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side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE8)
01/05/11 at 05:53:30

Well, with being down sized in December, I finally got time to do some of the To-Do list things. One of which was to put together a better computer for myself. Of course on the Christmas wish list was Windows 7 for it.

Well, after a few days of running Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8, I found out it has a flaw with Java-scripts. Or maybe I should say that the java programing language hasn't been updated for the security features in Win 7/IE8 combo yet. All I know is that when I clicked on the button to see bigger pictures in the eBay listings nothing happened. The web says it's a known issue(big whoop, fix it). Then, ... yesterday while looking for jobs, I had an error filling out an on-line application that needed the Java-scripts.

SO....... I switched to Firefox web browser (sort of like the old Netscape). Java-scripts work again...... Yea!!! The job search continues.

BUT........SIDE BENEFIT...... Firefox has spell check build in. So, when I do replies here, it underlines my typo's. I can then right click and get corrections or suggestions. I'm so happy.... so much less "modify" clicking.

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE Reply #1 - 01/05/11 at 06:00:20 Welcome to the 21st Century.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE Reply #2 - 01/05/11 at 06:03:47 I've always used Netscape,Always faster and better than IE for me anyway.
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dinsdale Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 186 Ottawa, Canada Gender:	Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE Reply #3 - 01/05/11 at 06:21:31 I Use Google Chrome. Nice , fast, light browser.
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE Reply #4 - 01/05/11 at 06:59:56 I've used IE for so long, I would be so nervous to try something different. Looked at Chrome, but couldn't give up my IE. Can I run anything along side IE, like a test run? Then go running back if I get scared?
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE Reply #5 - 01/05/11 at 07:15:58 I have both IE and Netscape on my computer,I can go back and forth to either one,And for me the Netscape is better.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE Reply #6 - 01/05/11 at 07:22:52 All ya gotta do is not care & those little red, wavy lines just melt away.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE Reply #7 - 01/05/11 at 07:32:22 dinsdale wrote on 01/05/11 at 06:21:31: I Use Google Chrome. Nice , fast, light browser. I switched to it last year. I like it a lot. It also has some nice plug-ins.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE Reply #8 - 01/05/11 at 07:59:06 i use firefox, safari, opera, i like opera the best.. never a problem
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Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE
Reply #9 - 01/05/11 at 08:01:41

babyhog wrote on 01/05/11 at 06:59:56:

I've used IE for so long, I would be so nervous to try something different. Looked at Chrome, but couldn't give up my IE. Can I run anything along side IE, like a test run? Then go running back if I get scared?

Yes, you can run both. I still have IE8 on the PC but have the Firefox set as the default browser. I used Netscape years ago so wasn't hard to use "Bookmarks" verse "Favorites". Everything else is pretty much the same.

Years ago, IE copy & pasted into MS Office programs better than Netscape (Excel especially). I haven't tried it yet, but still have IE so I can use it for doing that stuff.

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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE Reply #10 - 01/05/11 at 08:26:58 Hadn't thought about trying anything different for a while now, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to look at other options. Thanks.
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LostArtist Ex Member	Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE Reply #11 - 01/05/11 at 12:38:53 chrome is nice! I haven't used Firefox in awhile, and I use Safari on my mac at work but was giving my home pc fits for some reason, so now I use chrome, wouldn't mind trying opera again . . .
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Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE
Reply #12 - 01/05/11 at 13:59:47

I'll stick with XP pro for my OS, at least it don't need a gig of ram to run the thing. For my browser I always use Mozilla Firefox, it has always worked very well for me and I too love the spell check that comes with using it.

I would love to use a Linux OS but the learning curve to use it compared to Windows is quite large for me and I can never find any equivalent programs to what I use most of.

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Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE
Reply #13 - 01/05/11 at 17:44:20

Try Linux Mint 9.0 and set it up for a dual boot arrangement. This lets you keep your XP/Win7 world completely untouched (gives you peace of mind, it does). Heck, you can run Linux Mint for months on end off a simple live CD startup instead of installing it, it is all the same stuff anyway.

Linux only requires 20-30 gigs of HD space, so you can afford to shrink your Windows partition by 20-30 gigs and then let the Linux live CD recognize the unused space as available and the live CD will do all the heavy lifting for you. http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-108... is a free partition manager that can shrink your windows partition without losing any data or hurting anything -- very easy to use.

Linux is actually pretty boring ... Linux Mint is very much like XP and it just runs Firefox, Opera, Chrome etc just like Windows does, just without any exciting stuff like blue screens and forced cold boots and my favorite, the unannounced screen lock ups.

What is also missing is the every Tuesday invasion of Microsoft security patches of the week and the bi-monthly attack of the virus/trojan/root kit of the week. And there is no anti-spyware software and stuff running all the time eating up all your processor cycles and systems memory and then asking you to go update it every 2 days.

And there are no adwares -- none. Heck, I miss scraping my adwares every time I used the XP machine. And no having to go Systems Restore every other weekend either.

It's too durn boring, you don't even have to reboot it when you do take the occasional Linux update that you get politely notified is available.

Dull -- Your linux file system doesn't even fragment your files on your hard drive (no defragging needed, ever)

Boring

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Re: side benefit of ditching internet explorer (IE
Reply #14 - 01/05/11 at 18:13:03

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 01/05/11 at 17:44:20:

Try Linux Mint 9.0 and set it up for a dual boot arrangement. This lets you keep your XP/Win7 world completely untouched (gives you peace of mind, it does). Heck, you can run Linux Mint for months on end off a simple live CD startup instead of installing it, it is all the same stuff anyway.

Linux only requires 20-30 gigs of HD space, so you can afford to shrink your Windows partition by 20-30 gigs and then let the Linux live CD recognize the unused space as available and the live CD will do all the heavy lifting for you. http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-108... is a free partition manager that can shrink your windows partition without losing any data or hurting anything -- very easy to use.

Linux is actually pretty boring ... Linux Mint is very much like XP and it just runs Firefox, Opera, Chrome etc just like Windows does, just without any exciting stuff like blue screens and forced cold boots and my favorite, the unannounced screen lock ups.

What is also missing is the every Tuesday invasion of Microsoft security patches of the week and the bi-monthly attack of the virus/trojan/root kit of the week. And there is no anti-spyware software and stuff running all the time eating up all your processor cycles and systems memory and then asking you to go update it every 2 days.

And there are no adwares -- none. Heck, I miss scraping my adwares every time I used the XP machine. And no having to go Systems Restore every other weekend either.

It's too durn boring, you don't even have to reboot it when you do take the occasional Linux update that you get politely notified is available.

Dull -- Your linux file system doesn't even fragment your files on your hard drive (no defragging needed, ever)

Boring

Cheesy

I am actually thinking that once I restore my desktop I will put linux on my laptop which is what I am using right now. It is an old Omnibook 6000 with a 900mhz processor, 256 meg of ram, and a 40 gig hard drive. When this laptop first came out windows 2000 was the latest and greatest windows os.

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