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Yahoo is blocking me from my email, unless I upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 (Vanity)
17 March 2010

Posted on 03/17/2010 10:45:49 AM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp

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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
Upgrade to IE8

Why do you not want to upgrade? It is also free.

I am not one of those who are emotionally invested in browsers or OSs. They all have their strenghts and weeknesses.

IE8 is a perfectly fine browser, and is much better than all the other previous Microsoft browsers, e.g., IE7 or IE6.

Firefox takes a long time to load, and the user must turn off (if they can) lots of nag screens such as upgrading plug-ins and such before it loads.

Chrome is made by Google. Google and their Chinese masters want all the info from you that they can get. Running one of their browsers will help them get this.

41 posted on 03/17/2010 11:05:44 AM PDT by lormand
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp

Try incredimail.com

Free unless you want a bunch of smilie bs


42 posted on 03/17/2010 11:06:19 AM PDT by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!(FR #1690))
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp

are you logged in?


43 posted on 03/17/2010 11:08:53 AM PDT by joe fonebone (They will get my Fishing Rod when they pry it from my cold dead fingers)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

I used Google Chrome for awhile but it started blocking FR as a hate site!

Chrome is gone, back to Firefox.


44 posted on 03/17/2010 11:09:39 AM PDT by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!(FR #1690))
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To: lormand
***Why do you not want to upgrade?***

I just don't want to be forced by Yahoo to do anything.

45 posted on 03/17/2010 11:09:40 AM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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To: Paradox

I’ve got a 12 year old computer with a 4 GB hard drive.

Chokes up on IE or Firefox. Runs Opera just fine.


46 posted on 03/17/2010 11:11:20 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
I just don't want to be forced by Yahoo to do anything.

It's time for you to be assimilated by the Borg ... step away from your computer and place your hands on top of your head.

47 posted on 03/17/2010 11:19:06 AM PDT by tx_eggman
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I just switched a few minutes ago.

Wow!


48 posted on 03/17/2010 11:20:39 AM PDT by gigster
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To: tx_eggman

LOL!!! < :D


49 posted on 03/17/2010 11:22:12 AM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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To: gigster

It’s great. One of my favorite things is Flash Blocker and Ad Blocker. There are many great add-ons that are easy to install.


50 posted on 03/17/2010 11:22:40 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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To: Sherman Logan
The upgrade mentality is never satisfied because there is always one more little "improvement" that can be made .

I mean why would anyone want to keep the same computer,TV,radio, job,spouse,friends,car,house,clothes,form of government,religion, or hair color they had last year?It is just soooo lame....

51 posted on 03/17/2010 11:24:11 AM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
You have an old browser. You need to upgrade. Better than upgrading to IE 8, install Chrome or Firefox.

IE 8 is better than nothing, but it still does not comply to the new web standards. It's still a piece of crap.

52 posted on 03/17/2010 11:29:34 AM PDT by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp

Unfortunately I have IE 8 and also Yahoo mail. Sometimes it switches from the message I am viewing to another site—Dell. It’s quite annoying-—sometimes I use Firefox Mozilla but the yahoo pages default smaller unless I manually enlarge them. Oh well....not earth shattering!


53 posted on 03/17/2010 11:32:48 AM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: Sherman Logan
I’ve got a 12 year old computer with a 4 GB hard drive.

Yeppers that is ancient. What OS are you running?

54 posted on 03/17/2010 11:34:34 AM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
You are being forced by them to act in one of at least two ways.

1) Install another browser type

2) Upgrade your IE browser

Personally, if I were you, I would upgrade to IE8 since you don't seem to be the type to get emotionally attached to Firefox, Chrome, Safari or Opera. IE8 gives you browser tabs unlike IE7.

55 posted on 03/17/2010 11:38:26 AM PDT by lormand
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To: tflabo

Runs on Windows 2000. To be fair I’ve got a 750 GB external hard drive, but all the programs I run are on the 4 GB drive.

About all I do on it is email and interwebs, though. Bought it for $50 five years ago, so I figure I’m getting my money’s worth out of the deal. :)

Anything else I do on the office laptop.


56 posted on 03/17/2010 11:59:44 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: RnMomof7

yeah here’s a kicker. I use Yahoo email all the time w/no prob & FF as a browser.

I have a YouTube/Google account,too. I never use gmail to send mail,tho. Everytime i re-visit my gmail account its filled with garbage from the WH,Axelrod and cronies-either begging for money or begging for votes or telling me what’s the latest @the WH- go figure! This stuff NEVER comes to my Yahoo acct


57 posted on 03/17/2010 12:58:52 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
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To: MissDairyGoodnessVT

Different experience here. My gmail accounts accumulate hundreds of spam messages a day (in the spam folder); very, very rarely does one make it into the inbox. Of course, Google probably considers anything from Obama to be Golden.


58 posted on 03/17/2010 1:04:56 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp

I have IE6 and have had no problems today with checking my Yahoo mailbox. In fact I opened another window and it came right up.


59 posted on 03/17/2010 1:49:24 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: Elderberry

Hey, thanks!


60 posted on 03/17/2010 6:03:48 PM PDT by headstamp 2 ("No Good Deed Goes Unpunished")
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