Microsoft releases Internet Explorer fix

CNet ^ | December 1, 2004 | Robert Lemos

[JoJo Gunn]

Don't ever casually throw out crap about IE "uninstallers" which just possibly could break the OS. Those things are not for the Moms and Pops of the world, and can be a major headache even for seasoned computer users. It's better to just leave IE alone and forget it.

Mozilla, like MS, is no panacea. I've found there will be times you'll need IE, so I recommend the "view with IE" extension.

[Salo]

http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

the download is at the bottom of the page.

[N3WBI3]

Well he is half right...

If you have FireFox, you don't get to do this.

Firefox has an update feature you get an indicator on your borwser when you need an update. You click it the update applies and then you *dont* have to resart your computer, just your borwser..

[holymoly]

Don't ever casually throw out crap about IE "uninstallers" which just possibly could break the OS.

As I recall, the poster asked if there was an "uninstaller" for IE. I'd seen it on that FAQ, and posted the info.

If I'd mentioned that IE is tied to the OS, and that I recommend against "uninstalling" it, I'd have been flamed by someone else.

Did you inform the other poster about this? Or just jump me about it?

[JoJo Gunn]

If I'd mentioned that IE is tied to the OS, and that I recommend against "uninstalling" it, I'd have been flamed by someone else.

Some days you just can't win, huh?

[edchambers]

(snip)"Define runs slower? do you mean load slower, draws pages slower???"

I thought I was pretty specific, I said it starts slower as in takes twice as long to load even longer if you're if your starting with a few pages open in tabs.And yes this is probably because IE preloads.I'd rather not have either preload if I can help it but if you let me know how to turn this on and off in either I'll play with it when I have time.Also others have commented that it renders slower than IE this is something I wouldn't notice since I usually start with 4 pages open in tabs which is a hell of alot faster than the favorites menu in IE.