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Interesting Game on my Desktop - it is called IE8 [modified]

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  • K keencomputer

    I just realized IE8 could be seen as a game. The higher number of time you can crash- you win.

    Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

    modified on Friday, July 17, 2009 11:59 PM

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    My wife automatically updated her PC and installed that over her IE7. When it rebooted, it disconnected her from browsing the web completely... Hello Firefox!

    No trees were harmed in the sending of this message; however, a significant number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced. This message is made of fully recyclable Zeros and Ones

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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      My wife automatically updated her PC and installed that over her IE7. When it rebooted, it disconnected her from browsing the web completely... Hello Firefox!

      No trees were harmed in the sending of this message; however, a significant number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced. This message is made of fully recyclable Zeros and Ones

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      Uwe Keim
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      Firefox 3.5 took 60 seconds to start, now Firefox 3.5.1 killed my Adblock Plus. ==> Hello Google Chrome!

      • My personal 24/7 webcam • Zeta Test - Intuitive, competitive Test Management environment for Test Plans and Test Cases. Download now! • Zeta Producer Desktop CMS - Intuitive, very easy to use. Download now!

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      • K keencomputer

        I just realized IE8 could be seen as a game. The higher number of time you can crash- you win.

        Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

        modified on Friday, July 17, 2009 11:59 PM

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        koolprasad2003
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        i think IE6 was really good................... :)

        If the message is useful for U then please Rate This message... Be a good listener...Because Opprtunity knoughts softly...N-Joy

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        • K koolprasad2003

          i think IE6 was really good................... :)

          If the message is useful for U then please Rate This message... Be a good listener...Because Opprtunity knoughts softly...N-Joy

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          LloydA111
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          Well if it helps, you can run IE7 but with the IE6 UI, by opening "C:\windows\ie7\iexplore.exe" :-D Although it is just IE7, I prefer using it this way as I prefer the UI of IE6 :laugh:

          If everything was not true, would it be not true that everything is not true?

          "Assembly.
          Ah, yes that dreaded thing that pulled itself out of the abyss.
          -- Wait, assembly is not that bad. It just takes time to adjust to."

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          • K koolprasad2003

            i think IE6 was really good................... :)

            If the message is useful for U then please Rate This message... Be a good listener...Because Opprtunity knoughts softly...N-Joy

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            Nickolay Karnaukhov
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            It WAS for its time, somewhere in 2002 :-)

            ------------------------------------------------------------ Want to be happy - do what you like!

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            • K koolprasad2003

              i think IE6 was really good................... :)

              If the message is useful for U then please Rate This message... Be a good listener...Because Opprtunity knoughts softly...N-Joy

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              Kevin McFarlane
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              I thought IE 6 was really good when it first came out. Today I think it's dreadful.

              Kevin

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              • U Uwe Keim

                Firefox 3.5 took 60 seconds to start, now Firefox 3.5.1 killed my Adblock Plus. ==> Hello Google Chrome!

                • My personal 24/7 webcam • Zeta Test - Intuitive, competitive Test Management environment for Test Plans and Test Cases. Download now! • Zeta Producer Desktop CMS - Intuitive, very easy to use. Download now!

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                John M Drescher
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                Uwe Keim wrote:

                Firefox 3.5 took 60 seconds to start, now Firefox 3.5.1 killed my Adblock Plus.

                I had neither problem on the work XP64 machine. I ran 3.5 for a while and then upgraded last week with 3.5.1 and Adblock Plus worked with both versions.

                John

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                • U Uwe Keim

                  Firefox 3.5 took 60 seconds to start, now Firefox 3.5.1 killed my Adblock Plus. ==> Hello Google Chrome!

                  • My personal 24/7 webcam • Zeta Test - Intuitive, competitive Test Management environment for Test Plans and Test Cases. Download now! • Zeta Producer Desktop CMS - Intuitive, very easy to use. Download now!

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                  Kevin McFarlane
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                  Uwe Keim wrote:

                  Firefox 3.5.1 killed my Adblock Plus. Hello Google Chrome!

                  Which of course has no ad blocker! I use Firefox as default. However, I usually wait some time before upgrading to a major version because of extension compatibility (and other) problems. So still on FF 3.

                  Kevin

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                  • U Uwe Keim

                    Firefox 3.5 took 60 seconds to start, now Firefox 3.5.1 killed my Adblock Plus. ==> Hello Google Chrome!

                    • My personal 24/7 webcam • Zeta Test - Intuitive, competitive Test Management environment for Test Plans and Test Cases. Download now! • Zeta Producer Desktop CMS - Intuitive, very easy to use. Download now!

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                    Mladen Jankovic
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                    Google Chrome has no support for plug-ins and it's spying on me... Hello Lynx :)

                    [Genetic Algorithm Library]

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                    • U Uwe Keim

                      Firefox 3.5 took 60 seconds to start, now Firefox 3.5.1 killed my Adblock Plus. ==> Hello Google Chrome!

                      • My personal 24/7 webcam • Zeta Test - Intuitive, competitive Test Management environment for Test Plans and Test Cases. Download now! • Zeta Producer Desktop CMS - Intuitive, very easy to use. Download now!

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                      hairy_hats
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                      Adblock Plus 1.1 works fine on my FF 3.5.1. :)

                      I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine

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                      • K keencomputer

                        I just realized IE8 could be seen as a game. The higher number of time you can crash- you win.

