New Explorer - Amazing

[navaldesign]

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General Vodahost was posting this almost 9 months ago, and IE7 WAS rubbish at that time, with so many lots of bugs that would practically freeze all the time.

I do agree that FF is faster, as it much lighter. If you do install all the pluggins that IE7 has by default, i think that FF would also become heavy and slower.

However, it is also a matter of personal opinion, and i DO like IE

[Winntec]

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The browser wars continue!
Thanks Racefan I'm going to try your Maxthon for the simple reason that right now IE7's gone strange - after the last load of updates from MSFT I get hangs and crashes.

Firefox which I like doesn't do well with BlueVoda - as someone above said so please let's get it compatible - depending on which stats you read Firefox is now anywhere from 5-12% and maybe more of browser users so think that rates it #2 right now.

Anyway as 88-95% of users use IE and if we're using BlueVoda then that's what we have to design for.

But again a second plea to have BV totally Firefox compatible - Please.

[whiteshepherd]

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I loved IE7 for a while but last night it just drove me crazy ... won't download ... freezes everything ... this morning froze up ... loads ever so slowly ... I suspected it was an IE problem last night ... not computer ... now I don't know what to do to fix it ... I am so computer illiterate ... I just want something that is not going to cause me problems ...

I am going to have to try to solve the problem somehow today ... coming here has confirmed what I suspected about IE7 ...

[AmaDee]

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Yeah, it can be a piece of junk, but for now it seems bvders are stuck with it because many of the features are predominantly optimized for IE...what can do you?

[whiteshepherd]

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I have not been able to access the web for more than 14 hours because of this problem ... every time I try it freezes my whole system and says internet explorer not responding ... I can not even close down correctly .... does anyone know where I go to get help? It's useless to try on line as I cannot even get on line any more ...

[bonnybonny3]

is the world a global village?

there was this two boys chatting one day.
one of the boys tells his friend, are you a villager?
ofcourse for something the other boy said.
he answers, but the world is a global village.
therefore, we are all villagers.

[Girlonthehill]

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Yeah, it can be a piece of junk, but for now it seems bvders are stuck with it because many of the features are predominantly optimized for IE...what can do you?

You, nor anyone else have to be 'stuck' with it. There are many alternatives out there which, IMO, are superior to IE7. I use Maxthon, as Racefan mentioned earlier in the thread, and I never have any problems. I let IE7 reside on my pc but NEVER use it for anything. Go to Download.com and search for browsers - you will find many.

[AmaDee]

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Thanks, Amanda. I use FF for most of my browsings. But I just noticed that many of the features available in bv are not compatible. That why I said we are stuck, because if I add such a feature, I would recommend my clients to view the site in IE to get the full experience.

[whiteshepherd]

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thanks everyone ... if I can get on the internet long enough without 'hell' freezing over I will download maxthon ... otherwise I will have to do it from work via using my portable disc ...

of course Microsoft were only of little help ... and UI will take their suggestion of unintalling IE7 and reverting back to 6 ... but they did say 6 would only be supported for a few months ... aarghh .. frustration

[racefan20]

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Thanks, Amanda. I use FF for most of my browsings. But I just noticed that many of the features available in bv are not compatible. That why I said we are stuck, because if I add such a feature, I would recommend my clients to view the site in IE to get the full experience.

That's the beauty of Maxthon. It's IE based, you'll see the web as you would with IE, but it runs differently than IE. Less bloat, less issues all around.

[AmaDee]

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Hmmm, I better look into it then, because IE is more problem than it's worth.

[LadyEye]

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thanks everyone ... if I can get on the internet long enough without 'hell' freezing over I will download maxthon ... otherwise I will have to do it from work via using my portable disc ...

of course Microsoft were only of little help ... and UI will take their suggestion of unintalling IE7 and reverting back to 6 ... but they did say 6 would only be supported for a few months ... aarghh .. frustration

IE7 is merely an update, go to add & remove programs and remove IE7, your computer should revert back to 6 ... Set your computer to download updates automatically, however always choose custom install, take what is critical and only what you need ... you can also set it so that IE 7 never shows up as an update again ... Good Luck!

[AmaDee]

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Just downloaded Maxthon and it is working like a pro. Thanks for the recommendation, Race and Amanda.

[Girlonthehill]

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Just downloaded Maxthon and it is working like a pro. Thanks for the recommendation, Race and Amanda.

Top banana! You shouldn't have any issues with it, it really is a fantastic browser. I absolutely love it and it's great fun setting it up and learning about all the stuff it can do. Enjoy!

[LadyEye]

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Top banana! You shouldn't have any issues with it, it really is a fantastic browser. I absolutely love it and it's great fun setting it up and learning about all the stuff it can do. Enjoy!

You wanted a banana Amanda ... here you go, Enjoy!! lol