IE 7 fails the first tests of a competent browser:

Transparency

Efficiency

Speed

Reliability

Lack Of Nagging-Nanny Interruptions

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:27:46 -0000, D. Spencer Hines wrote:

> IE 7 fails the first tests of a competent browser:
>
> Transparency

Is this the same as, "intuitive controls"? Or are you referring to the
changes to the UI?

> Efficiency

Same questions as above.

> Speed

Works fast on the Yahoo! Mail site. Seems to work better than other browsers
on the Yahoo! Beta pages.

> Reliability

I haven't had a crash in MSIE 7.

> Lack Of Nagging-Nanny Interruptions

Better than just loading, and running, the Storm Worm.

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.

"D. Spencer Hines" wrote:

> IE 7 fails the first tests of a competent browser:
>
> Transparency
>
> Efficiency
>
> Speed
>
> Reliability
>
> Lack Of Nagging-Nanny Interruptions
>
> DSH
>
> Lux et Veritas et Libertas
>
>
>

A competent browser needs a competent user. If you don't understand the
security features and/or how to use them to your advantage you can always
choose another browser.

C.B.

I have...

IE 6

DSH

"CB" <CB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AFE64425-0C4C-4D4E-8F88-F665A0EABE7A@microsoft.com...

>...you can always choose another browser.
>
> C.B.

On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:12:37 -0000, D. Spencer Hines wrote:

> I have...
>
> IE 6

MS Internet Explorer 6 isn't "another browser". It is an old, and insecure
version of MS Internet Explorer, which is no longer under development. You
might as well be using Netscape 4.x (which is, likewise, an old, and
insecure browser, which is no longer under development. Some people *do*
prefer that, as well).

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.

Twaddle...

I have all sorts of superb security from other products, specifically
designed for those purposes.

I do NOT need my browser to be trying to act as Universal Net Cop and
Universal Net Nanny.

My browser should integrate cleanly with the rest of the system.

IE 6 DOES.

IE 7 does NOT.

So it was removed -- on each of three occasions...

For being slow, hanging and not doing its job:

Transparency

Efficiency

Speed

Reliability

Lack Of Nagging-Nanny Interruptions

That's what we need in a browser. IE 7 seems still to be stuck at the 7.0.0
stage of development.

So, fire or retire the IE 7 team and bring in a new one for IE 8.

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

"N. Miller" <anonymous@msnews.aosake.net> wrote in message
news:16w2498hgd9ps$.dlg@msnews.aosake.net...

> On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:12:37 -0000, D. Spencer Hines wrote:
>
>> I have...
>>
>> IE 6
>
> MS Internet Explorer 6 isn't "another browser". It is an old, and insecure
> version of MS Internet Explorer, which is no longer under development. You
> might as well be using Netscape 4.x (which is, likewise, an old, and
> insecure browser, which is no longer under development. Some people *do*
> prefer that, as well).

On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:52:12 -0000, D. Spencer Hines wrote:

> Twaddle...

Why not just drop back to MSIE 5.5, 5.0, or even 4?

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.

Because IE 6 is an excellent piece of software, as now constituted.

Don't muck about with it.

DSH

"N. Miller" <anonymous@msnews.aosake.net> wrote in message
news:v356bvfqjpod$.dlg@msnews.aosake.net...

> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:52:12 -0000, D. Spencer Hines wrote:
>
>> Twaddle...
>
> Why not just drop back to MSIE 5.5, 5.0, or even 4?

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:50:05 -0000, D. Spencer Hines wrote:

> "N. Miller" <anonymous@msnews.aosake.net> wrote in message
> news:v356bvfqjpod$.dlg@msnews.aosake.net...

>> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:52:12 -0000, D. Spencer Hines wrote:

>>> Twaddle...

>> Why not just drop back to MSIE 5.5, 5.0, or even 4?

> Because IE 6 is an excellent piece of software, as now constituted.
>
> Don't muck about with it.

The only time I ever saw a computer infected with malware, MSIE6 was the
vector. And it fails the Acid2 test. Misearably. (Not that MSIE7 does
better; but, currently, the only browser which passes the Acid2 test is
Opera 9.25. A far better piece of work than you will ever see from
Microsoft.)

http://www.webstandards.org/action/acid2/

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.

I have other protection from malware.

DSH

"N. Miller" <anonymous@msnews.aosake.net> wrote in message
news:1lknvl8v1xjei.dlg@msnews.aosake.net...

> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:50:05 -0000, D. Spencer Hines wrote:
>
>> "N. Miller" <anonymous@msnews.aosake.net> wrote in message
>> news:v356bvfqjpod$.dlg@msnews.aosake.net...
>
>>> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:52:12 -0000, D. Spencer Hines wrote:
>
>>>> Twaddle...
>
>>> Why not just drop back to MSIE 5.5, 5.0, or even 4?
>
>> Because IE 6 is an excellent piece of software, as now constituted.
>>
>> Don't muck about with it.
>
> The only time I ever saw a computer infected with malware, MSIE6 was the
> vector. And it fails the Acid2 test. Misearably. (Not that MSIE7 does
> better; but, currently, the only browser which passes the Acid2 test is
> Opera 9.25. A far better piece of work than you will ever see from
> Microsoft.)
>
> http://www.webstandards.org/action/acid2/