Do you have complaints about IE6?

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: Rahminator
My biggest gripe with IE 6 is that when you click on a link that launches a new window, that new window will never be maximized. Such a glaring mistake for so long (SP1 doesn't fix it).

That's my only gripe with IE, and it's been like that since IE5 (it did actually work before that if I remember). As for IE itself, I have no problems with it rendering pages, it even displays badly coded pages ok. I tried Mozilla, and it was actually slower than IE, especially with the pre-loader off.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: Rahminator
My biggest gripe with IE 6 is that when you click on a link that launches a new window, that new window will never be maximized. Such a glaring mistake for so long (SP1 doesn't fix it).

That's my only gripe with IE, and it's been like that since IE5 (it did actually work before that if I remember). As for IE itself, I have no problems with it rendering pages, it even displays badly coded pages ok. I tried Mozilla, and it was actually slower than IE, especially with the pre-loader off.

hmm, personally i really didn't like it when it maximizes...cuz i always want to refer back to the original site really quickly...especially when u want to open couple new windows from the original site....was kinda glad they took it out...neways ...IE and acrobat always has problems for me....sigh..

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

hmm, personally i really didn't like it when it maximizes...cuz i always want to refer back to the original site really quickly...especially when u want to open couple new windows from the original site....was kinda glad they took it out...neways ...IE and acrobat always has problems for me....sigh..

At least it had the option though, so those that didn't want it maximised didn't have to and visa-vera. Now it just doesn't work :\

 

[JellyBaby]

At least it had the option though, so those that didn't want it maximised didn't have to and visa-vera. Now it just doesn't work :\

It can be made to work if you take the effort to:

1. Create a new shortcut to Internet Explorer (iexplorer.exe)
on the desktop by right clicking on Desktop and selecting
New | Shortcut.

2. Right click the shortcut, select Properties and change
the Target to:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -k

3. Run the new IE shortcut and get a full screen IE window.

4. Right click on some link on a web page and select "Open
in New Window" and you should get a 99% maximized window
instead of the usual small second window.

5. Close the new window and close the full screen window
by hitting Alt-F4.

6. Now try your usual Internet Explorer shortcut (that
doesn't have the -k switch) and you'll be able to
"Open in New Window" and still get a window that's
pretty close to being maximized.

7. Unless you want a full screen IE, delete the IE shortcut
containing the -k switch.

 

[SendTrash]

needs to have built in pop-up stopper and tabbed browsing like Mozilla

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: SendTrash
needs to have built in pop-up stopper and tabbed browsing like Mozilla

tabbed browsing RULES. but i didn't consider that as a gripe of IE just because Mozilla (or maybe someone else) had it first.

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: JellyBaby

At least it had the option though, so those that didn't want it maximised didn't have to and visa-vera. Now it just doesn't work :\

It can be made to work if you take the effort to:

1. Create a new shortcut to Internet Explorer (iexplorer.exe)
on the desktop by right clicking on Desktop and selecting
New | Shortcut.

2. Right click the shortcut, select Properties and change
the Target to:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -k

3. Run the new IE shortcut and get a full screen IE window.

4. Right click on some link on a web page and select "Open
in New Window" and you should get a 99% maximized window
instead of the usual small second window.

5. Close the new window and close the full screen window
by hitting Alt-F4.

6. Now try your usual Internet Explorer shortcut (that
doesn't have the -k switch) and you'll be able to
"Open in New Window" and still get a window that's
pretty close to being maximized.

7. Unless you want a full screen IE, delete the IE shortcut
containing the -k switch.

Actually, opening a new window and ctrl clicking the close button brings the same result, but allot less work!

 

[JellyBaby]

Actually, opening a new window and ctrl clicking the close button brings the same result, but allot less work!

Unfortunately that doesn't always work and seems to work best on older version of IE.

 

[0roo0roo]

the zoom/increase decrease font feature is kinda iffy. doesn't always work.

 

[Lonyo]

IE6 is nice imho. No problems with it, it's never crashed or failed to display images.

 

[ndee]

Folder colors here on AT don't work cuz of a cookie issue I think.

 

[McPhreak]

I can't seem to view the source code of webpages with IE6. I right click and choose "view source" and then nothng happens... That's my only grip about it.

 

[draggoon01]

sometimes when saving webpages (cnn, msn, etc) ie6 gives errors, so i have mozilla only for the purpose of saving webpages.

i wish there were a better way. either ie6 improves, or some smaller app that can save pages without a hitch.

 

[zCypher]

Thanks for all the great replies!

 

[Rahminator]

Originally posted by: McPhreak
I can't seem to view the source code of webpages with IE6. I right click and choose "view source" and then nothng happens... That's my only grip about it.

Tools->Internet Options->Delete Files

 

[BatmanNate]

It's very quick and stable, and has nice load time. I don't know why IE's stability could not have transfered over to windows explorer (XP in particular) but that's a whole 'nother issue.

For you tabbed browsing fans, you can get that with IE by installing the crazy browser plugin, however I still prefer Mozilla to it.

 

[bacillus]

no problems with IE6.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Nope, no issues with IE 6 at all.

ZV

 

[JellyBaby]

sometimes when saving webpages (cnn, msn, etc) ie6 gives errors, so i have mozilla only for the purpose of saving webpages.

Same thing happens to me in IE. No problem at all saving pages using Opera.