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Re: MS IE SUCKS!
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:45:03 GMT
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On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 04:42:51AM +0000, Erick wrote:
> Why does IE suck so much now? It constantly sucks my cpu down so much so
> that the mouse stalls out. This happens when loading pages, or even just
> sitting there. I think the idle stalls are caused by Messenger running in
> the background. But it's gotten to the point where if I look a page with
> multiple large pics it hangs for close to a minute. I don't really want to
> reformat/reinstall windows. Anybody know of a better fix? If I changed (in
> the registry) my port speeds to tweak a 56k connection, would that help?
> Getting the latest version of IE hasn't helped either.
perhaps try using mozilla? lightning fast for me :) fwiw, I get the
same problems with IE at work - the whole system hangs when I close a
window, for a few seconds... when a complex page loads, etc.
http://www.mozilla.org/
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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| (...) i'll back dan up on this one... IE grinds my XP system to a near halt when i start it up to check for site development compatability. Speaking of IE problems, this is bugging the heck outta me right now: (URL) (22 years ago, 1-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Why does IE suck so much now? It constantly sucks my cpu down so much so that the mouse stalls out. This happens when loading pages, or even just sitting there. I think the idle stalls are caused by Messenger running in the background. But it's (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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