IE8 help

[HTH AMPS]

anyone else using IE8? - I stupidly went ahead and upgraded my browser, but it's not liking the BKP site.  if a quote/response/quote respose type discussion is ongoing and lists for more than the standard window size you get to type in and the window scrolls down, the text jumps all over the place so you can't see what you're typing.

anyone know how to fix this, or how to go back to IE7 ????

[Johnny Mac]

I use Google Chrome, not used IE for ages now.

[horsehead]

only one way to fix it...use chrome or Firefox, IE8 it's a nightmare. uninstall IE8 & download from here
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/ie7/

[indysmith]

Eh? Somebody not using Firefox? What's wrong with you?

[HTH AMPS]

cheers all,

I took the plunge and am now using Chrome.  Was using Firefox and while back, but IE7 displayed web pages a bit nicer (that's what happens when lasses get their claws into you, you turn pussy).

[indysmith]

Haha, what do you think of chrome? My Dad said he was severely disappointed with it so I didn't even bother to be honest. Might still be worth a shot though, I don't know how trustworthy the old man is when it comes to web browsers...

[HTH AMPS]

hmm, Chrome seems ok, still getting used to it.

it rearranges your bookmarks alphabetically which is better imo and there's the option to put bookmark folders on the toolbar - thats really useful for me as I've got my two folders on the toolbar that I use most which is easier than wading knee-deep in 5+ years worth of bookmarked sites.

the control of cookies and such is really good too, wipes everything each day. 

I think Chrome is still in it's infancy so it can only get better.

[noodleplugerine]

hmm, Chrome seems ok, still getting used to it.

it rearranges your bookmarks alphabetically which is better imo and there's the option to put bookmark folders on the toolbar - thats really useful for me as I've got my two folders on the toolbar that I use most which is easier than wading knee-deep in 5+ years worth of bookmarked sites.

the control of cookies and such is really good too, wipes everything each day. 

I think Chrome is still in it's infancy so it can only get better.

Firefox does all of those if you want it to.

[Ben_W]

hmm, Chrome seems ok, still getting used to it.

it rearranges your bookmarks alphabetically which is better imo and there's the option to put bookmark folders on the toolbar - thats really useful for me as I've got my two folders on the toolbar that I use most which is easier than wading knee-deep in 5+ years worth of bookmarked sites.

the control of cookies and such is really good too, wipes everything each day. 

I think Chrome is still in it's infancy so it can only get better.

Firefox does all of those if you want it to.

And IMO to a much higher standard.

[noodleplugerine]

hmm, Chrome seems ok, still getting used to it.

it rearranges your bookmarks alphabetically which is better imo and there's the option to put bookmark folders on the toolbar - thats really useful for me as I've got my two folders on the toolbar that I use most which is easier than wading knee-deep in 5+ years worth of bookmarked sites.

the control of cookies and such is really good too, wipes everything each day. 

I think Chrome is still in it's infancy so it can only get better.

Firefox does all of those if you want it to.

And IMO to a much higher standard.

I dunno, the point about cookie control is probably better in chrome, it has it in the interface, you don't have to delve into the config.

[HTH AMPS]

I also like how Chrome will keep running when you have multiple tabs open and something in one tab locks up - IE will just stop dead and do nothing and Firefox used to as well.

[Philly Q]

I wish I'd seen this thread before downloading IE8 last night....

It's all very well for you young'uns to laugh at us old geezers for thinking Firefox was just a Clint Eastwood film, but they hadn't even invented calculators when I was your age... etc etc.

Anyway, I'm now trying Google Chrome.  Pretty impressed so far, it's much faster and the machine doesn't keep freezing every time I open more than one tab.

[JDC]

It's all very well for you young'uns to laugh at us old geezers for thinking Firefox was just a Clint Eastwood film, but they hadn't even invented calculators when I was your age... etc etc.

what about the abacus?!

[Philly Q]

It's all very well for you young'uns to laugh at us old geezers for thinking Firefox was just a Clint Eastwood film, but they hadn't even invented calculators when I was your age... etc etc.

what about the abacus?!

A very underrated device, IMO.  But it's in danger of being rendered obsolete by the slide rule.

[Philly Q]

Still experimenting with Google Chrome, but in any case I've uninstalled IE8 and gone back to IE7.

IE8 was $%&#ing up my antivirus/firewall and making everything unbelievably SLOOOOOOOW.  What a piece of shite.  :x