The premise of our argument is entirely FALSE. Internet Explorer 7 is an
excellent browser. The low quality in your argument is your argument.

William

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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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