William wrote:[color=blue]
> The premise of our argument is entirely FALSE. Internet Explorer 7 is an
> excellent browser.[/color]

LOL! If you can get it installed and after you configure all the work
arounds, it's a POS. It is excellent for providing repairs techs with
lots of work when IE7 is force fed through auto update.
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> The low quality in your argument is your argument.
>
> William[/color]

My, first an unsubstantiated claim that IE7 is excellent and then an ad
hominem attack. You, sir, have no argument.

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>
> progressive realization wrote:[color=green]
>> 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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