Microsoft can do a far better job.... I believe that they can make a
tremedus difference for the better...

that is why I am so harsh on them.. because I expect only suburb quality and
innovation from them.

They have the time, they have the money they have the brains they have the
talent....

Its such a shame to see all those being wasted.


"i_waya" <iwaya@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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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