Downloading IE7... Have I made a mistake ?

[Joshua_me]

Just did it...

Now, everything looks blurry and wierd, and even the most basic of programs
are freezing up .

Hmm, uninstall and go back to '6' ? (Or, 6.5... I forget)

You'd think they'd work the bugs out before launching this crap on us.

Joshy

[GL]

I'm always hearing how folks have been having troubles with IE7. I guess for once I was lucky in something.

[Kuja]

It worked fine for me (SHOCK! I know!).


Firefox (or Opera) all the way.

[Kahaih]

I’ve been using 7 for a while now, and I have never had any problems with it.

[GL]

^^I tried Firefox once but it kept freezing up on me, so I uninstalled it.

[natedogg323]

We downloaded IE7 at work and fucked up our computer. I use Firefox at home and LOVE IT!!! Only complaint is that I can't use the auto scroll on my laptop? Don't know why cause it will work on IE but not firefox?

[looseliam]

IE7 has been working fine. But I know what you're talking about with the fuzzy text. But I've got used to it.

[agaymale]

I downloaded it but I don't use it. Give me Mozilla Firefox anyday over IE

[_AJ_]

Firefox rocks

i think the stability issues have been adderessed as it dosent crash for me anymore

[jasboi2004]

Yes microsoft is evil Mac all the way and firefox

[BrandonSBCA]

Yes it was a mistake, I use Firefox 2.0

[SurfBoy18]

I absolutely love IE7, it has nifty tabbed windows, runs seamless with all my applications, and never have had a single glitch.

Unfortunately I cant say the same for firefox, which likes to butcher webpages and bombard me with annoying security prompts!

[mattyboi_aus]

Joshua_me,

Are you using the IE 7 on a computer that has a TFT screen, or one of those huge ass bulky CRT screens?

[Joshua_me]

Joshua_me,

Are you using the IE 7 on a computer that has a TFT screen, or one of those huge ass bulky CRT screens?

It's a 20" TFT screen.

Why ?

Joshy

[Paws]

everything looks blurry and wierd

IE7 turns on Cleartype.

Rightclick on your desktop, properties, somewhere in a tab there should be "effects", switch off antialiasing for text.

I absolutely love IE7, it has nifty tabbed windows, runs seamless with all my applications, and never have had a single glitch.

Unfortunately I cant say the same for firefox, which likes to butcher webpages and bombard me with annoying security prompts!

99% of all Firefox users see it the other way round. IE7 butchers websites, FF had nifty tabbed windows for 5 years now.

[Andreus]

i used firefox for a while but it has memory sinks in it

im told that the latest version of it fixed that problem, but i;m leery

ie 7 is a pain in the ass though, so i may reexamine firefox soon

[VICTORIADON]

I have IE7 on my laptop and it has worked great from day one. I installed it on my PC and things mucked up. I went to msn live onecare and ran the free PC scan/fix etc., and it fixed up my PC and everything is running fantastic now, including IE7.
I don't like firefox due to the pre-loading crap while searching so uninstalled it.
I guess it's all personal preference like everything else. Try one care and see if that fixes you up.

http://www.windowsonecare.com/Default.aspx

[Marbas]

See this thread.

http://justusboys.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130779

[Jeffs0418]

IE7 was a bit buggy for Me too. I just uninstalled it and went back to bug free Firefox. That company is notorious for introducing new software before all the bugs are fixed.

I figure if you wait about a year or so after a Microsoft product is launched it should be pretty safe to install.

I was stuck with win98 first edition for awhile and had many problems. Now I have xp sp2 and it works great.

We will see how many problems come up when Vista is launched.

[Roland00]

IE7 is great, finally tabs with IE. And the nice litle zoom function is nice.

That said you should download and keep firefox on your computer even if you don't use it exclusively.

[shyguywpg]

we dl'ed IE7...Lots of things screwed up on the computer and lots of things went wonky. So now Im using Firefox. I should have started using firefox a long time ago. I like it much better.

Oh yea, and after we downloading IE7 microsof notified out computer that we may have an illegal copy of Windows and had this permanent notification on our screen. Seems if Windows came pre installed on the computer like it did with ours, microsoft was all confused....so i spent like 2 hours on the phone with microsoft support until we got it all sorted out and stopped getting notifications that our Windows was a bootleg.

Again...Firefox all the way for me from now on.

[mike_n_herrin]

it was blocked for us at work. apparently its not all that compatible with government programs at the moment

[miaplacidus]

I downloaded IE7 just to see if it was better than IE6 (I hate 6...) and yeah, it had some improvements, but I prefer Firefox.

IE7 works, but besides new icons, tabbed browsing and a phishing filter that I don't trust (you know, Microsoft products always have huge security flaws), I don't find it different from IE6. However, I have to acknowledge that making Windows Explorer and IE stand-alone applications again is a good idea... that is implemented in the resource-hungry Windows Vista.

[gewhite3]

I use IE7 at home and at work and I love it so far. No problems at all. Ordered my free upgrade to Windows Vista Premium today (have a new notebook PC with Intel core 2 duo processor and 2 Gig of RAM) so we will see what happens once I get it installed. I'm looking forward to trying out the new Aero interface.

[Dave_83]

Using IE7 and I love it. No problems yet (knock on wood). I have been using it for a few months now too (back when it was just a Beta)

[Joshua_me]

a phishing filter that I don't trust (you know, Microsoft products always have huge security flaws),

It's that darned 'phishing filter' that's the real pain. (And, btw, WHAT hippie
working for Gates decided to spell it 'phish' ? )

Why, just opening our beloved JUB and changing from page to page on the
forums takes TEN SECONDS each ! (And really, who has that kind of time ? )

Hmm,

I suppose I'll get used to it until I find something else to bitch about.

Joshy

[Paws]

I don't like firefox due to the pre-loading crap while searching so uninstalled it.

What "preloading crap while searching"?

[VICTORIADON]

^ I used the wrong term, should have said "pre'fetching"

"Firefox will, at times, "prefetch" the contents of a web page which it thinks you might want to see soon. If a page is marked as being the "next" page in a series, Firefox, by default, will prefetch that page's contents. (And, yes, for those who have asked for "next" tags for the LWN Weekly Edition, it will happen when we get a chance). When the user hits the link for the next page, it will already be resident in the Firefox cache, and will display more quickly. "

See: http://lwn.net/Articles/139725/

This is also an issue with memory leakage, see: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319262


This function will also add cookies to your computer as everythig on the page has already been stored into your cache.

[Paws]

So what? IE preloads with Windows when I switch on my computer, wasting loading time even though I usually don't use that browser. Also, a lot of programs use the IE engine with all its security risks to display websites inside them.

[VICTORIADON]

What "preloading crap while searching"?

So what?

I stated why I don't use firefox, you asked a question, I supplied the answer, you don't like the answer...so what, I could care less. I have my prefrences.

[beekman001]

We'll my honest question is "Are you a web developer who has to test pages w/ 6 versions of IE, 5 versions of Mozilla, 4 of safari and 6 of Opera?" If not, then no you didnt. IE7 is generally a good piece of software since the problems you're experiencing are easily remedied and the features it provides are desperatly needed by most websites.

[Corny]

i don't now any feature in IE 7 that any website needs desperately.