Simon
Thu Mar 22 04:36:01 CDT 2007
The IE7 experience is a lot better when you make some tweaks.
Unfortunately, then, it still doesn't seem to match up to the user-friendly
interface of Firefox. I can't see why they made the interface work the way
it does. For example, only 1 link from the link bar can be opened to a new
tab via middle click. There isn't even a choice to right click the icon and
open as new tab. Then, new tabs BARS from links in web pages don't seem to
open consistently to a certain spot. Still, if you want to give IE7 a
chance, like I am, then here are some suggestions.
With menu options being hidden until you hit ALT, including Favorites,
you'll probably want to turn on the Links bar so that you can use it as
favorites. You have to drag the URL icon to the bar. Strangely enough,
they don't have another way to do it.
Next, I really recommend turning off that damn phishing filter, which
sometimes takes minutes to resolve a URL. Before I realized that the
phishing filter was active, I was lead to believe that one of my forums was
down for a day. Any URL resolving service that takes that long isn't worth
the trouble. By default, IE7 contacts an MS server to see if it's safe to
go to. Every default IE7 user for every page accessed. No wonder.
Now here's something I never understood from MS. Why do they think smooth
scrolling is a good thing to have on by default? No matter how high end a
system you may have, it's always going to feel like IE7 is struggling when
smooth scrolling is on.
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Simon Berube
http://sberube.net/
"Kue2" <h.j.kennedy@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:eI7D939aHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Vista 64 RTM 6000
>
> So Far:
> 2-Bsod both when logging off a user .......something to do with the win 32
> kernel.
>
> Winmail will hang or lock-up with different errors with windows live.(when
> trying to post message)
>
> Event viewer log is loaded the error messages warning message.
> As far as I can see there is warning & error messages everyday since
> loading a month ago.
>
> PS This was a clean install with all updates applied as they come out.
>
> I Have been running Vista as my main OS for the last month,only booting to
> WinXP 64 or XP once in awhile.
> Wife hates (allowing) everything in EI 7 while she is surfing.
>
> Any news on when a service pak is forth coming???
>
> Anyone experiencing same??? Comments>>...........................