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Im starting to wonder what people mean by forgien browser?:dozey:

And on another point is there anyway of getting rid of IE from a windows machine?

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Nope, it's part of the OS.

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In theory you can remove it from Windows XP - I have never tried it.

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What's the point of removing IE from XP?

It's more effort that its worth - just leave it as it is!

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Try removing it from the Add/Remove programs menu but click on "Add/Remove Windows Components". ;)

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Thanks for the negative rep again. And no, I have no desire for a foreign browser on my computer. I develop web applications and I couldn't care how they look on any browser other than IE 6, because IE 6 is what my clients use and is one of the requirements that I put down.

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and what about all those people who dont use windows HUH.



I.e sucks no tabbed browsing, no popup blocking (cept the xpsp2 one).

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I use IE6, I tried Firefox but didn`t really get on with it. I suppose it`s down to the fact that i`m used to uncle Bill`s browser. I know just where all the buttons are.

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What about them? IE isnt installed anyway if they're using Linux or like, they can use whatever they want:)


Like you said, XP Service pack 2, deals with this issue... I've tried Mozilla, Tried opera.. tried Firefox, and found IE the best. Even using SP1, Whats the point in installing a compltely new browser when you can just use Google Blocker, or Like to stop Ad's? Your decision at the end of the day, no need to be nasty about it

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firefox is ace
I can't go back to IE its awful

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I agree, at the end of the day it comes down to a personal choice. I love Firefox, but I do also like many aspects of I.E, it renders pages nice and fast and the layout of the controls is good. I.E is no longer an option for me though, unless I want to spend my time rebooting my p.c into Windows.

So I don't have a problem with IE per se, but I do have issues with the philosophy behind it...that is to take an existing open standard and pervert it so that any sites developed for it won't work in other browsers. The W3C standard is out there, along with many related standards such as ECMAscript for Javascript, so there is simply no excuse for developers writing for one browser only (on the internet, intranets are different). It's just sloppiness on the part of the developers and they do themselves and their visitors a disservice by working in IE only. Okay, rant over, had better stop before I get onto Microsoft's perversion of Java :)

BTW, anybody else use Lynx (or Links), it's great for reading books online.

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Nothing

In your opinion...

I couldn't care.

Again, I don't care, because I use a proxy program that filters all banners, ads, and popups (and also other crap).

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Great. A developer that tells me, the customer, how I want to work. Remind me not to put any business your way ... ;)

I use IE 5.5sp2 t work 'cos it's the corporate standard although should be moving to IE6 shortly to allow me to upgrade to the latest release of the CMS we use with our corporate website. At home I have Safari for MacOS 10.2, and IE 5/mac just 'cos it's there and I can't be bothered getting rid of it. Rarely if ever use it for anything tho; Safari really showed up how slow and generally pants it is.

No it isn't; M$ got taken to court over this issue when they started claiming IE was part of Windoze 95. It took a few minutes for a couple of techies to demonstrate that IE could be unbundled from the OS. IIRC M$ is prohibited from making IE part of Windows itself, although that doesn't stop them integrating it pretty tightly, more's the pity.

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OSX - Safari, and then occasionally IE if it doesn't work in Safari, but that rarely happens now.

And in WinXp - Firefox 0.8 and IE for same reason as above

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As a developer it shouldnt matter what browser you or your customers use, developers "develop" they then pass it all on to a designer to worry about cross browser design issues. Personally I do both and much prefer the development side, a lot less hassle. As for developers telling customers what they have to use, that might well work overseas but over here customers are a little more set in their ways and expect their site's/code to work not only in their browser but in every other browser known to man.