                        Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

                        modified on Friday, July 17, 2009 11:59 PM

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                        Joe Woodbury
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                        I use Firefox daily. My wife and kids use IE8 and I use it occasionally. I've found that IE8 is more stable than Firefox. If they fixed a few UI quirks that drive me batty, I'd probably use IE full time.

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                        • K keencomputer

                          I just realized IE8 could be seen as a game. The higher number of time you can crash- you win.

                          Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

                          modified on Friday, July 17, 2009 11:59 PM

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                          Baeltazor
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                          HAHAHAHAHAHAHA YEAH I AGREE! :-D

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                          • K keencomputer

                            I just realized IE8 could be seen as a game. The higher number of time you can crash- you win.

                            Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

                            modified on Friday, July 17, 2009 11:59 PM

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                            GDMFSOB
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                            Well I dont know, I have had it for about 8 weeks now and no problems at all?? i actaully installed it becuase ie 7 kept crashing

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                            • K Kevin McFarlane

                              Uwe Keim wrote:

                              Firefox 3.5.1 killed my Adblock Plus. Hello Google Chrome!

                              Which of course has no ad blocker! I use Firefox as default. However, I usually wait some time before upgrading to a major version because of extension compatibility (and other) problems. So still on FF 3.

                              Kevin

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                              DogGoneDog
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                              IF you dig you can find Adblocker for the new firefox. The old firefox had the maker and they have a website. I don't have it here a work but I will repost tonight. The only thing I can find or make work is my Norton Security tool bar. Anyone find that?

                              Everyone's entitled to my opinion

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                              • M Mladen Jankovic

                                Google Chrome has no support for plug-ins and it's spying on me... Hello Lynx :)

                                [Genetic Algorithm Library]

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                                SRWare Iron -- Chrome built w/o Google's data gathering.

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                                • D DogGoneDog

                                  IF you dig you can find Adblocker for the new firefox. The old firefox had the maker and they have a website. I don't have it here a work but I will repost tonight. The only thing I can find or make work is my Norton Security tool bar. Anyone find that?

                                  Everyone's entitled to my opinion

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                                  Kevin McFarlane
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                                  WizardMaster wrote:

                                  IF you dig you can find Adblocker for the new firefox.

                                  I was referring to his comment about moving to Google Chrome, which has no ad blocker. It seemed odd to move from FF 3.5.1 because of broken ad blocker to a browser which has none at all! Anyway, it seems that it's only him who has this problem with FF 3.5.1 and Ad Blocker judging from other posters.

                                  Kevin

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                                  • K keencomputer

                                    I just realized IE8 could be seen as a game. The higher number of time you can crash- you win.

                                    Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

                                    modified on Friday, July 17, 2009 11:59 PM

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                                    Doug Perreault
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                                    I don't recall that I've had IE8 crash since I made two changes. First, I found my CPU was overheating so I cranked the fan up. Temps have gone down from 80C to 45C and things have gone a whole lot better since. Amazing how many crashes we blame on software that could be due to some pet hair in the fan. The other thing is, if you have the UAC turned off in Vista, you might want to check your permissions in your registry. Click the Start Button, type in Regedit and press Enter (once Regedit shows in the search results). In Regedit, right click on HKey_Classes_Root and click on Permissions. If you've not done this recently and you've been running with UAC off, I can almost bet you will find the message "No permissions have been assigned for this object." I have found this issue to be a cause of a huge number of problems. After fixing this (see http://www.brianpeek.com/blog/archive/2007/11/29/weird-vista-registry-issue.aspx[^]) I rarely have any crashes with Vista or IE8. Firefox doesn't crash either, but I prefer to use IE8 because I often need to use the Print Preview feature and some of the print options that IE8 just does better than any other browser out there. I usually open all the articles I find interesting in e-mail newsletters first, then close them as I read them. I can have multiple IE8 instances with dozens of tabs in each and I don't have a problem with crashes.

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                                    • K keencomputer

                                      I just realized IE8 could be seen as a game. The higher number of time you can crash- you win.

                                      Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

                                      modified on Friday, July 17, 2009 11:59 PM

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                                      VEMS
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                                      I uninstalled IE8 on Vista, misbehaving. I will wait for the second patch. Along with that, I disable Flash 10, tooo many crashes using either.

                                      modified on Monday, July 20, 2009 10:58 AM

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                                      • L LloydA111

                                        Well if it helps, you can run IE7 but with the IE6 UI, by opening "C:\windows\ie7\iexplore.exe" :-D Although it is just IE7, I prefer using it this way as I prefer the UI of IE6 :laugh:

                                        If everything was not true, would it be not true that everything is not true?

                                        "Assembly.
                                        Ah, yes that dreaded thing that pulled itself out of the abyss.
                                        -- Wait, assembly is not that bad. It just takes time to adjust to."

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                                        Trevortni
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                                        :omg: Does this really work? There is a reason I've reverted back from both IE7 and IE8, after using either for an hour or so, you see.... (Most of that hour spent trying to find a way to fix the UI).

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                                          :omg: Does this really work? There is a reason I've reverted back from both IE7 and IE8, after using either for an hour or so, you see.... (Most of that hour spent trying to find a way to fix the UI).

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                                          LloydA111
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                                          Yes it does work :-D On XP anyway, I guess it works on Vista and W7

                                          If everything was not true, would it be not true that everything is not true? So by saying everything is not true, you are automatically denying that everything is not true. Im so confused...

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