How do I uninstall Explorer 8???

Coriander

Agreeing to load it was a mistake. A big mistake. But how do I get back to IE7?

Thanks.

prawny

I thought you were cleaning your bike? Hop to it young lady!

Coriander

I've done it.

Sort of.

prawny

Possibly like my wipe down at 10.30 last night, it just had crap smeared all over it this morning :roll:

iain_j

What's the big mistake? I've just upgraded mine :?

Coriander

On Bikeradar (which is where I've spent most of the time since installing it) it deletes posts from the page as I read when I touch my mousepad. It's also acting really weirdly when I am typing my own posts.

And when I refresh pages, it takes me back to the top of the page, not to where I was on the page (maybe that's normal, but I seem to remember it taking me back to where I was on the page).

It's proving very frustrating.

il_principe

Firefox is all you need.

IE is a waste of space.

shoulder_of_orion

There is a quirks mode in IE8 that allows you to render pages as if they were IE7. Have a look to the right of the address bar and there should be a little icon that looks like a broken page, try clicking that.

Firefox is old hand and a resource hog (and it has a memory leak issue which means if you leave it open all day your PC will start to slow right down).

Chrome is the future...

CiB

Use Opera. It's the best at supporting HTML etc standards, and is jolly nice.

roger_merriman

Shoulder of Lamb wrote:

There is a quirks mode in IE8 that allows you to render pages as if they were IE7. Have a look to the right of the address bar and there should be a little icon that looks like a broken page, try clicking that.

Firefox is old hand and a resource hog (and it has a memory leak issue which means if you leave it open all day your PC will start to slow right down).

Chrome is the future...

most browsers leak memory just depends how much, i suspect even Lynx hogs memory, but any way yes IE8 can switch back to IE7 though IE8 is claimed to have more normal rendering so websites don't have to be coded so IE can handle them.

as to the son's of Konqueror being the future, we'll see, certianly doing well in the moblie/PDA market.

don't install a heap of junk (aka firefox plugin or applications) and firefox and windows should be quite snappy, still not my weapon of choice, but it shouldn't be slow.

iain_j

+1 for Opera, but some sites don't work properly, like facebook; other's won't load at all - they have the cheek to tell me I'm using the wrong browser! Crap sites not worth going back to.

iain_j

Anyway, to answer your question:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700

jimmypippa

iain_j wrote:

+1 for Opera, but some sites don't work properly, like facebook; other's won't load at all - they have the cheek to tell me I'm using the wrong browser! Crap sites not worth going back to.

You can often set opera to pretend it is either firefox or IE, and then they work.

This was needed for some microsoft webites in 2003...

"When trying to access MSN.com using the Opera 7 browser, there are two visible problems," Opera Chief Technology Officer Hakon Wium Lie wrote in the documentation. "First, for the user it looks like Opera 7 has a serious flaw so that many lines are partially hidden. Second, the page shows less content than users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer see."

In an attempt to prove that MSN was specially targeting Opera, Lie changed the User-Agent string -- which tells Web pages what type of browser is requesting information -- of an Opera browser to read "Oprah," a non-existent browser. The "Oprah" browser returned the same style sheet as IE 6.0 received and rendered the page correctly, not terribly surprising as most sites default to IE if they can't identify a browser. Lie also changed the User-Agent string of an IE browser to read Opera, and that browser fetched a faulty style sheet which rendered the page incorrectly.

Opera is my browser of choice, then firefox, then IE7.

iain_j

jimmypippa wrote:

Opera is my browser of choice, then firefox, then IE7.

I do prefer Firefox and even IE for being able to "use" sites - Opera may stick to standards but more and more sites don't now - but I couldn't go without the mouse gestures and speed-dial of Opera after so long. I've tried, and it was frustrating.

Bassjunkieuk

@RM - Like the Lynx reference :-) I think I did try visiting Bikeradar from a CLI based browser once (might have actually been Lynx) and can say it didn't quite offer the same experience ;-)

Personally I've never had any experience of downgrading IE8 as the only time I'm unfortunate enough to have to use windows is when at work and even then I'll tend to stick to my trusy portable firefox that runs off my USB key ;-) As other's have said you can try FF or Opera, both are very capable browsers and Opera has been recommended by some of my other techy mates. I'm a FF fan personally and the new one (3.5) does seem a bit faster rendering GMail and other Java sites.

roger_merriman

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

@RM - Like the Lynx reference :-) I think I did try visiting Bikeradar from a CLI based browser once (might have actually been Lynx) and can say it didn't quite offer the same experience ;-)

Personally I've never had any experience of downgrading IE8 as the only time I'm unfortunate enough to have to use windows is when at work and even then I'll tend to stick to my trusy portable firefox that runs off my USB key ;-) As other's have said you can try FF or Opera, both are very capable browsers and Opera has been recommended by some of my other techy mates. I'm a FF fan personally and the new one (3.5) does seem a bit faster rendering GMail and other Java sites.

yup command line browsing isn't really much use now.

Opera sadly may have missed the boat, both on the desktop and on devices as IE mozzila and webcore slug it out.

iain_j

roger merriman wrote:

Opera sadly may have missed the boat, both on the desktop and on devices as IE mozzila and webcore slug it out.

