tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post112326248068563617..comments2024-03-26T12:23:35.307-05:00Comments on The Buck Stops Here: Question about Internet ExplorerStuart Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1124695698066850322005-08-22T02:28:00.000-05:002005-08-22T02:28:00.000-05:00I heartily recommend Maxthon-Retain IE compatibili...I heartily recommend Maxthon<BR/>-Retain IE compatibility<BR/>-Tabbed browsing<BR/>-Plugin architecture<BR/><BR/>Or FireFox is just as good AND better in some respects...<BR/><BR/>02Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1123334130298502812005-08-06T08:15:00.000-05:002005-08-06T08:15:00.000-05:00"IE is quite secure, if you have the right setting...<I>"IE is quite secure, if you have the right settings."</I><BR/><BR/>But I refuse to rely any more than I absolutely must on a company that ships it's products with all the defaults set to be as insecure as possible. Worse, even the right settings don't do anything about all those backdoors Microsoft installs in it's products.<BR/><BR/>Firefox or Maxthon, or whatever, the solution to IE problems is to stop using IE.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04640945256355962927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1123301010069652622005-08-05T23:03:00.000-05:002005-08-05T23:03:00.000-05:00I suggest trying Maxthon. Loosely speaking, it's a...I suggest trying <A HREF="http://www.maxthon.com/" REL="nofollow">Maxthon</A>. Loosely speaking, it's a tabbed-browser version of Internet Explorer. It's also free like Firefox.<BR/><BR/>I've used both Maxthon and Firefox quite a lot over the last year, and I prefer the former.Scrutineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556970103045514403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1123295028418351702005-08-05T21:23:00.000-05:002005-08-05T21:23:00.000-05:00Minimize the browser windows you are not using. Pu...Minimize the browser windows you are not using. Pull them back from the tray as you need them. A sort of poor msn's tab system.<BR/><BR/>FredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1123272639546830042005-08-05T15:10:00.000-05:002005-08-05T15:10:00.000-05:00While far from an expert in MS's I.E., I feel that...While far from an expert in MS's I.E., I feel that the problem may be that when you are commected to the Internet and any one of the I.E.s gets what it thinks is an update from the Internet, it will jump to the front of the screen. This is no a solution or telling you what can be done, but one possible cause -- besides that Bill Gates did NOT DO IT RIGHT from the start in many aspects....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1123266372080528752005-08-05T13:26:00.000-05:002005-08-05T13:26:00.000-05:00Switch to Mozilla Firefox. It opens new "windows"...Switch to Mozilla Firefox. It opens new "windows" in tabs, which you can keep in the background until you want them. Plus Firefox isn't as vulnerable to attacksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com