Do You Hate Internet Explorer? - Show Your Support!, this is called FLING IE!

Put simply, yes, I hate IE. However it's not the worst browser for Windows. I always thought it was since everything else seemed to be more secure, more stable, more compatible with web standards and more user-friendly, and wouldn't keep interrupting you with pointless security messages, and would free up more resources for other programs to use, but that's when I bumped into the Safari 3 for Windows that was released just the other day.

Everything about it is like IE, except worse. And the animation they've put into the tabs is just more bloat which you just don't need. And the interface just doesn't fit in with any of the Windows interfaces (Classic, Luna, Royale or Aero) which is pathetic. Some people argue that it's still in beta, but when you consider how Apple said "built to be secure from day 1" only for something like 15 vulnerabilities to arise within the first 24 hours, and the poor compatibility it has with a wide range of hardware, you have to question whether the move will help or hinder Apple's goal to increase their marketshare in the browser business (especially since the some of the vulnerabilities found in the Windows version affected the Mac version as well). They couldn't have done much internal testing for the alpha stages, a problem which was also evident in iTunes.

 

 

 

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Hum. Hate Internet Explorer? Well, 'hate' is a rather strong word...so I do balk at using it (it's reserved for people in my book), but I definitely don't feel like using it myself. IE 7.0 isn't so bad, even if it is just a copy of every other browser before it. (But it doesn't matter if it's a copy as long as it's better, which I can't be so sure it is)

@Jewbacca, exactly what animations do they put in the tabs? At the very least I haven't seen any when I use it on my dad's computer. On the other hand, I think the whole 'display a thumbnail view of each tab' view thing is bloat--it really isn't needed and I hardly ever see my parents using it. IE 7.0's phishing site checker doesn't seem to be that bad--it actually caught more mistakes than Firefox's. (I'm not sure if it's better than Google's built in list...but I'm also not so sure if I want to send every site I've visited to Google for a checkin--a bit scary, that)

Btw, I thought those pointless messages could be turned off. You could argue that the average user might not find it so easy, but when I first downloaded Firefox, those annoying security messages were there as well, and I went through the same process to turn them off as I did in IE. So for usability, I can't say it's any worse than for other browsers.

EDIT: All of that being said, I'd much rather use an alternate browser (currently using Firefox).

 

 

 

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I don't use internet explorer, it's slow for my computer I use firefox, but some websites I go to don't work on firefox, so I use IE, and it works fine, but it's a bit slow, but it's better than not working at all.

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IE is the worst program to going online... so many hacker leading by it, and isn't so secure so easy hacking your computer!

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Y like ie 7 but same times firefox is more faster!

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I wouldn't be able to say I hate Internet Explorer 7, I've almost never used it. It's just something I ignore most of the time, apart from the very infrequent occasions when a site only wants to display in IE -- I run into this mostly with some shareware and driver download sites... they don't work properly in firefox. Other than that, it's just an icon that sits hidden away and never used; Firefox is simply better. I do have a recurring problem with Firefox though. If I leave the firefox window open for a long time, like several hours, and especially if I've had lots of tabs opened, and downloaded a lot of images, or viewed a lot of image galleries, firefox starts hogging huge amounts of ram, like on my 2 GB system it'll take up to 400 or 500 MB. I've had this happen on different machines, always with firefox. Then when that happens, if I want to save a page with images on it, processor usage jumps to +90%, and the window freezes while it tries to download the page. On a page with a megabyte of photos, it'll freeze for about 30 seconds, after which I can keep working. But the good part is the auto recovery of pages open, so I can just kill the process and open again everything i had, and the memory bug is fixed. IE7, on the other hand, would crash intermittently, for no particular reason.

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Bill Gates may die of a hearth attack after read this!!, the goal to use alternative software is not to browse safer or look like a genius, the real goal is to ensure the human rights, really!!! Why?? what may happen if Microsoft disappear or have ALL THE CONTROL?? the answer is similiar to viruses: more diffunded, more easy to be infected. Diversity is the key of surviving, as the ecosystems. Of course, diversity sometimes isn't friend of profit, Microsoft depends on Windows because have enought market to sell their products, and the power to avoid strong competition because the less compatibility, then Standard is a bad word for business, they prefer: closed patents.
My hope is that everyday more people is getting informed and got more mindtools to have better choices according to their needs, NOTHING IS FOR EVERYONE but ALL MUST USE SOMETHING.

Blessings!!

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Hell, there's only like 2 reasons why I would even use Internet Explorer 7. To use the Windows Media Player plugin or if one of my games uses Internet Explorer to render the news and updates from their website inside the game.

My website is designed for and with Mozilla Firefox.

xboxrulz

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My Top Browsers:
1. Firefox
2. Safari
3. Netscape (Only because its better than all the others!)
4. Opera
[every other random browser ever made]
Bottom. Internet Explorer

IE is the most crap thing ever, seriously, why on earth would you use it? I've never, ever used it as my main browser, and I never will. You can't even get skins for it! People, use Firefox, or as I'm doing now, Safari.

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I used to use internet explorer. then found firefox, loved it, never touched IE again

jay (habble) used to use some old shoddy version of netscape, i went to his house once and he like wouldnt let me download 8.1 or wotever it was (he had like 4 or something)

on my old computer i have netscape navigator, LOL

anyway firefox all the way with iFox Smooth theme!

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