Are you still using IE?
- Thread starter spincrazy
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I got my wife to stop using it at home by installing Firefox, setting it as the default browser, then removing IE from the start menu and desktop. The only way to run IE is to go into ...Windows/Programs/etc. which she'd never do.
Yep, just do what BikeGeek says. She'll probably say, "Where's my Favorites button?" and you can say, "It's in the menu labeled 'Bookmarks' honey" and that's the last you'll ever hear of it.
Pretty much everything works just like IE. Just make sure to import the favorites.
Pretty much everything works just like IE. Just make sure to import the favorites.
She might have a valid concern if she has a webpage that doesn't work well in other browsers. Most pages work well for Firefox or IE these days, so switch her to Firefox and install the Firefox IE tab extension for any special non-standard IE specific sites.
She works in a scientific field, so she could be as familiar with computers as you
I'd love to, but she uses her PC laptop and pretty much stays off my computer (apple) which runs Safari or Firefox. I may download it for her and put it on her computer for her while she's away in DC, but I can't go messing with her computer otherwise.
Thats the usual reason most people won't try new things. A PC user going to mac or vise versa. H*ll most average users yell and scream when there is a major revision to an application, let alone switching to a different application or OS.
I have to here at work...sucks, but not my problem if stuff gets all messed up.
safari and firefox, but the wife uses IE at home, and I still use it at work because of the microsoft stuff I do.
If she hates it then it should be an easy change. "Since you hate IE why don't you try firefox?" And then if she changes great and if she doesn't she must not have hated it that much. Either way I'm not sure I'd spend more than, what?, 15 seconds on it.
IE 7.0 runs slooooow...
but at least it doesn't lose my bookmarks evertime it updates like FireFox does.
but at least it doesn't lose my bookmarks evertime it updates like FireFox does.
Well if that's the case (and if very well might be) and she doesn't hate IE what in the hell are you bugging her about?
I use IE on my work computer and have never had a single issue with it.
I use FF at home just because of the tabby thing. I have absolutely no idea what my wife uses.
It can and does zap the bookmarks. If you look into the Mozilla folder there is a bookmarks backup file just in case this happens.Weird, never had that happen. It's gotta be user error.
In XP it's in a folder that looks something like:
C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USERNAME*\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\"___".default\bookmarkbackups
IE is clunky and out of date, but that is beside the point.
I only wish her not to use IE due to the security issues and because I have to hear about every problem and every reformat of the harddrive, etc. Next generation of my computer will be dual boot and I don't wish to get anything her computer might acquire.
I only wish her not to use IE due to the security issues and because I have to hear about every problem and every reformat of the harddrive, etc. Next generation of my computer will be dual boot and I don't wish to get anything her computer might acquire.
IE 7 addresses a lot of its issues but causes other, but isn't as good as FF 1.5 or 2.0. Also its changed quite a bit so she might not like it. Her computer will automatically update to IE7 very soon if she has automatic updates on. I can point you to a system admin registry file installer MS released if she doesn't want that to happen otherwise MS will practically force change on you.
If she gets pissed at that kind of thing then you should dump her. Now.
IE7. Works just fine, I like the tabs.
My IE7 install on Vista x64 runs noticably faster than Firefox.
Yeah it seems techies say its faster. I'm waiting until the next revision or two of FF and IE to update myself, I like my extremely tweaked and extensioned out FF too much. I switched to it after using Opera for years. My FF uses 5-7MB minimized and 35-50MB maximized with a site in view and half a dozen FF tabs open.
whats wrong with IE?
Everything.
Because, like many Mac users, he feels the need to dictate what other people should like the best
Microsoft and Microsoft peeps would dictate what other people use?...Would they?
Almost any business would aim for locked-in/captive customers - they are trying to make money rightMicrosoft and Microsoft peeps would dictate what other people use?...Would they?
Microsoft's monopoly is Windows/Office/IE.
Apple's monopoly is iPod/iTunes.
Both cases negative for innovation and consumer choice.
Almost any business would aim for locked-in/captive customers - they are trying to make money right
Microsoft's monopoly is Windows/Office/IE.
Apple's monopoly is iPod/iTunes.
Both cases negative for innovation and consumer choice.
I happen to agree on both counts.
It seems it just doesn't have that "I'm a romantic Rebel who fights the evil empire" cachet.
Besides that, it's a browser that works very well.
Even with the FF pipelining bumped up?
Yes, even with all of the FF settings tweaked.