By: ol_whal
16/10/2009
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| I've just upgraded my Ad-Aware [free] and had the option of also installing Google Chrome, I declined. I've heard of it, so did I do right or should I have installed it |
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By: m.tivey
16/10/2009
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| Tried it, didn't like it that much. I run IE8, Firefox, & occasionally Opera under Win 7 RC on the laptop, and IE8 beats 'em all, if you can be bothered and/or have the time to learn to config and use it properly. Certainly craps on IE7 from a great height. IMHO. |
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By: m.tivey
16/10/2009
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| But it would be VERY good on a lower-spec machine like a netbook as it uses very few system resources, and IS quite fast. |
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By: ol_whal
17/10/2009
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| Thanks m.tivey |
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By: bulldoost
17/10/2009
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tivey :-)
u xpressed my exact opinion... ie8 is still bit bloated and that is why i am using mainly ffox (which is going actually same way!!!), but next upgrade and i will ditch probably ffox for benefit of ie8...
ie8 is working excellently on win7, so is ffox, therefore personal preferences.
chrome is on the stage of ie3 or netscape... |
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By: m.tivey
21/10/2009
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I was running IE8 on Win XP, and it wasn't that happy.
Haven't tried it on Vista.
BUT, on Win 7, it is fast, reliable, AND secure.
Anyway, Win 7 is out tomorrow, try it, you will NOT be disappointed if you have the slightest clue how to use/configure/tweak an OS.
Make no mistake, this IS the BEST OS that Microsoft has EVER done.
This is as big as the change from Win 3.11 to Win 95 (Windows 4.0), and the same mind-set that hated Win 95, hates Win 7, for the same totally unjustified reasons.
MANY of you should NOT be allowed NEAR a PC without supervision. |
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By: m.tivey
21/10/2009
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'ie8 is working excellently on win7, so is ffox, therefore personal preferences.'
Exactly, personal preferences.
I do use Firefox, and Opera, on various machines, for certain (usually SLOOOWWW) sites, but have IE8 set up with some after-market trickery, and it DOES beat the rest. Sorry if you don't agree, you are welcome to your |
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By: m.tivey
21/10/2009
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'ie8 is working excellently on win7, so is ffox, therefore personal preferences.'
Exactly, personal preferences.
I do use Firefox, and Opera, on various machines, for certain (usually SLOOOWWW) sites, but have IE8 set up with some after-market trickery on my main machine (I have about 9) and it DOES beat the rest, hands down. Sorry if you don't agree, you are welcome to your opinions & preferences.
Those who disliked IE6 & IE7 WILL get a pleasant surprise with IE8 (but it isn't happy on Win XP). |
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By: darkhall67
22/10/2009
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Just downloaded chrome and am using it now.
Loads faster than firefox (and ie of course) on my work pc but the add ons are pretty scarce and dont automatically install.
I want to install an adblock type of addon but looks like I have to know how to change/edit the code to do this. |
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By: wizbeysmugfarter
22/10/2009
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Loads faster than firefox (and ie of course)"
Faster load time than IE ???
Thats odd, considering on every windows machine its always running in the background unseen |
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By: darkhall67
22/10/2009
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Faster load time than IE ???
Thats odd, considering on every windows machine its always running in the background unseen >>
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I dont understand that.
When I use IE I have to click on the icon and wait for it to start and load my home page. And when I click on links it takes a long time to do that too.
Much longer than firefox and chrome. |
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By: wizbeysmugfarter
22/10/2009
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IE bulk display is run by a dll that is loaded by explorer.exe when you start your system. IE uses this same dll to display pages (shdocvw.dll). All the frame around this dll (menus, borders, scrollbars etc...) are in the main application which (on my system) is only 622k in size. Firefox is larger plus it is PE compressed (decompresses in memory before running the application) this adds to load time.
The biggest reason why IE would load slower is because of addons and so forth.
Generally speaking tho, on a fresh built systems, nothing loads faster than IE, unless an application is preloaded first for the other browsers.
I use firefox but it has alot of weaknesses ive noticed of late. |
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By: darkhall67
22/10/2009
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Ummm for the first part of your reply wizbey all I can say is "????????"
For the second part , I have no addons on the IE browser. Just the firefox one. |
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By: ol_whal
22/10/2009
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By: m.tivey
MANY of you should NOT be allowed NEAR a PC without supervision.
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That's right, we shouldn't |
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By: darkhall67
22/10/2009
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MANY of you should NOT be allowed NEAR a PC without supervision >>
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We shouldnt NEED supervision.
Computers were supposed to make our lives easier , not require us to get a computer degree. |
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By: ol_whal
22/10/2009
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We shouldnt NEED supervision.
Computers were supposed to make our lives easier , not require us to get a computer degree.
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I think most people are scared of them, my puter man said you can't hurt them, so I took him at his word -- well, I found out that at times his wisdom stretches my ability |
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