While I'm not about to switch from FF as my default browser back to IE just yet, this IE7Pro Plug In is pretty slick (I'm doing this post from IE right now).

One of the biggest headaches I always had was losing text in a post because I got sidetracked in the thread and clicked on a link and lost the posting site window. Sometimes I could recover it if I used the back button right away, but more often than not I lost it. That was particularly bothersome if I had already composed part of a lengthy post (this is where ScottW will make a wisecrack). Another solution besides trying the "Back" button real fast was using Notepad to compose and then cut and paste into a posting window, but I didn't always do that . . . especially when I thought a post was going to be brief and then it turned into something longer (insert ScottW wisecrack again). And a Ctrl-Click on the link would open it in a new tab, but I didn't always remember to do that.

FF's Tab Mix Plus solved that problem. And Opera has a "Protect" capability for tabs, and that worked too, though Tab Mix Plus has an option to always open in new tabs from anywhere, even inside a thread, so that pretty much did it for me "automagically"

Now I see this IE7Pro thing has a feature called "Text Saver" and that saves text in a posting window even if you leave the posting window so that solves the issue too . . . and pretty much makes "protecting" tabs for that purpose irrelevant.

The "Grab and Drag" feature of this thing is pretty slick too.

Am just now starting to play around with it, so I'm sure I'll find other features I like. So far though, this Plug In is like putting IE on steroids.

Nevertheless, as I said in the opening, I'm not about to switch back to IE as my default . . . yet anyway. The security features of FF, particular NoScript and the fact that FF doesn't use ActiveX, still make it more secure than IE . . . IMHO anyway.

But this IE7Pro thing is nice.

C'mon . . . you can do better than that for a wisecrack!

I actually laughed out loud at that one ScottW

Bob was right - you CAN do better than that for a wisecrack =)

EDIT:

Mind you, IE on steroids does sound pretty scary....

Couldn't resist a bit of photoshopping to do the second one, sorry - was bored!

Unfortunately, the first one was not me.
That's the good one!

Bob, I've heard of this IE thing. It runs in a Firefox tab and should only be used to view pages that violate web standards. I can't imagine why that guy you know in another forum would do all of his browsing out of a Firefox tab.

The study I read about IE and FF users concludes that, "Firefox users are more likely to be tech-savvy..." and "... Firefox users are more likely to be better-educated or are seeking to be better educated." There is nothing in the report about how acne relates to browser use. I think it's unlikely that there is a causal link there!

Oh, yeah, from part 1 of the same study, Firefox users have higher incomes. However, that could be because FF users are smarter and better educated.

Bob
What you asked for would/could be very easily done!

Would you like me to find an IE7Pro logo and overlay it, slightly darker than the one I posted here?

Hey Aleeve,

Here's the logo:

Have at it . . . no rush . . . at your leisure. TIA.

Hey ScottW,

There are several threads where we're sparring back and forth.

Here's the one where he started the browser wars and made this comment:

"I hate Firefox as it is a browser for kiddies that like cartoony icons, little red foxes that like to eat chickens and pimply faced geeks that think they know everything."

Scroll about a third of the way down and you'll see it.

The guys screen name is "YoKenny".

And here's my thread on IE7Pro where actually several FF folks have jabbed YoKenny . . . not just me.

And here's another good one. Scroll down just a little and you'll see my exchange with YoKenny.

Isn't it simple - you use what you like best. No need for a war. I have been using a whole array of browsers (I think 8 or 9 in total), But I always defaulted back to IE as my main browser, although i use a few others for various reasons and applications. The only one I won't tolerate any more is FF - that thing is too invasive. Srewed up everything last time. I guees I'll have to settle for the "low income" group - LOL.

PS: I like the FF Wallpapers though.

Well, at the time I had 6 browsers. When I installed FF3, it took over everything in sight. All the nifty shortcuts I had in my AppLauncher using all different browsers (for a reason) now all of a sudden were all FF. And when I unistalled FF, they all became Opera (beats me why) - but originally they were IE7, Safari, the World Browser, K-Meleon, - and some were Opera too. So the damn FF damaged my system setup even after being sent to hell. And resetting everything in the AppLauncher is a lot of work. So from now on, FF is on the blacklist.

I also don't want to start or continue a browser war, but I have to agree with Bob that IE is *the* most invasive that a browser can be. Firefox is available in a portable version -- that means NO installer, no hooks into the OS, and so on. You could run it from a USB flash drive and leave no "droppings" on your system. IE can't do this -- it can't even be separated from the OS! At least if Firefox causes trouble, you can uninstall it. Where's the uninstaller for IE? Where's the portable version? These are rhetorical questions.

It nice that other browsers come in portable versions, too. It's the only way I would test a new browser because there is no way I want to experiment on my primary system with an unknown app. Sure, I could make a Ghost image and restore later, but I might lose other changes made during that time. I always prefer the portable version of an app whenever one is available.