Fixing common Internet Explorer annoyances

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Fixing common IE annoyances

By most estimates, Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) is still the most widely used browser. It is, after all, delivered with every copy of Windows.

And it's the browser sanctioned by many corporations. So whether you like IE or not, chances are good that you use it at least some of the time. Chances are that you've searched for answers to some of the browser's most annoying traits.

 

[bleh69]

The best way to fix IE annoyances is to get Chrome or Firefox. Not only are they fully HTML5 compliant, their javascript engines blow IE's out the water. And web developers know all to well you usually build two copies of a site. One (or more) for IE, and one for the rest. If I could have my way I would banish that clunky bundled piece of **** to the bowls of mordor.

In this world of choice I dont understand why people stick with IE.

 

[Antonf]

The best way to fix IE annoyances is to get Chrome or Firefox. Not only are they fully HTML5 compliant, their javascript engines blow IE's out the water. And web developers know all to well you usually build two copies of a site. One (or more) for IE, and one for the rest. If I could have my way I would banish that clunky bundled piece of **** to the bowls of mordor.

In this world of choice I dont understand why people stick with IE.

+ 100 000 000

 

[DarkStreet]

Q: How can I fix common IE annoyances?
A: Uninstall IE. Install Firefox.

 

[alloytoo]

Q: How can I fix common IE annoyances?
A: Uninstall IE. Install Firefox.

Unfortunately uninstalling IE tends to have unforseen consequences in other parts of the OS, I find installing Opera solves most of my annoyances.e

 

[DarkStreet]

Unfortunately uninstalling IE tends to have unforseen consequences in other parts of the OS,

True... just remove the icon then

 

[HBee]

Replacing IE with another browser is like believing that alcohol solves all your problems.

 

[bleh69]

omw. i dont use Windblows, and now i have another reason why.

Yee. Actually.. i think at the moment Opera has the fastest JS engine, followed closely by Safari...

 

[duncan1a]

ahhh, stop giving IE users advice on how to continue using IE!

 

[_TrXtR_]

Strange though... I dont suffer any annoyances from IE. Only firefox annoyed the *** out of me with it's 'oops' everyime it started, and lack of integration with windows 7

 

[Boksie]

Mmmm, I've uninstalled IE, all it's involuntary updates, any traces I could find of it in the registry and removed it from Windows components. Yet when I try to update AVG, it somehow still manages to open IE. It's the devil I tell ya, it's the devil.

Firefox is my preferred method of delivering my addiction...

 

[DblD]

oh yes by far best advice for fixing IE is BIN it ..
garbage in garbage out..

 

[NomNom]

Replacing IE with another browser is like believing that alcohol solves all your problems.

I thought it did

Agreed with first few posts, install a better browser is the only fix you will ever need.

 

[dasdk]

Brilliant, though some enterprise web apps only work on IE so most corporates will still use IE and continue to do so

 

[duncan1a]

IE has not been the dominant browser for quite some time. The stats from May 2010 states that IE (6/7/8) has a combined usage share of 33% and FireFox 47%. This is probably only for usage tracked on the internet and doesn't take in account how many companies use IE internally but you can see that IE has steadily been losing ground.

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

I hope that's true, but those aren't the stats I've been seeing. Wikipedia put IE at between 43% and 64% for May
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#StatCounter_.28July_2008_to_present.29

and W3Counter puts it at 45%
http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php

 

[Tpex]

My Advice? delete the icon and install FF or Chrome

 

[Grouter]

In win 7 you can actually uninstall IE. I did that. Until I opened up steam and it looked very weird. Valve use IE. OMG. Oh well. Put back IE, but deleted every shortcut to it I could find. Even hid it's install folder.

 

[DJNgoma]

Strange though... I dont suffer any annoyances from IE. Only firefox annoyed the *** out of me with it's 'oops' everyime it started, and lack of integration with windows 7

IE doesn't bother me either, uninstalled it and it still seemed to have no affect on my daily working on Windows 7.

In win 7 you can actually uninstall IE. I did that. Until I opened up steam and it looked very weird. Valve use IE. OMG. Oh well. Put back IE, but deleted every shortcut to it I could find. Even hid it's install folder.

AFAIK it only uses Flash for IE(aka ActiveX), other than that you can remove IE. Still kind of a pointless practice I must say, talking from experience.

 

[cronjec]

I moved to Google Chrome a few weeks ago - best decision ever. Got so sick of the IE "connecting..." message I got after start-up launch while waiting 2-3 minutes for my Google Search homepage to load in IE. I am up and running with Chrome while IE is still searching for "a connection" (?)... lol.

We even got news this week that one of our biggest corporate clients are moving to Firefox as browser of choice/corporate standard in the next 2 months - they used to be an IE company.

Great I say! Let IE die the slow death it deserves - slowest and most buggy browser around...

 

[Tick]

+ 100 000 000

+(((10^10)^10)^10)^10 ... IE is a bloody piece of crap, there is no valid technical reason and has never been a valid technical reason for it to be used for anything ever, it has been garbage from day one. Corps who built apps on it were idiots. I use it once in a blue moon if I encounter a site developed by some sh-t programmer that requires it, other than that I'd rather stick needles in my eyes than use it. Developing for it is a pain ... it's always a case of 'oh damn, this works in every browser except IE, now I have to code some painful workaround for IE only'.