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[hatman]

In case anyone cares...

I fixed IE8. Turns out there was another incompatible add-on. Easy enough to figure out once I stopped to realize that it had loaded with add-ons disable. From there, it was a matter of narrowing things down. Once I disabled the Upromise toolbar (compatible with IE 6 & 7, but apparantly not yet 8), IE managed to load.

It's still slow and clunky and light on features, but it does seem to be an improvement over 7. And I understand it has some significant security improvements, too.

Comments

[acbshada.livejournal.com]

At least you were able to fix it! :) I'm sort of amazed that you don't use Firefox, to tell the truth. Not that I use it. I prefer old and clunky applications like IE. ;)

[pgwfolc.livejournal.com]

Oh, I most emphatically do use FireFox. However, as mentioned, IE does still have its uses.

There are some pages that don't work so well with FF. (Especially since I have things like AdBlock and NoScript installed. You can turn them off or give them exception rules, but they can still make things a little finicky at times.)

There are also some pages which specifically require IE. Microsoft Update, for example. It relies on the use of ActiveX controls, which the good people at Mozilla deemed too much of a security breach to allow. What I love is that to use some of the features of McAfee's site, you not only have to use ActiveX controls, but you specifically have to lower your IE security settings. Ah, irony.

And, finally, having two different browsers with two different sets of cookies gives me a chance to manage multiple logins. It's not just easier, it helps prevent errors. That is, not only do I avoid having to log out and back in, but I know that if I'm posting from IE, I'm posting to that account.