Comments on: IE Tab– Never Use Internet Explorer Again

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:58:19 +0000

Thanks.

It appears it must be in our email program, which is Outlook Express. Poking around in the settings and so-forth we were unable to find a way to change it.

We are getting a new computer soon, so there’s light at the end of the tunnel either way.

Merry Christmas!

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:14:37 +0000

There’s actually multiple different places that Windows uses to figure out which browser to launch when you select a link.

One of them is the Internet Options Dialog Box. Just go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options, go to the Programs Tab and see if Internet Explorer is still the default web browser. If it is, Go back to Firefox and goto Tools > Options > Main and make sure the check box next to “Check to make sure that Firefox is the Default Browser” is checked and press “Check Now.”

If that doesn’t solve it, then it’s in your e-mail program. What e-mail program do you use?

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:32:58 +0000

Well, I am so not-technical that I didn’t even realize that the reason I couldn’t blog for a week was that IE had basically disabled my (stone-age) machine. Having now switched over to Firefox, we can do just about everything we want, as we wait for the new computer(s) that God is providing.

What we haven’t figured out is how to open links from emails. Those automatically open IE, which then locks up the computer. Ideas?

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:41:58 +0000

Leticia, you’re the first person I think that I’ve heard on here that actually said that they like IE. Just make sure your anti-spyware and anti-virus is up-to-date!

By: Leticia

Leticia — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:15:24 +0000

I really don’t have much to add on this subject. I like Internet Explorer except for the new look. I deleted it and went back to the old tool bar or menu bar.

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:38:18 +0000

Good point, Stephen. I guess that I was just addressing those sites that mandate that you have the ActiveX running. Fortunately, those sites are becoming fewer and fewer. I’ll have to try that announcement trick as I’m sure that’ll get some of it.

By: Stephen Kingston

Stephen Kingston — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:29:50 +0000

Of course, this does not actually insulate you from the security problems of IE, as you are essentially running the IE rendering engine in the tab.

An alternative is just tell your browser to announce itself as IE to sites that demand IE. Most such sites work fine, and if they don’t - complain to the site manager. It is not really acceptable for businesses to turn away customers based on their customer’s choice of superior technology.

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:16:14 +0000

Certainly the memory usage is a function of how many tabs, but also what is going on in the tabs. If you have a lot of flash objects on the pages that you are running you are certainly going to consume more memory than if it’s static text/images. And, logically, the more data that you’re storing in any application the more it will consume.

But it is a good observation. I would interested in seeing some data comparing IE 7 with tabs with FF 2.0 as far as memory usage.

By: ann_in_grace

ann_in_grace — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:51:03 +0000

And it works great. I have had big help of this function every time a page demanded IE. No fuss, just one tiny click.
There is one drawback with FF, though. It consumes vast amounts of computer memory, especially if one has many tabs opened at the same time.
So everything comes with a cost - as in RL…