I've got Opera Mini on my mobile and it's brilliant - hasn't got the full functionality of a desktop browser obviously but I can get most sites than I want, most importantly bikeradar!

Bassjunkieuk

roger merriman wrote:

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

@RM - Like the Lynx reference :-) I think I did try visiting Bikeradar from a CLI based browser once (might have actually been Lynx) and can say it didn't quite offer the same experience ;-)

Personally I've never had any experience of downgrading IE8 as the only time I'm unfortunate enough to have to use windows is when at work and even then I'll tend to stick to my trusy portable firefox that runs off my USB key ;-) As other's have said you can try FF or Opera, both are very capable browsers and Opera has been recommended by some of my other techy mates. I'm a FF fan personally and the new one (3.5) does seem a bit faster rendering GMail and other Java sites.

yup command line browsing isn't really much use now.

Opera sadly may have missed the boat, both on the desktop and on devices as IE mozzila and webcore slug it out.

HEHE :-) Just for fun I've installed Lynx and actually wrote this reply from in it :-) This could be helpful for hiding my web browsing at work.....

roger_merriman

@Bass yes is rather fun i do love using some of the command line tools though normally stuff like nmap etc.

@Coriander (set program access and defults) and click change/remove programs and remove IE8.

I'd advise backing up, strongly before doing so though.

mkchu84

You should try out google chrome. It's pretty snappy and each individual task is a separate process. That means if one of your tabs stops responding it doesn't freeze up the entire browser.

Bugly

To be helpful all you need to do is go to the Control panel and select uninstall programs, wait for the list to fill and select internet explorer eight. Answer all questions asked by the OS, probably reboot at least once and you are all good.

At least thats what I did on my work PC.

Oh at work I use IE7 home currently using Chrome - its ok but like all browsers it has issues, I dont get that hung up on the browser war

soy_sauce

only use IE (IE6) at work, at home its always Firefox.
tried Opera 10 for a while at work but i find it not work for site which required to log on, including BR and facebook. also all the images doesn't display right.

trying Google Chrome just now and it is impressive. only down side i find is that it doesn't have the drop down arrow so you can change to site which previous visited. have to either type the keyword at the URL field or open a new tab which then have the thumbnail display of the most visit pages.

for me, Firefox > Chrome > IE > Opera

prawny

Oh coriander - look what you've started :roll:

Bassjunkieuk

prawny wrote:

Oh coriander - look what you've started :roll:

Well if people will come on here with IT related questions it's bound to ignite some discussion from cyclists who are keen enough to frequent an internet forum ;-)

jimmypippa

soy_sauce wrote:

only use IE (IE6) at work, at home its always Firefox.
tried Opera 10 for a while at work but i find it not work for site which required to log on, including BR and facebook. also all the images doesn't display right.

trying Google Chrome just now and it is impressive. only down side i find is that it doesn't have the drop down arrow so you can change to site which previous visited. have to either type the keyword at the URL field or open a new tab which then have the thumbnail display of the most visit pages.

for me, Firefox > Chrome > IE > Opera

I use Opera on BR with no problems...

Roastie

Three words:
Firefox on Ubuntu.

lost_in_thought

Roastie wrote:

Three words:
Firefox on Ubuntu.

My eeePC has removed firefox from itself. I have no idea what to do about this. I believe it's on Ubuntu.

Serves me right for buying an OS I know nothing about...

roger_merriman

lost_in_thought wrote:

Roastie wrote:

Three words:
Firefox on Ubuntu.

My eeePC has removed firefox from itself. I have no idea what to do about this. I believe it's on Ubuntu.

Serves me right for buying an OS I know nothing about...

the eeePC normally come with a version of linux for the eeePC read dumbed down etc. though one can install ubuntu or xp etc on there if one wished too.

i've not used the default install on the eeePC but most distros will have a package manager so should beable to reinstall it from there.

Roastie

lost_in_thought wrote:

Roastie wrote:

Three words:
Firefox on Ubuntu.

My eeePC has removed firefox from itself. I have no idea what to do about this. I believe it's on Ubuntu.

Serves me right for buying an OS I know nothing about...

Standard eeePC Linux, or did you install Easypeasy (which is Ubuntu for Netbooks)?

lost_in_thought

Roastie wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Roastie wrote:

Three words:
Firefox on Ubuntu.

My eeePC has removed firefox from itself. I have no idea what to do about this. I believe it's on Ubuntu.

Serves me right for buying an OS I know nothing about...

Standard eeePC Linux, or did you install Easypeasy (which is Ubuntu for Netbooks)?

Standard-issue - what came on it before they shipped them with Windows. It's a little crazy, and I have no idea how to fix it!

roger_merriman

lost_in_thought wrote:

Roastie wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Roastie wrote:

Three words:
Firefox on Ubuntu.

My eeePC has removed firefox from itself. I have no idea what to do about this. I believe it's on Ubuntu.

Serves me right for buying an OS I know nothing about...

Standard eeePC Linux, or did you install Easypeasy (which is Ubuntu for Netbooks)?

Standard-issue - what came on it before they shipped them with Windows. It's a little crazy, and I have no idea how to fix it!

It should have a package manger i'm fairly sure it's fairly stock linux distro with a facejob as you where.

package manger is what most distros use for installing programs.