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Forum Thread: internet explorer 8
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| geni00 | internet explorer 8 |
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25th Jun, 2009 01:31 |
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Ranking: 0 Posts: 1 User Since: 8th Jun, 2009 System Score: N/A Location: N/A |
first excuse my bad english, its not my best language. I speak german I am private user I was glad to install secunia now 1.5 usualy I use firefox. secunia sayd to me IE8 is not safe.. I need only for win-updates ok I de-install it ...and ... have again IE7 ???? update again to IE 8 this game never ends???? thanks for info |
| wr | RE: internet explorer 8 | ||||||||
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25th Jun, 2009 05:58 | ||||||||
| Score: 298 Posts: 717 User Since: 30th Mar 2008 System Score: 100% Location: US |
Thanks to M$ the cycle never ends. IE 8 does supposedly present fewer security risks & M$ is aware of the insecurities & working on offering a patch. What to do? Good question-my personal opinion-use IE 8 & be cautious in surfing the web & hope M$ hurries with the patch. Regards, wr -- HP Pavilion Slimline Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 32 bit AMD Athlon 64 X2 Firefox 17.0.6 ESR The weakest link of a computer system is always sitting in front of the monitor. |
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| davidbassplayer | RE: internet explorer 8 | ||||||||
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15th Jul, 2009 17:32 | ||||||||
| Score: 2 Posts: 19 User Since: 13th Feb 2008 System Score: N/A Location: N/A |
I have XP SP3. I too prefer to use Firefox. I have so far not updated to IE 8. You can pretty much avoid having to use IE by installing the Firefox add-on that allows switching to the IE rendering engine for web sites that work poorly or do not work at all with Firefox. The IE rendering engine is good enough that I can download updates from Microsoft's web sites using it, though PCI refuses to use Firefox. Regarding Firefox security, if you use the No-Script add-on, you can block scripts on sites you select for a significantly increased security. |
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| bjm__ | RE: internet explorer 8 | ||||||||
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1st Aug, 2009 23:07 | ||||||||
| Score: 64 Posts: 374 User Since: 9th Mar 2009 System Score: 100% Location: US |
Hello, Might you know the name of the FF add-on to allow IE rendering. Is it Vista compatible and IE8 compatible. I run FF but was unaware of this add-on. Thanks Regards bjm- |
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| davidbassplayer | RE: internet explorer 8 | ||||||||
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3rd Aug, 2009 02:30 | ||||||||
| Score: 2 Posts: 19 User Since: 13th Feb 2008 System Score: N/A Location: N/A |
IE TAB is the FF add on that changes to the IE rendering engine. I believe that this really is IE, and I believe it has the IE bugs and insecurities. You do your "surfing" with FF, which should be safer. I dont' know what you do if you land on an unsafe site that FF doesn't do well on and exploits IE weaknesses and switch to IE. |
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| bjm__ | RE: internet explorer 8 | ||||||||
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3rd Aug, 2009 05:01 | ||||||||
| Score: 64 Posts: 374 User Since: 9th Mar 2009 System Score: 100% Location: US |
Hi davidbassplayer, Thanks for your info. I've been trying to help someone that posted to this Forum running FF with IE Tab. His IE8 tries to open two pages and instantly closes. I suggested ~ Control Panel > Network and Internet > Internet Options > Advanced Tab > Reset Internet Explorer Settings. He's shy about doing it. I was wondering if the IE Tab is somehow involved with his IE issue. Do you know if IE Tab opens a fully functional IE browser or something less. A page that's just IE compatible. Hope u can make sense out of my question. Regards bjm- |
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| Anthony Wells | RE: internet explorer 8 | ||||||||
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3rd Aug, 2009 11:26 | ||||||||
| Score: 2329 Posts: 3,205 User Since: 19th Dec 2007 System Score: N/A Location: N/A Last edited on 3rd Aug, 2009 11:33 |
Here is the link to the basic "IE Tab" for Firefox :- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/141... If you scroll down , there is a support forum address should you need it. This is the most used version , there are others. You can set which sites it accepts as IE & change/set each site you visit (click on status bar icon - left ,centre & right clicks) -- It always seems impossible until its done. Nelson Mandela |
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| davidbassplayer | RE: internet explorer 8 | ||||||||
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3rd Aug, 2009 13:25 | ||||||||
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BJM: I'm sorry I can't help you with IE TAB opening two pages. I have not trouble with IE TAB, possibly because I never never browse with IE TAB enabled. When I find a site where0 FF doesn't render well, and <i>I believe the site is safe,</i>, I turn on IE TAB. If the web site authors wrote standards non-compliant IE code, then that fixes the problem. To the author of another post: Thanks for information about how to set the sites that automatically use IE TAB. |
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| bjm__ | RE: internet explorer 8 | ||||||||
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3rd Aug, 2009 18:20 | ||||||||
| Score: 64 Posts: 374 User Since: 9th Mar 2009 System Score: 100% Location: US |
Anthony Wells, davidbassplayer, Thanks ...for your help. I understand the functions/features of IE Tab now. My friend was thinking IE Tab was somehow opening a fully functional IE browser session. Makes the page IE compatible. Makes sense. Good point to only enable as needed. Regards bjm- |
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