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From: Twayne on 24 Apr 2010 19:58
In news:hqvjmi$s55$1(a)news.albasani.net,
VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> typed:
> nasser jamal wrote:
>
> <incorrect usage of ">" quoting character was removed from
> OP>
>
>> XP PRO SP3 Two weeks ago I upgrade to IE8 from IE6, to my
>> surprise IE6 is more responsive than 8, for instance,
>> pressing Full Screen(F11) does not respond every time you
>> press it sometimes it does; with IE6 all the time
>> executes, copy and paste with IE 8 sometimes it does not
>> copy and consequently paste the exact copy, with IE6 all
>> the time a carbon copy. Has anybody noticed the above
>> mentioned defects and differences, please advise. I wish
>> there is a way to have both IEs on the same computer.
>
> So why did you prefix the body of your post with the ">"
> quoting character? Is this your question, or did you copy
> and paste someone else's question?
>
> A better question would be:
>
> IE8 or IE6: Which is supported by Microsoft and which is
> getting dropped for support at web sites?

To date I haven't seen ANY websites deny IE6. Not only would it be silly to
do, since the installed base is large, but it would be hard to write
anything for a web site that would crash or otherwise mess up IE6 to the
point of uselessness. You seem to think there are no IE4, win9x or DOS
applications in existance anymore, but that's wrong. There are a LOT of
them, and they are ALL unsupported! What about Netscape? Should everyone
stop using it simply because it's not supported nor even available anymore
from Netscape? No, there's still a pretty good installed base out there
using it. Then, there is a plethora of other apps out there like Office XP
(2002), VB6 classic, and on and on, that are no longer supported but are
still in heavy use and producing good income for their license holders. A
complete list of such things would be incredibly long. I suppose XP should
be abandoned, especially if it's only at SP2 also, right? But that's silly:
If it does everything one needs reliably and with stability, or even win98,
why change? Then there are a gazillion third party and freeware and/or Open
Source applicaitons out there without official support; I suppose they need
to be abandoned too? Nonsense.
>
> Tis a no-brainer to answer even by yourself.

Tis a no-brainer to one with no-brain, I'd agree to that.

>
> Have you tested IE8 in its no add-ons mode to make sure
> that you didn't leave your host polluted with old and
> incompatible add-ons for IE? Maybe you need a newer
> version of any security software you installed (anti-virus,
> firewall, HIPS, etc) that interrogate and can corrupt your
> web traffic.

lol, "corrupt" web traffic?

I haven't come across or even heard about any plans to drop IE6 from any
websites; just because an application isn't "supported" anymore only means
there won't be any further updates planned for it or fixes from Microsoft.
Big deal. "Planned" being the major word there; just like in the past, if
any serious hole is discovered, it'll get fixed. IE6 is stable and reliable
too, so it's not a big deal that way. One is wise to go to IE8 for the extra
security and tabbing features, etc., but those still on IE6 have very little
to worry about.

HTH,

Twayne`


From: VanguardLH on 24 Apr 2010 23:30
Twayne wrote:

<snip - claims IE6 is not being dropped at web sites>

Although I haven't hit them (since I don't have the time), I have read posts
from users that state a site claims that they must use a later version of IE
in order to have full functionality of the web site. The usual workaround
is to get an add-on that changes the UserAgent string that IE reports to the
web site. Changing the UA string is not only useful for sites that refuse
to connect to newer versions of IE (because they don't yet have a match in
their lookup list to determine what web browser connected to them) but it
can be handy to lie to web sites that prompt to use a newer version.
From: Anteaus on 26 Apr 2010 03:10
Anyone using IE6 is simply asking, nay begging, for a malware infection.

IE8, OTOH modifies a lot of system components, and causes trouble with some
aspects of LAN access, for example launching apps from a server may give
messages about the executable being untrusted. Bear in mind these problems
arise if IE8 is INSTALLED, even if it's not used.

If you're going to use IE, I would suggest 7 as the best compromise. Though,
I would suggest avoiding IE as much as possible.

"nasser jamal" wrote:

> Dear members,
> > XP PRO SP3
> > Two weeks ago I upgrade to IE8 from IE6, to my surprise IE6 is more responsive than 8, for instance, pressing Full Screen(F11)
> > does not respond every time you press it sometimes it does; with IE6 all the time executes, copy and paste with IE 8 sometimes it does not copy and consequently paste the exact copy, with IE6 all the time a carbon copy.
> > Has anybody noticed the above mentioned defects and differences, please advise.
> > I wish there is a way to have both IEs on the same computer.
> >
> > Best regards to all.
> --
> nasser
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