I may be switching from FF to IE
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From: Peter on 17 Jun 2010 12:41 In article <hvbhlu$hde$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, jonSPAMMENOTdanniken(a)yahSPAMhoo.com says... > Peter wrote: > > > >> Yes, I have seen matches available in a drop-down box, but does it > >> autocomplete the entry on the same line as the one you are typing > >> in? In other words, can you type a few letters and just hit ENTER > >> without having to choose from the list you are given? > >> > > Once there is only one item left in the list you can hold down shift > > and press enter. Otherwise, if there is more than one choice from the > > letters that you type how is IE supposed to know which you want? > > Because you set up the names of your Favorites to come up in a particular > sequence, using the order of characters given with the ASCII table, starting > from SPACE. I explained this earlier in the thread, using a three Google > sites as examples. > > > Though it seems you cannot disable auto complete for any websites you > > have typed the url for and visited. > > For IE6, this value is stored in the registry, and consists of the last 20 > (IIRC) entries. Removing an offending entry (most often a typo), is just a > matter of removing it from the registry. > Well you could easily delete all previous urls typed from IE8 and start afresh, so that's not an issue. What I meant was, it cannot disable the visited urls without disabling inline autocomplete totally. > In any case, thanks for confirming that IE8 does not have IAC; Well, it seems to me it does have it, just not specific enough for your needs because it requires the first 2 characters to be typed before it will pick up a favorite. Seems good enough for my needs. > I was aware > of the drop-down menu, as well as the SHIFT+ENTER technique that MS enacted > for the address bar. > > Jon > > > -- Pete Ives Remove All_stRESS before sending me an email
From: s spector on 23 Jun 2010 12:09
I to have become frustrated by Firefox- too many "not responding" issues. I tried Google Chrome and so far its looking pretty good. Even better than IE. On 6/9/2010 10:39 PM, shegeek72 wrote: > As much as I hate to say it, I may be switching from Firefox (v3.6.3) > to IE8. Why? I'm getting tired of getting 'you need to install a > missing plugin.' Then when I hit install I get 'install manually.' So > I have to go to the software's website, download and install it > manually and hope it works (sometimes doesn't). Also, FF continually > crashes, usually when I'm deleting emails from my yahoo account. And > when I'm on facebook and try to play a video I often get 'an error > occurred, please try again later.' However, when I use IE it plays > fine. > > I've used FF for years because of the security holes in IE. However, > with IE8 MS seems to have addressed those vulnerabilities. When I > check for exploits, FF seems to have just as many, or nearly as many, > as IE. And I have to admit I like IE's interface better - it's > slicker. > > I did a check on mozilla.com to find out about the problems with FF > and there were many, including crashing while on yahoo. Their answer? > They blamed yahoo. I'm sorry, but that just smacks of 'we're too lazy > to fix FF so we're blaming it on somebody else.' I thought the whole > point of open source was thousands of people could tweak the code to > solve the problems I'm having. Am I wrong? > |