[AquaticLife] OT - Computer problems - IE freezing up???
Firefox has just as many issues, so no, that is not a solution. As a web developer, I use both. They both have their strengths and weaknesses. Chrome was pretty blah and lack, well, features… If you like Firefox, use it. If you like IE…use it. neither one is better than the other. Most corporate environments use IE as their standard. You also my be accessing a site that was designed for an older version of IE. IE has a broken page icon on it…click on that and it will put it in compatibility mode (the latest version is a bit more strict on it’s rendering of html) and that should fix most problems not related to third party products.
There are many sites on the net that don;t work well with Firefox. The flash issue is not an IE issue…it’s a flash issue. I have experienced this same issue in both browsers. Flash can be a hog, especially when it is misused, as it often is. I have seen otherwise simple sites bomb out because of the way flash was used on the site to replace form fields and items like that.
Javascript is one of the main culprits of browser issues because none of the browsers stick to the standards and that makes Javascript programing pure hell. I am all for just having a single browser. The folks that think otherwise are not old enough to remember the DOS days and how much of a pain it was to deal with a gazillion different versions of DOS…none of which was compatible with the other.
Eric
David Keymel wrote: > > I solved all my IE problems about 3 years ago by using firefox. the > only sites you really need IE for these days are some specific work > applications that are web based and Microsofts Portals for different > things such as MSDN. no reason not to switch. IE is a back door for > problems. You could also try googles browser chrome > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Lenny V. aka GoldLenny > > wrote: > > I know we recently had a couple of members with computer problems > that were > > chatted about out here. While helping out a member in another > computer help > > forum, I inadvertently led them to a fix for Internet Explorer freeze up > > issues that have been causing problems for many surfers. I’ve even been > > having them the past month since I updated to Flash 10 which is why > I have > > been doing my own research on the issue. > > > > Many (probably most) of these IE freeze ups are being caused by > Adobe Flash > > 9 and/or 10 so while explaining this and giving them more reading to do, > > from my own research, they actually posted back to me and directed me to > > something I had missed in my readings… a simple little IE add-on > called > > Toggle Flash http://flash.melameth.com > which turns off Adobe Flash in IE > > when you are doing surfing and then if you come across a site that > > absolutely has to have Adobe Flash turned on (YouTube for example), > you just > > click the Toggle Flash button, hit the refresh button and that page will > > work fine. After you are done with your YouTubing, click the Toggle > Flash > > button again and the Flash add-on is turned back off in IE so you’re > good to > > go with your surfing. > > > > More detailed info on my non-fish blog at > http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com > > (it’s currently the top blog) or > > > http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com/2009/01/toggle-flash-very-good-and-simple > > > -and.html > > > > BTW.. this is a FREE and very simple add-on so it uses no system > resources > > and it will stop all of the flash-y ads that show up on many websites, > > including Yahoo and Yahoo Groups pages… if you do lots of reading > on Yahoo > > pages, so that makes for easier and faster surfing as well. > > > > Lenny Vasbinder > > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > > > (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the right > > side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, > Month) > > > > > >
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