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Tim Meddick typed:
Just a seconds thought....

I have used IE7 & 8 on many other PCs but still think,
despite everything, that IE6 is allot better!

For one thing - I absolutely HATE all that *rap at the top
- endless toolbars on top of more toolbars that I just
don't want or need.

Don't know what you did to it, but the top bar/s are slim in IE8 and take
little space. In fact, less than IE6 did, for both 7 and 8.


With IE6 I can get the actual viewing space to a maximum by
reducing the toolbar, file menu & address bar to be all on
just one bar at the top.

You can control those in 8 also. Just turn off the ones you don't want. And
get rid of the search bars.

I know you can always view in "full-screen mode" but who
wants to do that?

I do, when I feel it reads better that way.


And I know that You-Tube has made it hard for users of IE6
but I got around that - by installing (but never having to
actually use) Google Chrome, I can continue to access
You-Tube with IE6.

If it's that important to you ...

So, to date at least, I have not yet come across a good
enough reason to upgrade to (IMHO) a less than streamlined
and more needlessly complicated-to-use browser.

There's always FireFox and a host of other browsers out there if you don't
like IE; but it sounds like you haven't even bothered to look at them. IE6
is full of holes and you're actually penalizing yourself in several ways by
refusing to try something new and better. IE8's feature set is great IMO
and I see nothing complex about it at all. Thanks mostly to Mozilla, it's
now what it should have been long ago.


Plus - once you upgrade there's no way back!!

I don't know where you got that idea unless you screwed it yourself by not
bothering to read any of the easy to find articles on the subject for those
who might have problems. I've uninstalled it and reinstalled it many times,
especially the slow junkers that they sent out with windows updates. And
that was before they'd prepared the how-to's for those that needed them.

Really, if you don't like it, don't use it. No one is forcing you to. IE9
will be around reasonably shortly and you'll be left in even more dust. Do
yourself a favor and instead of bitching like a child, do your research and
either learn to use it or go for something to replace it. Change is
inevitable in any facet of life.

HTH,

Twayne`

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Russell Ashenberg" wrote in message
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Thanks to all the responses to my question on upgrade to
IE7 or IE8. I am going to go to IE8 since it has more
enhancements and better fixed that IE7.

Thanks to all the help and guidance.

Russell A