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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 04:38 PM
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Upgrade to IE-8?? Got the upgrade thingie from Micro$oft today.
Any recommendations?
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 04:39 PM
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1. Dunno. I use Firefox.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 04:40 PM
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2. Might as well
if you're using IE use the latests version.

You should enable compatibility view when you visit this site using IE8; it improves the display.
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DeepBlueC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 04:51 PM
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3. what is compatibility view?
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 04:56 PM
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4. Certain websites, DU included, look better in compatibility mode
otherwise menus, images, etc, are displaced.

IE-8 will show an icon when it detects that the website might look better in compatibility mode.

You click the icon and everything looks better.

Not like it is unreadable otherwise or anything, everything just fits better somehow.

The compatibility icon will appear right next to the refresh icon.
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DeepBlueC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 04:58 PM
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6. that is good to know!
Thank you! :fistbump:
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 04:59 PM
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7. Looks fine with firefox...
:shrug:

I won't do I.E. upgrades anymore. I leave it on my system (an old version) just because I can't ever remember the logins to netflix and audible.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 05:01 PM
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8. To each his own
For work related reasons, I use Firefox, IE-8, Safari, and Chrome.

:hi:
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 05:03 PM
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10. Oh, I HAVE all of them.
Necessary to double-check my website when I do upgrades. But I mainly browse with firefox.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 05:06 PM
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11. So you need to check IE-8 and Chrome 2.0, n'est-ce pas? n/t
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 05:08 PM
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12. I won't do I.E. 8. Not after what my wife went through.
I don't need it THAT bad. I'll ask someone who HAS it.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 05:09 PM
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13. Too bad for the visitors to your website who use IE-8
I guess they'll let you know if they find a problem...
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 05:16 PM
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14. Like I said, I'll just ask someone who has it.
I see no reason to add another clunky program that some anti-virus programs see as a virus to my system.
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DeepBlueC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 05:48 PM
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17. ok just installed IE8
please tell me where and how to enable compatibility view...use idiot-speak please.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-07-09 09:15 PM
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21. You will see an icon that looks like a broken page
right next to the refresh button.

The page will still show up, but some of the boxes may be distorted or out of place.

If you see the broken web page icon, then IE-8 has detected an incompatibility.

Click on the icon and it will enable compatibility mode.
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DeepBlueC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 05:53 PM
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18. do you enable it site by site or put view all in compatibilty view?
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-07-09 09:12 PM
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20. Site by site.
If the site is okay in IE-8, the compatibility button doesn't even show up.
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 04:57 PM
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5. Not me.
My wife installed it, had to fight with her comp for days, then finally broke down and installed Firefox.

I hate I.E. Nearly every other browser is better.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 05:02 PM
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9. Only so I can download crap from technet...
Real browsing is done with (anything else)
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joshcryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 05:29 PM
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15. Opera 10.0 is going to be so awesome.
:thumbsup:
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 05:45 PM
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16. I am putting it off as long as possible
it doesn't do well with many websites
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 06:54 PM
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19. Screw IE - use Firefox.
IE has ALWAYS sucked. Every new version just sucks harder.
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