Stupid IE

Scott Hardie | May 16, 2006
Why does IE prompt me if I want to run an ActiveX control on a page, but the only option is "OK"? What if I'm not OK with it?

And what's with having to click on a Flash element to activate it? This new "enhancement" has driven me crazy over the last few weeks, same as every IE user I've talked to. What was Microsoft thinking when they implemented that? I know how to get around it if you're the developer of the site, but what if you're the visitor? Anybody know a way around it? (Please, I don't need 10 replies saying "Switch to Firefox/Opera/Safari." I know. Thank you.) Honestly, I've put up with a lot from this browser, but this idiotic change may be what finally drives me to another one.

Anna Gregoline | May 16, 2006
I don't have advice, but I have the same complaints.

And I tried Firefox and totally hated it. Needed a techier person than me to set it up properly so that I could use it, and half the websites I went to with it looked broken.

Amy Austin | May 16, 2006
You may or may not be interested to know this, but...
there is now an extension for Firefox that will embed IE so that your browser (Firefox) will "act like" IE. I don't know what your reasons are for preferring IE or not wanting to switch to another browser, Scott, but I just thought I'd mention this in case it makes Firefox sound more appealing to you.

Lori Lancaster | May 17, 2006
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John E Gunter | May 17, 2006
I could complain about all the different browsers if you want to hear it! ;-)

I really wish they, those in power of internet standards, as much as anyone is in power of the internet, would force all browser manufacturers to use the same Document Object Model on all of the browsers and not allow them to tweak them to their own standards. It'd sure make my job much easier!

But I know exactly where Scott is coming from!

Scott Horowitz | May 18, 2006
I definitely prefer firefox (except for the memory hogging) to IE right now. IE7 Beta is going towards what Firefox was 2 years ago. Too many security vulnerabilites in IE.

Scott Hardie | May 19, 2006
I agree about the security vulnerabilities – genius move by Microsoft to integrate into the OS a utility that connects to dozens of potentially insecure servers on a typical day. But I use all of the major browsers regularly, and IE is the one I just plain prefer. It fits. The differences between browsers is negligible, so I have never quite understood the high snobbery of certain Firefox elitists. Maybe this latest lunacy from MS will finally turn me.

Anyway, yeah, here's to universal compliance to css & xhtml standards.

Michael Paul Cote | May 19, 2006
Microsoft bah humbug. My life's dream consists of 3 things: a locked room, an aluminum baseball bat and Bill Gates. And of course me there for the obvious brutality.