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Why does Facebook care what version of IE I have? It won't log me on through IE7: says I need to upgrade to 8.

Why? I can get into FB through Firefox. What's up with FB? Security stuff?

Cathie
 
It's probably due to web standards. Any web developer will be able to tell you plenty of horror stories about trying to get their stuff to work with IE. Microsoft purposly shuns web standards and new technology in IE, so there are always tons of bugs, non-standard behaviors, and it doesn't support any of the new, awesome features. Basically MS was abusing their market share for vendor lock-in and holding back the web (since sites need to be coded to the lowest common denominator).

IE 6 is unbeleivably painful to develop for. IE 7 made some strides towards not sucking as much, but IE 8 is still better (but not particularly good). I could rant all day about how much IE sucks and is a bitch to develop for, but I'll leave it at that for now.

Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera are find since they generally follow the standards and have support for new features.
 
I'm not particularly interested in IE8 because it supposedly? impacts HP devices. I believe that came directly from our unimpeachable and beloved Mike Labbe.

I have all the HP devices in the world, and frankly, since IE 7 works well right now, I'll not fix an unbroken thing in order to please FB.

So....it's FF for FB if one needs to get to FB?

:)
 
Jim, I'd use Firefox more but for some reason, it isn't compatible with a website I must continually update, while IE is.
 
That's why many of us use 2-3 browsers, just in case.

And always use the latest release of anything (be it FireFox or IE) because they always have updated security functions.

As to the HP and IE8.....will that really affect you??
 
MerpsMom said:
Jim, I'd use Firefox more but for some reason, it isn't compatible with a website I must continually update, while IE is.
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I use Firefox for everything except the Microsoft site and that's just as a precaution.
Ocassionally some features on a page will display a little weird, but that's rare!
 
The website I'm responsible for updating is from a company based in Canada. I have nothing against our Northern Neighbors, but this software is touchy, recalcitrant, inscrutable, and unnecessarily complex. It's not worth a fight for me to argue with them.

All is updated from both MS and FF, but maybe something will change later.

Again, I don't know for sure about the HP problem, but it came from Mike, and I'm not questioning him.

MM
 
I always use Google Chrome when I go to Facebook, it just works better.
 
I don't recall anything about HP issues with IE8. Always use the latest and greatest browser, because it will be more secure than older versions.

IE6 is like swiss cheese at this point. Many popular websites no longer support IE6.

Windows 7 includes IE8. I use FireFox most of the time, and IE8 when pages don't work well with FF.

Mike
 
OK, y'all have convinced me to update my IE6 (which I only ever use for my Frontpage updating on my website) to IE8. (I use Firefox for everything else)

Here's my stupid question of the day: How do I go about updating it?
 
Mike, I'm sorry if I attributed to you a statement you didn't make! I could have sworn HP issues were present when changing from IE7 to 8.

Lord, maybe I'm dreaming again: I do wake up at night trying to reconcile all the labrynthian aspects of the five new programs I'm investigating. What is it they say about the nimbleness of the aging brain? :)
 
So, OK - I downloaded the IE8 - now I keep expecting it to tell me it has to install the new thing but not yet..... Even restarted the computer but it ain't telling me nuttin'.

How do I know whether I have IE8 in place or not? Where does it say that?

I looked in the Add or remove programs page and no sign of IE anything.

Just shoot me now.......
 
help -> about will tell you

Mike
 
OK - it sez I still got IE6. After it restored my Yahoo toolbar (in case I had hidden it by mistake!) (Arrrggghhh!).

So where did it stash the download of IE8 and why isn't it champing at the bit to install it?
 
Mar:

Just look for it where you downloaded it and double click on the file to stat installing. It will not self install, it needs to be told......:p

In FireFox when you download something, hit CTRL+J, it shows you what you downloaded, double click on it there and it will install as well.
 
I can't find where the downloaded file went. I have this little window that pops up and seems to contain any downloads - but I cannot find where it lives.
 
AHA! I did it! I went to download something eles and that box popped up and there it was! So I right-clicked on it and opened it and clicked RUN and Voila!

When I restarted the computer just now I got a message that Google was attempting to change my search criteria? HUH?
 
Plus ya gots ta love 2 frakking inches of tool bars! Thanks God I don't actually use IE anymore! I have the toolbars on Firefox down to and inch and a quarter and that is quite annoying enough. :)
 
My husband (Mr. "Hey, honey! I learned trigonometry this afternoon!") does web design and programming, and he has to test on all the major browsers to make sure things run smoothly. The most trouble he has is with Explorer. Everything will run smoothly on Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari...and then crash on Explorer. Not a day goes by without Hubs screaming at Explorer for not recognising something simple in a CSS code -- or PHP, or SQL. It's actually humourous to hear some of his name calling, but I digress.

Got with Firefox. Or Chrome. I use Chrome for stuff like Facebook, and Firefox for programming. Hubs won't touch Chrome (other than to test) but I like it for its clean, maximised screen.

And for security -- Firefox is better for security. Chrome seems to be doing rather well in the security as well, especially since it doesn't have nearly the add-ons that Firefox has.

All this talk about Explorer makes me suddenly miss my iBook.
 
Cavalier, been there done that. I learned that it's a good idea to test your code on the least common denominator (IE). Lest you build too much relying on very convenient CSS that IE doesn't support because IE sucks @ss and hates you.

I don't think there is a single serious web developer in existence that would not waterbaord the entire IE dev team, given the opportunity.
 
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