Hmmm...good thing I don’t use it. At all.
IE is beyond all hope, I’ve given up on that Frankenstein monster years ago. I tried to run it a few months ago and I couldn’t believe how long it took, then of course first page I hit it locks up.
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How ya doing LVD?
Aw, they’re still supporting XP twelve years after it first came out. The support for 98 and ME stopped far, far sooner than that (eight years for 98 first edition, seven years for 98 SE, and a mere six years for ME). Windows 2000 support lasted ten years.
I’ve used Windows and IE since 1997.
I’ve never had a security issue.
If you just follow the basic security rules, I think you have a 99% chance of keeping your computer healthy no matter which operating system or browser you use.
I run a complete security scan once a week, I auto load security updates, I don’t visit porn sites, I use the default security settings on Windows 7, and I don’t click on any link or download any program if I even get a moderate security warning.
I know that’s not a perfect solution, but for the last 15 years, so far, so good.
I visit about 20 sites on a regular basis.
The only sites I have a speed issue on are Free Republic, The Daily Caller, and sometimes Fox Sports.
Everything else is just click-click-click.
I do have problems with some videos....
Bloomberg takes forever, and amazingly, some Microsoft website videos, too.
But the top video sites, You Tube, etc., are practically instant, stream perfectly, and have perfect visual quality.
Perhaps if you're a gamer or visit lots of small sites, IE is bad?
For me, almost no problems at all, and it is perfectly integrated into all of Microsoft's most used programs.
It’s odd that DHS and practically everyone else was in such a huff over the Java browser plug-in. There is absolutely no difference between that case and the ongoing problems with IE. I guess each time people believe that MS has fixed the last bug.
So, what happened ... no patches were forthcoming.