[Ham-Computers] IE8

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Sun Jul 5 12:45:25 EDT 2009


Thanks.

In a message dated 7/4/2009 9:43:03 PM Central Daylight Time, 
jandlmiller at bellsouth.net writes: 
> Robert:
> 
> I upgraded our two XP from IE7 to IE8 not long ago.  IE7 apparently was 
> deemed unsafe because of many identified vulnerabilities.  IE8 is 
> considerably slower and much, much larger than IE7, apparently the result of 
> additional code to mitigate the vulnerabilities and add bells and whistles.
> 
> IE8 is called by several the "true blue" applications I use that are 
> written in accordance with those requirements.
> 
> I much prefer Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 and am about ready to go to 3.5.x. 
> Apparently 3.1, 3.2, and 3.4 never were released.
> 
> All of my browsing histories, cookies, and cache and nearly all of 
> everything else is wiped clean by Window Washer and the end of my computing 
> session.  Some prefer to wipe their Internet browsing each time they leave the 
> Net, and that's possible too.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> John
> 

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