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[Derek Broughton]

On July 12, 2008 23:25:04 Kris Deugau wrote:
> Derek Broughton wrote:
> > I had it on Vista, liked IE7, hated Vista.  I really should get around to
> > downloading it on the XP machines I use, as it's way better than IE6.
>
> I'm not too fond of Vista (I decided to see if Vista's Media Center was
> any smarter than XP's;  evidence to date suggests it's just differently
> stupid), and my brief glimpses of IE7 here and there haven't gained a
> convert on that front either.
>
> It's not that I think it's a bad browser...  (well, I do;  there's no
> way to disable or modify certain behaviours that are Just Wrong Dammit!)
> it's that the interface keeps *changing*, and I've got better things to
> do with my time than continuously relearn how to use the software tools.
>   (The most obvious, trivial misfeature is the menu bar (and the default
> lack thereof - something like Vista's version of Windows Explorer, come
> to think of it) - the menu bar goes **ABOVE** any other bits and pieces,
> not below.)

I don't disagree with any of that, but I _must_ make my web sites work with 
IE - much of my work is for the Canadian government, who _only_ use IE.  So 
as long as I have to use it, I'd much prefer to use IE7 than IE6.