Internet Explorer 8

[The Options Menu]

LOL! Didn't AOL Fark it up but GOOD! LOL I just kept using my current version of Netscape... 7.2 I think it was... until I found FF...

Never tried SeaMonkey though...

What happened was that code for what was to be Netscape 5 (I think) was released under the GPL in the Sea Monkey project. I almost got a sea monkey tat.

The Sea Monkey project gave rise to the Mozilla browser. It was simply a re-branded Sea Monkey. The Netscape browser simply became a re-branded Mozilla.

Later, the Firefox browser was built buy a guy who took the Mozilla rendering engine, packaged it into it's own browser, and ditched the rest of the Mozilla Suite. Firefox fairly quickly surpassed Mozilla, and that's where we are today. (Plus the rise of Webkit in Safari + Chrome, which was a semi hostile Apple fork of KDE's KHTML rendering engine.)

 

[Rockslinger]

This thread reminds me of the guys in my company's IT department. You notice a bit of a glitch on your computer so you call the HELP DESK. They send down a troubleshooter who then asks for a more senior troubleshooter. Next thing you know, there are 6 IT guys messing around your desk.

In the process they mess up 18 of your applications and then they disappear and the original problem is still unfixed. Then the HELP DESK calls you to ask if everything is ticky boo. You answer YES in the hope that they never come back and mess up 20 more of your applications. End result: original problem still unfixed but now another 18 of your applications are screwed up.

 

[jiiimmm]

I had the same problem with IE8, tried to get rid of it but nothing worked right after that. $220.00 later I installed fire fox and all is well, much faster too.

 

[Cycleguy007]

This thread reminds me of the guys in my company's IT department. You notice a bit of a glitch on your computer so you call the HELP DESK. They send down a troubleshooter who then asks for a more senior troubleshooter. Next thing you know, there are 6 IT guys messing around your desk.

In the process they mess up 18 of your applications and then they disappear and the original problem is still unfixed. Then the HELP DESK calls you to ask if everything is ticky boo. You answer YES in the hope that they never come back and mess up 20 more of your applications. End result: original problem still unfixed but now another 18 of your applications are screwed up.

Sounds like like your IT guys needed to "brush up" so to speak... LOL!

True story:

In a former professional life, I was a buyer at a national retail shoe chain... At the same time, I was also was a bigtime computer geek and had my own computer business that I ran from my home on the side... I also supplied my employer with all their computer hardware etc... The thing that I thought was kinda funny, was OUR OWN IT guys were going to a footwear buyer for advice whenever they couldn't figure stuff out!

 

[Rockslinger]

Sounds like like your IT guys needed to "brush up" so to speak...

IT has to be the biggest racket going (worse than "high efficiency" furnaces and A/C). For example, the billion dollars wasted on eHealth IT is simply the tip of the iceberg. I am starting to think "Y2K" was a trick to generate IT fees so they could send their kids to private schools.

 

[Sanders1]

What the hell is wrong with this program? It made my internet explorer completely stop working when I first tried it months ago so I removed it.

A friend of mine (who is very computer savvy) explained that there was some sort of bug in it and that he knew how to fix it. He fixed the problem on his computer, his wife's and on computers at work. So I let him repair the bug and add IE8 again to my laptop and it worked at first but the next day it completely stopped working again. Sometimes it'll miraculously start working but then when I turn off my computer and restart it the following morning, it's back to square one. I have not been able to get my IE working at all since last night so once again, I'm using Firefox which I find annoying.

My friend insists that because it works some of the time, that means the problem is fixed and that the problem must be on my end. Can anyone here explain what exactly the problem is with Internet Explorer 8 and how to fix it?

I'd wager that 99% of the issues with Internet Explorer are actually not Internet Explorer's fault, but more due to badly written plugins/browser host objects etc.

Try running IE in no-addons mode and see if it still screws up. Chances are, it'll be fine. In this case, one or more of your add-ons is causing the problem.

 

[Cycleguy007]

Ah yes... the Y2K debacle!

IT has to be the biggest racket going (worse than "high efficiency" furnaces and A/C). For example, the billion dollars wasted on eHealth IT is simply the tip of the iceberg. I am starting to think "Y2K" was a trick to generate IT fees so they could send their kids to private schools.

We "had" to upgrade our internal database system due to that "bug"... the company they hired to develop it worked endlessly on this.

Then it turns out, it was so "code heavy" all the hardware and OS etc needed to be upgraded as well. (Approximately 500 PC's) The money I made from this deal alone paid for the down payment on my first house... good times!

 

[MissCroft]

Then the HELP DESK calls you to ask if everything is ticky boo.

Ticky boo??

 

[Rockslinger]

I know what you are saying. My corporate computer is a mess, thanks to the IT experts.

The most dreaded word(s) in our company isn't "you're fired", "you're downsized", "no Christmas bonus", "wage freeze", "cost control", it is "COMPUTER UPGRADE". It takes 6 months to iron out all the bugs and restore your mailing lists and then it is COMPUTER UPGRADE time again.

 

[Rockslinger]

Ticky boo??

Miss Croft, I fear I am dating myself. It is an old expression meaning "fine", "a-okay", "hunky-dory", etc. So, is everything ticky boo with you (besides the silly IE 8 problem)?

 

[MissCroft]

Yes, everything is ticky boo!