#@$%#$ IE7!!!

Ashley van Gerven

Could be the backspace key (if the focus moves away from the typing area for some reason). Or maybe some JS code that needs to be retested. :doh:

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My wife was experiencing stuff like that on her Compaq laptop. On a whim, I disabled the built-in touch-pad thingy (since she didn't use it anyway) and all has been well ever since.

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Chris Maunder

I'm using a desktop. I'm really starting to dislike IE 7

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Lost User

Chris Maunder wrote:

I'm using a desktop.

Then I got nothing...

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I think alt+backspace does that but I really have to be careful that my 5 button mouse doesn't do that to me.

Steve McLenithan

Since you're on a desktop I can't say why (laptop I would assume bumping the touchpad), but it sounds like your form is losing focus and when you hit backspace... it hits the fan :P

Chris Maunder

You've nailed it. Every so often my entire desktop flickers and whatever window I'm currently on loses focus. It feels like the flicker you get while a service pack or updated driver is being installed. Ad aware comes out clean and Avast is running. I blame the recent comet.

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Fernando A Gomez F

Chris Maunder wrote:

I'm really starting to dislike IE 7

I already dislike IE 7. Randomly, it keeps throwing exceptions and crashing. I won't give it another try until SP1 is released.

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Steve McLenithan

Chris Maunder wrote:

I blame the recent comet.

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Christopher Duncan

On my main desktop I have a dual monitor card. I toggle between turning the monitor off after 1 minute when I'm going to be away from the desk for any significant time, and Never for when I'm working. I notice that after toggling, I'll get a flicker on both monitors and lose focus, although it only happens when I make the power management change. Don't know if this is helpful, but thought I'd mention it just in case.

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Benjamin Liedblad

I had a similar problem (&Cancel button randomly gains focus) with an app I developed (VB2005), but I was able to code an "Are you sure?" work around. This issue only seems to occur on one desktop. It has a unique piece of hardware which I blame: a 'mini' keyboard with a PS/2 connector as opposed to a standard size USB keyboard.

bryce

i thought you were good mates with the blokes at M$ - give em a bell dude ...they might want beer though ;) bryce

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Chris Maunder

Benjamin Liedblad wrote:

It has a unique piece of hardware which I blame:

<Looks down, sees USB card reader that's always been a bit weird. Unplugs> Hmmmm....

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Chris Losinger

i think i've noticed it randomly clicking on things that the mouse is merely hovering over. and, it seems to jump to the top of the Z order for no reason, too.

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Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

Does weird nav with me sometimes. I mostly use FF.

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Bassam Abdul Baki

Does it come with mouse gestures?

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Gary R Wheeler

I've noticed that IE7 goes out of its way to steal the foreground state from other windows. Somebody at MS appears to not be playing by the rules, and they're dynamically changing the 'let other applications steal the foreground' setting so that they can do it. The problem's most prevalent during page downloads.

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Gary R Wheeler

Chris Losinger wrote:

it seems to jump to the top of the Z order for no reason

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Gary R Wheeler

Just those involving the middle, uh, button.

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Roger Wright

Chris Maunder wrote:

I'm really starting to dislike IE 7

Some of us are apparently slower than others. I hated it from the moment I accidentally allowed Windows Update to install it at work. It's garbage; definitely the nadir in my browser experience, and that goes back a ways (something involving turtles on DOS). We hatessss itttt. But it has never caused my cursor to back up, nor deleted anything; it just prevents me from using the Internet comfortably and efficiently. It sucks, but it doesn't delete things. Have you considered reloading your mouse driver? If you buld your own, you might want to reload the chipset firmware for your motherboard, too. Failing that, I'd have another beer and hope it goes away tomorrow...

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