I'm finished with Internet Explorer 7...

***Lord Cadillac*** · #1 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 12:17 PM

Forget it. I don't know what the deal is.. I suppose it's great for the average person who just opens one or two tabs and is done with it. I have 10 tabs opened in each of two windows, sometimes a few more in a third window - and IE7 just cannot handle it. The browser constantly crashes on me.

So I'm back to Firefox.. Anyone else frustrated with IE7? I can't believe I used to be such a Microsoft Advocate. Over the past year, I've been noticing how terrible they really are. My cell phone uses Windows Mobile 5 and it's practically useless.. The Windows Vista joke makes me want to abandon ship altogether and move to Macintosh...

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**I~LUV~Caddys8792** · #2 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 12:21 PM

I stopped using IE years ago because I just had too damn many popups coming up. I switched over to Mozilla then and never looked back. Sometimes I have 3-4 tabs open and it works just fine. With the IE I have at work (an older version) I don't even have tabs, so I've gotta have 3-4 windows open at any given point, and what a cluster**** that is....I hate how MS groups all of the IE's together after you open more than 4 up so you've gotta click on the icon, and then have that expand so you can find the window you want.

**Playdrv4me** · #3 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 12:25 PM

On a sidenote... Why arent the tooltips with the header content of a given thread popping up anymore when I hover my mouse over a thread? Ive tried it in three different forums and they arent popping up anymore. It saves time from having to click into the thread.

**JimmyH** · #4 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 12:34 PM

Firefox Baby

***Lord Cadillac*** · #5 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 12:35 PM

Tooltips? You mean the beginnings of the discussion within the thread? I still see them...

**Playdrv4me** · #6 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 12:48 PM

Thats strange, Ive tried it in multiple forums on two different machines here at work and the little box isnt coming up anymore, yet in other boards using vbulletin it does.

**JimmyH** · #7 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Playdrv4me

Thats strange, Ive tried it in multiple forums on two different machines here at work and the little box isnt coming up anymore, yet in other boards using vbulletin it does.

IS this what you are talking about? I only get the first line, not very useful IMHO

**JimmyH** · #8 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 01:11 PM

I think IE7 is a waste. The menu structure sucks. And I dont know, maybe its me, but how the hell to open a file? I cant find the open command anywhere.

**Playdrv4me** · #9 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 01:13 PM

Yea thats it, in IE6 im not getting them on a few different computers. I guess ill blow the dust off Firefox and try it there.

**Playdrv4me** · #10 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 01:16 PM

Yea in Firefox they work, although they are alot shorter than they are in IE.

**JimmyH** · #11 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 01:29 PM

by the way, i was researching some stuff on the internet a while back, and I had at least 40 open windows in Firefox with nary a problem...

railven · #12 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 01:52 PM

@Jimmy

In IE7, hit ALT, then click view, then toolbars, then Menu Bar. It will stay up for you. Personally I like it gone since I don't use those options very much.

Hey Sal it could be something else on your comp, then again it could be IE7. I've had both IE7 and Firefox on my system act up. Random crashes, hanging, etc. I think my comp is due for a wipe and clean.

But so far IE7 has given me less problems then Firefox in just click and surf, specially since most sites support IE off the bat.

z06bigbird · #13 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Cadillac

Forget it. I don't know what the deal is.. I suppose it's great for the average person who just opens one or two tabs and is done with it. I have 10 tabs opened in each of two windows, sometimes a few more in a third window - and IE7 just cannot handle it. The browser constantly crashes on me.

So I'm back to Firefox.. Anyone else frustrated with IE7? I can't believe I used to be such a Microsoft Advocate. Over the past year, I've been noticing how terrible they really are. My cell phone uses Windows Mobile 5 and it's practically useless.. The Windows Vista joke makes me want to abandon ship altogether and move to Macintosh...

</rant>

I sometimes keep 5 windows open with no problem. 3.46 chip and 1.5 gig of mem. IE 7 is a little buggy, but no lock ups.

**JimmyH** · #14 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 02:56 PM

I only have a couple of HR websites I have to use from time to time that dont support Mozilla, other than that, IE can suck my big -------

**slk230mb** · #15 (**permalink**) 08-03-07, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I~LUV~Caddys8792

I stopped using IE years ago because I just had too damn many popups coming up. I switched over to Mozilla then and never looked back. Sometimes I have 3-4 tabs open and it works just fine. With the IE I have at work (an older version) I don't even have tabs, so I've gotta have 3-4 windows open at any given point, and what a cluster**** that is....I hate how MS groups all of the IE's together after you open more than 4 up so you've gotta click on the icon, and then have that expand so you can find the window you want.

You can easily turn that off. Right click on the taskbar --> properties --> uncheck group simiar task buttons