7 you have. For example "Windows Internet Explorer 7"
5. Click the Change/Remove button

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

3) If I click the "http" button in a "Reply to Topic" window on Anandtech, it gives a me a pop-up warning that I have tp right-click to accept. No option to leave okay all the time for this site.

A security feature that can be turned off.

how?

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: Stunt
Can someone point out why Opera is better?

I love FF, but it's a memory hog...~200mb typically. I refuse IE.

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There are just a ton of features and options available in Opera right out of the box, no need to go and download extensions. However there are indeed other skins and cosmetic addons you can download to personalize it.

I also really like the built-in email client and how you can manage your bookmarks, contacts, and notes.

Every so often I'll hit a website that doesn't like Opera, but that is exceedingly rare.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

3) If I click the "http" button in a "Reply to Topic" window on Anandtech, it gives a me a pop-up warning that I have tp right-click to accept. No option to leave okay all the time for this site.

A security feature that can be turned off.

how?

It's been posted twice in this thread.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I installed IE7 last week and it's so-so. I think it's a step down from IE6...aside from the tabs.

How exactly is it a step down from IE6?

1) It doesn't load all the pics on a site. Like if I load the YouTube homepage I get like 50% red-x boxes and 50% images.

2) It's locked up like 4 times in a week. Never happened with IE6.

3) If I click the "http" button in a "Reply to Topic" window on Anandtech, it gives a me a pop-up warning that I have tp right-click to accept. No option to leave okay all the time for this site.

1) Weird. None of my PC's with IE7 have that problem.
2) Maybe your pc is unstable? Check the sticky in the cpu forum for stability testers. 😛 FWIW when I hit reply just now IE7 errored and closed, lol.
3) tools > internet options > security > internet zone > custom level > look under scripting at the bottom for "Allow website to prompt for info using scripted windows > enable > ok > apply

I beat you on the #3 issue! LOL! 😛

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

3) If I click the "http" button in a "Reply to Topic" window on Anandtech, it gives a me a pop-up warning that I have tp right-click to accept. No option to leave okay all the time for this site.

A security feature that can be turned off.

how?

It's been posted twice in this thread.

that problem was posted twice, a fix hasn't been posted at all.

 

[Wreckem]

Ive been using IE7 since beta and have never had a single problem with it.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

3) If I click the "http" button in a "Reply to Topic" window on Anandtech, it gives a me a pop-up warning that I have tp right-click to accept. No option to leave okay all the time for this site.

A security feature that can be turned off.

how?

It's been posted twice in this thread.

that problem was posted twice, a fix hasn't been posted at all.

Pontifex, the fix was posted twice. Once by me and once by John.

Do this: Tools, Internet Options, Security, Custom Level, scroll down to Scripting section, change 'Allow websites to prompt for information using scripted windows' from Disabled to Enabled.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

3) If I click the "http" button in a "Reply to Topic" window on Anandtech, it gives a me a pop-up warning that I have tp right-click to accept. No option to leave okay all the time for this site.

A security feature that can be turned off.

how?

It's been posted twice in this thread.

that problem was posted twice, a fix hasn't been posted at all.

Yes, it has. Twice...well, three times now.

EDIT: 4 times.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: SmoochyTX

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

3) If I click the "http" button in a "Reply to Topic" window on Anandtech, it gives a me a pop-up warning that I have tp right-click to accept. No option to leave okay all the time for this site.

A security feature that can be turned off.

how?

It's been posted twice in this thread.

that problem was posted twice, a fix hasn't been posted at all.

Pontifex, the fix was posted twice. Once by me and once by John.

Do this: Tools, Internet Options, Security, Custom Level, scroll down to Scripting section, change 'Allow websites to prompt for information using scripted windows' from Disabled to Enabled.

thank you.

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: kalster
what extensions do you guys use/prefer for firefox

Adblock
Adblock Filterset.G updater
IE View
Internote
Statusbar clock
Nightly Tester tools


I've used IE7 some, and it's ok. It has a weird feel to me, but this would be different for everyone. I don't have the various problems with FF that others post about, so I'm sticking with it.

 

[flexy]

FF2.0 mmoy SSE2 build.

"crappy performance" ???

lolmao....IE7, which i LIKE btw. is still SLOWER than FF, even simple things like scrolling on a page, FF defintly faster.

IE is slo slow that there is a "lag" when i use my mousewheel scrolling up/down.....not to mention various
improvements i get using FF2.0 using the fasterfox extension.

 

[flexy]

btw. "imagezoom"..best extension ever 🙂

 

[Aharami]

ok u guys convinced me to try opera. I used to use it way back in the days, but stopped using it because of all the website incompatibilities. Lets see if Opera 9.02 is better

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Aharami
ok u guys convinced me to try opera. I used to use it way back in the days, but stopped using it because of all the website incompatibilities. Lets see if Opera 9.02 is better

Opera's rendering sucks compared to FF and it doesn't always do Flash/Java perfectly but it is fast and stable.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: flexy
FF2.0 mmoy SSE2 build.

"crappy performance" ???

lolmao....IE7, which i LIKE btw. is still SLOWER than FF, even simple things like scrolling on a page, FF defintly faster.

IE is slo slow that there is a "lag" when i use my mousewheel scrolling up/down.....not to mention various
improvements i get using FF2.0 using the fasterfox extension.

I'm pretty sure the lag you are referring to is actually "smooth scrolling"

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Aharami
ok u guys convinced me to try opera. I used to use it way back in the days, but stopped using it because of all the website incompatibilities. Lets see if Opera 9.02 is better

Opera's rendering sucks compared to FF and it doesn't always do Flash/Java perfectly but it is fast and stable.

so far Im liking the smooth scrolling of Opera better than FFX

 

[Pepsi90919]

ie7 is tits in vista

 

[Aharami]

ok Opera definitely loads up the pages faster than ffx. Also with the same 4 tabs open on both, Opera is using 38228K, ffx is using 76220K. I think i might make Opera my default browser for now. Does Opera have an Adblock feature?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Opera has two problems.

1. Click back too many times and you get some stupid bitch that belongs in a Mac commercial on your screen.
2. There's no small back/forward arrow to skip multiple pages back/forward.

Until they fix those, FF FTW!

 

[Hellotalkie]

I like how firefox is so easy to use, with ctrl T is for tabs and ctrl J is downloads. The download box for firefox is one of a kind.