like David - I pretty much abandoned IE over a year ago except for testing. Firefox is what a
David Stiller wrote:
> dnamertz,
>
>
>>The last email they sent told me to try Netscape or
>>Mozilla Firefox, but I'm not familiar with either. I've
>>been using IE only. Which one should I use? Are
>>they pretty similar?
>
>
> Netscape and Firefox are both built on the same underlying program,
> called Mozilla. Firefox is the newer browser. Netscape used to be king,
> but that was years ago, before IE became the single most-used browser (by an
> overwhelming margin).
>
> I personally prefer Firefox significantly over IE. After I made the
> switch (about a year ago), IE felt very clunky afterwards I only use IE
> when I have to, such as for visiting Windows Update and for testing
> websites.
>
> I really can't imagine why IE wouldn't allow you to install the Flash
> Player plug-in ... I've never had trouble with Flash in IE -- but heck,
> install Firefox anyway.
>
>
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ >
>
>>The guy also told me there may be some security setting in
>>IE that are preventing Flash from installing.
>
>
> Either he misspoke, or you misheard him. IE installs Flash just fine.
> The recent change in IE is that it displays Active Content of any kind --
> not just Flash, but also Windows Media, Real, QuickTime, etc. -- with an
> outline until you click it to activate the content.
>
>
>>Anyone have an idea about which setting these may be?
>
>
> You can't change these settings, if they're the ones I just described.
> Go with Firefox, seriously. I'm not one of the anti-Microsoft minions -- I
> like Microsoft just fine -- but they really dropped the ball on Internet
> Explorer.
>
>
> David
> stiller (at) quip (dot) net
> Dev essays:
http://www.quip.net/blog/ > "Luck is the residue of good design."
>
