I'm still running IE6, mostly 'cause the company website I use for work apparently doesn't support 7 yet. I also use Firefox and like it a lot, too - tabbed browsing is teh roxxorz (did I do that right? )

 

After looking at it, I'll stick to Firefox.

Woof
Bowser

 

Tabs are cool.

If you close the browser, you can choose to keep the tabs.
I have noticed that it will add an extra tab, when loading the browser again.
You then have 2 identical tabs.
If you would close the browser and load again, it will add another tab.
You then would have 3 tabs with 3 identical webpages.
I think it has something to do with a default website page or something.

I haven't really looked at it to fix that but does anyone know how to prevent that.

I did try to delete the default page on Tools/Internet Options but to no avail.

 

Are you talking about your homepage?

 

The website that loads when you open the browser.
Should it be set to blank page.

 

A blank page is what I always use for my home page. Browser loads faster that way.Just click use blank under the internet options general tab.

 

I think it sucks. My dad downloaded it on the work computer, and I hate the relocation of all the upper tabs, and general setup. I am keeping the old version myself.

 

I downloaded it and actually like it. Especially the tabs that open new pages.

 

Ok I dont like it how can I switch it to the old version?

 

Delete it.

 

Thanks I did that I didnt know if it would work.

 

Just an FYI. From another forum.

Security experts have found a weakness in Internet Explorer 7 that could help crooks mask phishing scams, the type of attack Microsoft designed the browser to thwart.

IE 7, released last week, allows a Web site to display a pop-up that can contain a spoofed Web address, security monitoring company Secunia said Wednesday. An attacker could exploit this weakness to trick people into believing they are on a trusted Web site when in fact they are viewing a malicious page, Secunia said in an alert.

"This makes it possible to only display a part of the address bar, which may trick users into performing certain unintended actions," Secunia said. The company has created a demonstration that shows a Microsoft Web address in the pop up window, but displays content from Secunia.

The problem lies in the way Web addresses are displayed in the IE 7 address bar, a Microsoft representative said in an e-mailed statement. An attacker could exploit the issue by tricking a user to click on a specially formatted link, the representative said.

The pop-up will block the left part of the Web address, Microsoft said. "Clicking in the browser window or in the address bar and scrolling within it will display the full URL, however," the company said. In case of the Secunia example, the true Secunia URL is revealed.

An attack won't work if a Web site is known to be part of a phishing scam, Microsoft said. The IE 7 phishing shield will identify such sites and warn the user, it said. Microsoft is not aware of any attacks that actually use the reported vulnerability, the company said.

IE 7 is the first major update to Microsoft's ubiquitous Web browser in five years. Security was the No. 1 investment for the update, Microsoft has said. The phishing protection has been a major focus for Microsoft, shielding against malicious Web sites designed to trick users into handing over their personal information.

The spoofing issue, rated "less critical" by Secunia, appears to be the first genuine, publicly disclosed flaw in the new Microsoft browser. An earlier problem, disclosed a day after the IE 7 release, lies in Outlook Express, not IE 7, Microsoft has said.

Microsoft will continue to look into the problem and may provide a browser patch to fix it, the company said. In addition, Microsoft chided the anonymous discloser of the flaw. The software maker prefers that security issues be disclosed privately so it can repair them before they get publicly known.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6...ml?tag=nl.e589

 

I'm still running Windows 2000 at home... I believe IE7 and FireFox both require XP. Does anyone know for sure if this is correct, and what about Opera? I installed IE7 up here at work.. About the only feature that I like is the ability to open the same tabs (websites) the next time you launch IE.

 

getfirefox.com/

Minimum System Requirements

* 233 Mhz processor
* 64 MB of RAM
* 50 MB of free disk space
* Microsoft Windows 98

 

Opera will run on anything.... Linux, Mac, Smartphones, dumbphones, Solaris, whatever!


Minimum configuration for Opera 9:
20 MB of free disk space
Any system running Windows 95 (or higher)

These requirements only apply to Opera. Third-party plug-ins such as Flash, Java and others may have higher requirements.

Recommended configuration for Opera 9:
Pentium II class system with 64 MB of RAM and at least 50 MB of free disk space
Windows 98 or higher

While Opera 9 should run on any 32-bit version of Windows, the performance on computers below Pentium II class may not make it particularly usable. Legacy versions of Opera, such as Opera 6 and below, are better suited for such systems.

Legacy versions of Opera for Windows are available from the Opera archive at arc.opera.com.

Installing Opera 9 on Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0 requires the Windows Installer to be installed on your system. Alternatively you can select the classic installer when downloading Opera, but this will require you to manually download language files for languages other than US English.