[gui-talk] More IE Bug Material - Work-around

Fri May 2 01:56:13 UTC 2014

I think that Microsoft has already released a IE update to solve this issue.

On 5/1/2014 8:46 PM, George wrote:
> Hi listers,
>
> Yes, Allen, I totally agree with you.  I had been using Internet
> Explorer for years, but, this week, I downloaded and installed the
> latest version of FireFox.  It's wonderful!  Much faster than IE, at
> least in my pc, particularly when you press backspace to return to the
> previous page!
> I was afraid I would have to learn a new interface, but it's almost the
> same, except for some points that, I feel, are much better in Firefox,
> for example, it's much easier to arrange the items of Favorites or
> Bookmark in different folders, delete them, etc, just by using the
> applications key.
> Also, when you install it, you can automatically import all your
> settings of IE, including your Favorite links.  Only the order of your
> favorite links will change to alphabetical order, but I thought it was
> time to arrange many links into folders, anyway.
>
> I have been using it for about three days now and I haven't find any
> problem or delay in doing anything I used to do with IE.
> I think the change does pay and I recommend you all to change to
> Firefox, particularly if you need to use Windows Xp for a little more.
> Well, you might find some difficulties depending on what you do
> regularly with IE, but I think you might enjoy many advantages, too.
> I'm using a laptop with Windows xp and Jaws 11.
> No plans to go back to IE.
>
> George
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hoffman, Allen"
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> To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List"
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> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 8:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] More IE Bug Material - Work-around
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>
>> Maybe I missed it but what's wrong with just using Firefox?
>> It is not hard to figure out especially in comparison to all this
>> workaround stuff which may or may not do the job.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike
>> Freeman
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 7:20 PM
>> To: 'Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] More IE Bug Material - Work-around
>>
>> Gregory:
>>
>> You're welcome. I've implemented the first work-around -- turned on
>> advanced
>> protection -- and, other than a box legitimately warning me of a PDF file
>> download that I knew was OK because I trust the site (it's for our
>> local ham
>> radio club), I've noticed nothing different or amiss. Of course, peoples'
>> mileage may vary.
>>
>> Thanks for your wisecommentary.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Gregory D.
>> Rosenberg
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 2:05 PM
>> To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] More IE Bug Material - Work-around
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> Those are good workarounds.
>>
>> For the benefit of all (not Mike) keep in mind they are workarounds
>> and not
>> fixes. I encourage anyone that puts these workarounds on to keep accurate
>> notes so that if something does not work as expected you will have
>> notes to
>> look at to jog your memory as to what the last change was to your system.
>>
>> When MS has a fix you may need to back-out the workaround that you choose
>> that best fits your computing environment.
>>
>> Take care for now. Mike, thanks for staying on-top of this issue for the
>> list.
>>
>>
>> On Apr 30, 2014, at 13:43 CDT, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Check out:
>>>
>>> http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-clarifies-workarounds-for-ie-zero-day-7
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