Which Brower(s)?

[woody.cool]

Well, personally, I only ever open IE when a new version comes along (well, gets forced upon me via Windows Update sometimes)

Anyway, I was a little excited about IE8 because of it's better 'standards' etc., but actually, I think it's crap.
Too similar to IE7, don't like the amount of time it takes to install (bloody ages!)
To me, it doesn't feel as nice as Firefox does.

Anyway, something strange about IE8 on my work PC .... it's placed all my favourites in the root of the C: drive, instead of it's usual location (C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Favorites)
WHY?

[Teho]

Heh. I never even upgraded to IE7. What's the point?

[woody.cool]

Heh. I never even upgraded to IE7. What's the point?

Because IE is integrated into the Windows shell, it acts as a Windows Update.
Updating IE also updates Windows Explorer (Windows Explorer uses the same DLL calls)

[Stephen Coates]

I was going to try out IE7 when it first came out, then realised it required Windows XP. School got IE7 so I just tried it there.

[woody.cool]

I was going to try out IE7 when it first came out, then realised it required Windows XP. School got IE7 so I just tried it there.

What windows version are you running then?

[Stephen Coates]

At the recomendation of many people on this forum and after several years experience with its excellent reliability, Windows 2000.

[Harrison]

There is also the limitation that you can't download IE7 or 8 unless you are using a legal real copy of Windows.

But as mentioned, IE is part of the OS and Explorer uses it, and for that it is a good idea to keep it up to date. Also Windows Update normally works better with the latest version, as does the rest of the M$ network.