IE7 stability -- lose it or use it?

Is IE7 stable or does it contribute to the sluggishness of Windows XP Pro?
I'm hearing things that suggest I switch to FireFox or Ace Explorer. What
should I do?

On Jun 4, 12:40 pm, GEVan <G...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Is IE7 stable or does it contribute to the sluggishness of Windows XP Pro?
> I'm hearing things that suggest I switch to FireFox or Ace Explorer. What
> should I do?



I really like IE7

Would I gain any Windows XP performance if I went to IE6 or dumped IE
altogether and jumped to FireFox?

The question really comes down to: how much does the browser affect the
Windows XP OS?

"Greg Brown" wrote:

> On Jun 4, 12:40 pm, GEVan <G...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Is IE7 stable or does it contribute to the sluggishness of Windows XP Pro?
> > I'm hearing things that suggest I switch to FireFox or Ace Explorer. What
> > should I do?
>
>
>
> I really like IE7
>
>

"GEVan" wrote
> Would I gain any Windows XP performance if I went to IE6 or dumped IE
> altogether and jumped to FireFox?
>
> The question really comes down to: how much does the browser affect the
> Windows XP OS?

> "Greg Brown" wrote:
>
>>GEVan wrote:
>> > Is IE7 stable or does it contribute to the sluggishness of Windows XP
>> > Pro?
>> > I'm hearing things that suggest I switch to FireFox or Ace Explorer.
>> > What
>> > should I do?

The question comes down to, are you happy with the performance and the
features? You can't get rid of IE, though you can go back to IE6, though I
wouldn't recommend that, but you can have two or more browsers installed at
the same time so install Firefox and/or any of the others and try it.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:40:01 -0700, GEVan
<GEVan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Is IE7 stable


I've had it running on all three machines here since it first came
out. It's been completely stable.

> or does it contribute to the sluggishness of Windows XP Pro?


Sluggishness? No sluggishness here on any of my machines.


>I'm hearing things that suggest I switch to FireFox or Ace Explorer.


*Every* product has its partisans. And they are often attached to
their favored product with a quasi-religious fervor. That's true not
only of web browsers, but of hardware platforms, operating systems,
word processors, and on and on and on. So if you run Windows, you will
always run into those who tell that you should switch to a Macintosh,
or Linux, or whatever. And if you run browser A, you should switch to
browser B.

It's the same with cars (my Chevrolet is better than your Ford!) and
almost every other category of consumer products.

My suggestion is that you ignore all this proselytizing, and make your
own decisions about what *you* like best. Try Firefox (or whatever)
and see how *you* like it. I've tried Firefox and I personally find it
inferior (for the way I work) to the combination of IE7 running with
the Maxthon shell on top of it. Try them all (they are all, or almost
all) free, and make your own decisions. Ignore everyone else's
opinions.

But while you're trying, don't forget to give Maxthon a try.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Cool.

Thanks for all the responses. Ken, you said it best.

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:40:01 -0700, GEVan
> <GEVan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Is IE7 stable
>
>
> I've had it running on all three machines here since it first came
> out. It's been completely stable.
>
> > or does it contribute to the sluggishness of Windows XP Pro?
>
>
> Sluggishness? No sluggishness here on any of my machines.
>
>
> >I'm hearing things that suggest I switch to FireFox or Ace Explorer.
>
>
> *Every* product has its partisans. And they are often attached to
> their favored product with a quasi-religious fervor. That's true not
> only of web browsers, but of hardware platforms, operating systems,
> word processors, and on and on and on. So if you run Windows, you will
> always run into those who tell that you should switch to a Macintosh,
> or Linux, or whatever. And if you run browser A, you should switch to
> browser B.
>
> It's the same with cars (my Chevrolet is better than your Ford!) and
> almost every other category of consumer products.
>
> My suggestion is that you ignore all this proselytizing, and make your
> own decisions about what *you* like best. Try Firefox (or whatever)
> and see how *you* like it. I've tried Firefox and I personally find it
> inferior (for the way I work) to the combination of IE7 running with
> the Maxthon shell on top of it. Try them all (they are all, or almost
> all) free, and make your own decisions. Ignore everyone else's
> opinions.
>
> But while you're trying, don't forget to give Maxthon a try.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 16:26:00 -0700, GEvan
<GEvan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Cool.
>
>Thanks for all the responses. Ken, you said it best.


You're welcome, and thanks for the kind words.



>"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:40:01 -0700, GEVan
>> <GEVan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Is IE7 stable
>>
>>
>> I've had it running on all three machines here since it first came
>> out. It's been completely stable.
>>
>> > or does it contribute to the sluggishness of Windows XP Pro?
>>
>>
>> Sluggishness? No sluggishness here on any of my machines.
>>
>>
>> >I'm hearing things that suggest I switch to FireFox or Ace Explorer.
>>
>>
>> *Every* product has its partisans. And they are often attached to
>> their favored product with a quasi-religious fervor. That's true not
>> only of web browsers, but of hardware platforms, operating systems,
>> word processors, and on and on and on. So if you run Windows, you will
>> always run into those who tell that you should switch to a Macintosh,
>> or Linux, or whatever. And if you run browser A, you should switch to
>> browser B.
>>
>> It's the same with cars (my Chevrolet is better than your Ford!) and
>> almost every other category of consumer products.
>>
>> My suggestion is that you ignore all this proselytizing, and make your
>> own decisions about what *you* like best. Try Firefox (or whatever)
>> and see how *you* like it. I've tried Firefox and I personally find it
>> inferior (for the way I work) to the combination of IE7 running with
>> the Maxthon shell on top of it. Try them all (they are all, or almost
>> all) free, and make your own decisions. Ignore everyone else's
>> opinions.
>>
>> But while you're trying, don't forget to give Maxthon a try.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>>

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

GEVan <GEVan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Is IE7 stable or does it contribute to the sluggishness of Windows XP Pro?

Very stable.

You want problems? Install and use Firefox.

MAJOR memory leak problems... on my machine at least.

GEVan wrote:
> Would I gain any Windows XP performance if I went to IE6 or dumped IE
> altogether and jumped to FireFox?
>

Firefox will give your cat warts.

If you don't have a cat, you should be okay.

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Would I gain any Windows XP performance if I went to IE6 or dumped IE
>> altogether and jumped to FireFox?
>>
>
>Firefox will give your cat warts.
>
>If you don't have a cat, you should be okay.

I have a cat. No warts... but I stopped using Firefox when I finally
figured out why IE7 would open everything in a new window and not a
new tab: an old plugin from IE5 days called GuardIE was the culprit.

I am now back to IE7 and am happy as heck.