Crashing Browser

[dwross]

largeformatphotography crashes my Microsoft Internet Explorer when I try to open any of the threads. This doesn't happen on Mozilla Firefox.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Any suggestions for stopping it?
Thank you.
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[willwilson]

Which version of ie?

I have pretty much shifted almost 100% of my browsing to firefox. It builds css more completely and just plain loads pages faster.

[Ash]

I would recommend any browser over IE. Mozilla browsers are more secure, and more intelligent when it comes to blocking spam/adverts.

Stick with Firefox

[dwross]

My IE in ver 6.0. Old, I know. I agree about doing most of my browsing with Firefox, which I keep current. But, IE seems to be a permanent fixture - at least for Windows users.

To anyone with a good experience with IE, what version do you recommend?

Thanks again,
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[Preston]

DW,

IE 7 does a pretty fair job. It does have tabbed browsing, and is much less quirky and handles CSS much better than IE 6. IE 8 is still in beta testing, so I'd hold off on that one.

If you decide to install IE 7 be sure your OS is up to date. If you are using XP SP2, update it to SP3 before installing IE 7*. When you install IE 7, be sure to turn off your anti-virus.

*If you install SP3 over IE 7, IE 7 cannot be uninstalled. At least, that's the caution from MSFT.

-P

[roteague]

I would recommend any browser over IE. Mozilla browsers are more secure, and more intelligent when it comes to blocking spam/adverts.

Stick with Firefox

That is actually not true. IE is just as secure as any other browser on the market. However, FireFox is much easier to configure - for example, I can turn off JavaScript quite easily in FF. I use both IE8 and FF 3.0, but prefer IE.

[roteague]

To anyone with a good experience with IE, what version do you recommend?

99% of my browsing is done with IE. I have no problems with it. As others have pointed out IE 6 IS NOT RECOMMENDED as it is quite outdated. Use IE7. Do not use IE8 unless you willing to put up with the bugs - it is still in Beta, and won't be released to the general public until the end of the year. The reason I use it, is because I'm a senior programmer and I try to keep up on all the latest tools of the trade.

[dwross]

Thanks to everyone for the advice. I'll be upgrading to IE 7 asap (and then using Firefox! )
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[eddie]

i use IE on my "new" machines just so i can download FF......then i hide th IE icon and never think about it again....

[Ernest Purdum]

I have just downloaded FireFox at eBay's suggestion because AOL would drop out every time I tried to put up a picture. Now I can't find FireFox. Where can all those megabytes have gone to?