 DustynPremium
join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
kudos:10 | reply to therube
Re: IE reborn: Internet Explorer 10 arrives on Windows 7 said by therube:So while it seems that IE10 is now being offered through automatic updates (even if not default enabled), the what was reported to be prerequisite for IE10, KB2670838 (»KB2670838 Win 7 platform update) is not being offered?
(I've put in today's update to IE9 & I'll wait a bit & see how IE10/KB2670838 plays out.)
IE10 will install KB2670838.
»Re: IE reborn: Internet Explorer 10 arrives on Windows 7
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 therube
join:2004-11-11
Randallstown, MD | reply to SpHeRe31459
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It's listed under Optional updates, rather than Important. It's a prereq for IE10 on Win7 so it would be installed if you choose IE10. It can also be installed independently if for some reason you want the platform update but not IE10 yet.
Ah, OK, you're right, listed under Optional.
But then if you were to install IE10, & it is a prerequisite, then its not optional at that point  .
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 La LunaSurvived AshrafulPremium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
kudos:3 | I am not installing IE 10 because of that KB, it didn't play nice with my Windows 7 laptop. I don't really care as I use Firefox anyway. |
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IE10 isn't checked by default, and if MS's behavior holds true, it won't get checked to be installed automatically for another or month or two, just as it did with IE9. |
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I went ahead and took the plunge with IE 10 yesterday. I got the KB2670838 update on 02/27 and I've not had any problems with it so I figured I would give IE 10 a try. Working well so far, but I haven't used it that much. I just tried it for a few minutes to see if it would run without any major problems and it is so now I'm back to my fav Firefox. |
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 beckPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-29
On The Road
kudos:1
 ·Stablehost.com
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It's flat. Look at the scroll bars. The forward and back buttons. Sheesh! Can hardly see where to hook onto the scroll bar to scroll if I need to. Actually, don't look wild and wonderful to me. It looks boring.
I suppose that if I had a touch screen, I wouldn't be using a scroll bar. But I don't have that. Why would they change it so it doesn't use the system defaults? They could have just left it alone, but MS is such a pita. They are like a bull in a china shop.
I have to use IE for some sites I go to. But otherwise it will still be put aside. Sad.
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 Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:11 | quote:
It's Flat
Indeed its sad isnt it? |
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 Smokey Bearveritas odium paritPremium
join:2008-03-15
Annie's Pub
kudos:4 | said by Dude111:
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It's Flat
Indeed its sad isnt it?
Dude, really sad is to stick with the most decrepit browser in the world, IE6. |
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Re: IE reborn: Internet Explorer 10 arrives on Windows 7 said by beck:It's flat. Look at the scroll bars. The forward and back buttons. Sheesh! Can hardly see where to hook onto the scroll bar to scroll if I need to. Actually, don't look wild and wonderful to me. It looks boring. But it's very Metro. Which to me looks sort of like Win95 revisited. Difference being, we had limited colors back then and this was a choice. heh
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said by beck:It's flat. Look at the scroll bars.
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It looks boring. If that is the worst thing that can be said about IE10, is it so bad?
For what it is worth on Win8 that is the norm and the scrollbars on many apps (including chrome) look the same.
Its a scrollbar. I'll take a fast browser with plain scrollbar over a slow browser with real pretty scrollbar any day. |
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| said by Shady Bimmer:Its a scrollbar. I'll take a fast browser with plain scrollbar over a slow browser with real pretty scrollbar any day.
At some point those speed claims become meaningless. Humans seriously don't detect nanoseconds.
If speed was really a concern, we'd still just be using text and not all the other extraneous stuff. Just sayin'. |
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beckPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-29
On The Road
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said by Shady Bimmer:If that is the worst thing that can be said about IE10, is it so bad?
Yes. Hammer and chisel... is that so bad? I feel like I'm in a bad win 3 app. And I don't see any faster pages. Seem the same to me. I don't care how fast it's supposed to be. It's flat and boring. Like some baby without sense wrote the code. I'm not going to jump with happiness because of that.
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beckPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-29
On The Road
kudos:1 Reviews:
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lol!!!!! Yeah, that's what I think of this too. Maybe I should send some laxative to the ie10 design team so ie11 looks better. |
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 siljalineI'm lovin' that double widePremium
join:2002-10-12
Montreal, QC
kudos:17
·Bell Sympatico
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The KB is not unlike any other you would routinely apply on a given patch Tuesday.
As to the comments on a rather flat UI, I'm seeing that as well - the Windows Shell Folks could have done a lot better. |
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 StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
join:2000-08-06
Galt's Gulch
kudos:2
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said by beck:I feel like I'm in a bad win 3 app. Well things have gone downhill since MS-DOS 2.1 
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 rcdaileyDragoonflyPremium
join:2005-03-29
Rialto, CA
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I used to read Compuserve mail scrolling on a Z80 system with a 300 baud modem. I could read it without pausing. 300 baud ought to be good enough if all you need is text.
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said by goalieskates:said by Shady Bimmer:Its a scrollbar. I'll take a fast browser with plain scrollbar over a slow browser with real pretty scrollbar any day.
At some point those speed claims become meaningless. Humans seriously don't detect nanoseconds. I'm not talking nanoseconds and I didn't mean to make any correlation between "prettyness" and functionality or speed.
It was meant to be more of a comment that given all things considered what a scrollbar looks like is rather unimportant and is not among the factors I consider in choosing a browser. There are far more important considerations, and far more important things in life to worry about beyond how pretty a scrollbar looks. |
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Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:11 | reply to Smokey Bear
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Dude, really sad is to stick with the most decrepit browser in the world, IE6
Well buddy @ least I know IE6 isnt spying on me!! (I dont look @ IE directly very often,i use MyIE2 for my surfing (I like the UI better (Nicer looking a little - More colourful (And more features)))) |
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | reply to beck
Re: IE reborn: Internet Explorer 10 arrives on Windows 7 said by beck:said by Shady Bimmer:If that is the worst thing that can be said about IE10, is it so bad?
Yes. Hammer and chisel... is that so bad? I feel like I'm in a bad win 3 app. And I don't see any faster pages. Seem the same to me. I don't care how fast it's supposed to be. It's flat and boring. Like some baby without sense wrote the code. I'm not going to jump with happiness because of that. IE 10 looks a MILLION TIMES BETTER than IE 7, 8. I never had 9 so I can't compare it to that version. IE 10 is clean, sleek and sassy looking. The scroll bar looks like a scroll bar. Is it supposed to look like something other than a scroll bar? IE 10 looks like a fast thoroughbred race horse. IE 7 and 8 were hopelessly fat and bloated and slow looking. (However, I still don't like to use IE but that is because of the horrible font problem that IE has always had and other browsers never had).
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