IE10 vs IE9?

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Gene E. Bloch

Fine, I've said I have no problem with people who crosspost. I just
don't like to do it myself. Have at it.


Evidently, on your part.


you're an idiot.
You may be the only one who has that opinion about Nil.
 
G

Gadfly

Version 10 brings new features to IE browsing - [With SP1 installed it will
now install in Windows 7]

Every major update brings its own set of pros and cons. I'll start with IE
10's touted benefits:

Do not track: For better privacy online, IE 10 has Do not track turned
on by default, as explained in an IE 10 information page.
Do Not Track sends a message to websites you're visiting that you'd prefer
not to be tracked while on their sites.
(If you live in the European Union or have browsed a European-based site,
you've probably seen the EU Cookie Directive in action;
on entering a website, you get an alert that the site uses cookies.)

That doesn't mean, however, that a specific site must or will honor your
request. Website designers can easily ignore or circumvent
Do not track requests. Still, it's good to see browsers pushing better
privacy on websites.

Sandboxing: IE 10 also supports HTML 5's sandboxing attribute, described
in an IEBlog post. Sandboxing enables security restrictions
for HTML iframe elements (see the aforementioned post) that contain both
trusted and untrusted content.
Sandboxing is designed to prevent malicious actions by untrusted content.

Enhanced Protected Mode: As explained in another IEBlog post, Enhanced
Protection Mode locks down the browser to ensure it
doesn't access or change parts of Windows it doesn't need - such as
modifying system settings for accessing your Documents folder.

In Windows 8, the Metro side of IE 10 has Enhanced Protection on, by
default. But with Windows 7, you must enable it -
and for good reason: you might run into compatibility issues (with Adobe
Flash, for example) if it's turned on. Enhanced Protection mode is a
checkbox item in IE's Internet Options/Advanced/Settings dialog box

Auto-correction: Earlier versions of Internet Explorer have not included
spell-checking; but according to an IEBlog post,
IE 10 is the first browser to include spell-checking and auto-correction. It's
long overdue.

If you run into problems with IE 10, it's easy to uninstall it and roll back
to IE 9. Click Control Panel/Programs and Features,
then click View installed updates. Scroll down to the Windows section and
click Windows Internet Explorer 10 to remove it.

From Windows Secrets Newsletter . Issue . 2013-02-21 -
http://www.windowssecrets.com/
 
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Iceman

I agree about Maxthon. I have tried many browsers but this is the one I
prefer. it is rather USA centred but I can just about live with that!
Quilly UK
I don't want to grumble here, but Maxthon (portable version) has performed
abysmally both on my XP and Win 7 systems. Only the splash screen opens --
then nothing. The latest version, Maxthon Cloud, seems to work OK so far,
but this perplexes me.
 
K

Ken Blake

I don't want to grumble here, but Maxthon (portable version) has performed
abysmally both on my XP and Win 7 systems. Only the splash screen opens --
then nothing. The latest version, Maxthon Cloud, seems to work OK so far,
but this perplexes me.

I don't know anything about a portable Maxthon, but I've used several
versions over the years, and never had any such problems.
 
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Iceman

It seems to work OK for me, no obvious problems.
Either from the Desktop or from a USB stick.
(Win 7 Pro 32 bit.)
Maybe you have some common software on both your XP and Win7 boxes, like antivirus or something.
I have Windows Security Essentials on my Windows 7 machine and AVG Free on
the XP machine. Both are unlikely to crash a browser. I don't know about
nything else.
 

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