What to use besides PATHETIC INTERNET EXPLORER?!!

[CloX-IT]

Anything better to brows the web with besides this stupid,crash ever few websites, IE piece of software refuse?!!


Thanks.

[Adrynalyne]

Mozilla
Firebird
MyIE
Opera

[Major Attitude]

I know of NO ONE whos browser crashes every couple of websites. You must have another problem.

[Adrynalyne]

That too.

Have you tried disabling third party browser extensions and seen if it helps stability?

[exeter_acres]

I use MyIE2 and am very pleased...never a crash (Yes, I know it is based on IE, but it adds the features that are nice)

[Kodo]

I haven't had any problems with IE in so long as I can remember that I couldn't fix. Most of my troubles started with the onset of spyware and weren't caused by IE itself.

I would recommend Opera as I feel it supports the standards quite well. It does have it's quirks but it's the best alternative I've used. I thought mozilla firebird was going to take it, but I was mistaken.

[Adrynalyne]

Originally Posted by robo

And, Adrynalyne forgot to mention Netscape...

(Poor attempt at humor - sorry)...

I thought it was funny


Another tidbit of troubleshooting lore:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378

[StratCat]

Another vote for MyIE2 here as well...great piece of software and the plugins make it awesome

[NICK ADSL UK]

Originally Posted by CloX-IT

Anything better to brows the web with besides this stupid,crash ever few websites, IE piece of software refuse?!!


Thanks.

Hi clox-it
I would take a look here
How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378

[CloX-IT]

eeehh. I think its Cybersitter conflicting with IE. I never remember IE crashing like this in Win98/ME.

I think it l started after I installed the web filter if I think real hard about it. Oh well. Have to put up with it I guess. The filters/progrm update themselves automtically.

I'll take a clean machine over one with a stable IE. Means more to me.

[Kodo]

have you tried www.we-blocker.com??

[alanc]

Originally Posted by StratCat

Another vote for MyIE2 here as well...great piece of software and the plugins make it awesome

What StratCat said. I'll never go back to plain ol' IE.

[CloX-IT]

Originally Posted by Kodo

have you tried www.we-blocker.com??

yip.. slows browsing down bad on dialup.

[Adrynalyne]

Originally Posted by NICK ADSL UK

Hi clox-it
I would take a look here
How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378

I already posted that in this thread

[Gottheit]

In all the "which browser is best" conversations I've had through the years, I have always recommended Netcaptor. It is a browser based on IE, but doesn't depend on it for functioning. Therefore, problems that you're experiencing with IE right now, probably won't be present should you make the switch to Netcaptor.

To start off, I have only known two individuals to ever use Netcaptor. The IT guy at my high school, and myself. This is rather astonishing to me because I've not seen a more practical, user-friendly, and efficient browser on the market. I've tried Opera. I've tried Mozilla. I've suffered through Internet Explorer and Netscape. However, none of them have come close to gaining my respect like Netcaptor has.

One of the best features of Netcaptor is it's tabbed browsing (which you can find in other browsers, such as Opera), which means that you can open up many websites and they are confined to tiny, individual tabs in the main Netcaptor window. This frees up taskbar space, as it's not being overrun by multiple browser buttons. When I first made the switch to Netcaptor (my first experience with tabbed browsing), I thought "WTF? Why would I ever need something like that?" Well, I quickly found that, with as much browsing I do, Netcaptor kept everything tidy for me so that I didn't have to hunt through multiple taskbar buttons.

Another notable feature of Netcaptor is it's built-in pop-up blocker. Not much really needs to be said about it, besides the fact that it's extremely effective. I rarely see pop-ups anymore, whereas they used to plague me when I was browsing with IE.

For screenshots, and a detailed breakdown of many features of Netcaptor, take the tour that's on their website..

[Gottheit]

For an example of what it looks like at a common resolution (1024x768, which isn't really portrayed in the pictures on the tour) check out my attachment.

(forgive the quality of the picture.)

[Genius Boy]

Originally Posted by Kodo

I haven't had any problems with IE in so long as I can remember that I couldn't fix. Most of my troubles started with the onset of spyware and weren't caused by IE itself.

I would recommend Opera as I feel it supports the standards quite well. It does have it's quirks but it's the best alternative I've used. I thought mozilla firebird was going to take it, but I was mistaken.

What he said.

[CloX-IT]

thanks for all the input peeps! A fellow board member got to me on ICQ before you last night and suggested AVANT..I LIKE IT! looks like the browsers you guys are discribing.


The only thing I dont like is.. I cant seep to put my favorites in the order I want..they are all alphabetical..

OOPS! TYPO IN THE IMAGE!! !

[Kodo]

I found avant used too much memory and eventually becomes unbearably slow. I moved to MyIE2 because of this and it does allow you to reorganize your favorites.

[Endi]

Plus if you have avant they have this process that tries to get out to the internet called ahttp.exe

No one really seems to know what it does but here is a link that tries to explain it.

http://forum.avantbrowser.com/viewtopic.php?t=3842