Well......progressive realization i must say i've seen u somewhere else on
this forum knocking ie7. Can't say i blame you though, i can't even install
the stupid thing....it just tells me "setup unable to initialize
msftedit.dll; check log" and that's it. And yeah i do have xp sp2, didn't
uninstall any windows components, have tried installing it in safe mode with
networking support, i'm just tired. FF on the other hand feels light and
nifty which is really good, i like it's seeming flexibility plus the fact
that it can do just about all i need it to do is really good. I didn't even
need to restart my pc, it starts with almost bare-bones and allows you to
feel it up as you like (very good engineering) with whatever tickles your
fancy. If this is how vista is going to be, i'm off to linux again.

"progressive realization" wrote:
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> I was afraid that firefox, Maxthon and Avantbrowser would lose lots of
> dedicated users (well not ff users that much because
> they love it for too many reasons) with the release of IE7. But now the
> incredibly low quality of IE7 is a gift to those people who were working on
> those alternative browsers. It seems that THEY are the ones who will bring
> browsers to another level an keep advancing the technology.
>
> I urge you to take a look at these alternative "shells" and firefox if you
> have not done it yet:
>
> In other words, my main tip for IE7 users is to avoid using it :-) (hehe I
> know.. I know but IE7s User interface is reeaaaalllllly bad)
>
> [url]www.avantbrowser.com[/url] >> this is the best shell (or alternative user
> interface) for the IE6 or IE7 rendering engine.
> If you want the extra security but hate the IE7 interface, install IE7 but
> use the avantbrowser shell (interface).
> [url]www.Maxthon.com[/url] >> version 2.0 is coming very soon.. and it looks nice....
>
> and of course Firefox [url]www.getfirefox.com[/url]
>
> Firefox has a simple interface when you first install it, BUT this browser
> can do almost anything imaginable with add-ons,
> so after installing it, go to tools> add-ons and explore the site... you
> will be amazed
> [url]https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/[/url] (to install these you must
> go to the site with firefox)
>
> Tip 1: Many add-ons are not yet compatible with the fresh version 2 of
> FireFox, BUT you can use this add-on to
> trick them into thinking you are using the older version. I have seen 95% of
> the add-ons that I have tried work great!
> Get it here [url]http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/web/firefox/nightly[/url]
>
> See screenshots on how to use it:
> [url]http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2797/compatible2ur7.jpg[/url]
>
> or if you upgraded from 1.5.x and your add-ons are no longer working.. see
> here: MAGIC!!!
> [url]http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5421/compatiblefz1.jpg[/url]
>
> NOTE: Its not possible to have tested all the FF add-ons so I can be sure
> that something may not go wrong, so you can try these add-ons on the
> portable version of FF you will see below, if all your add ons work good,
> then you can install them on the normal installed version of FF
>
> Tip2: If you dont want to install FF but you want to try it, you can use the
> PORTABLE version from here
> [url]www.portableapps.com[/url] RC3 is the SAME build (same thing) as version 2.0
> Portable apps normally are used on removable drives like USB sticks, but no
> one says you cant use them on your hard drive
> as normal programs! Thats what I do to avoid installing too much stuff.....
>
> I am unfortunately leaving out opera... I am doing this on purpose.. because
> they insist on holding on to their "strange" interface,
> that alienates new users....
>
>
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