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   philo to Jumbo Jack   
   Re: IE8 problematic   
   13 Nov 11 15:39:48   
   
   From: philo@invalid.not   
      
   On 11/13/2011 03:20 PM, Jumbo Jack wrote:   
   > "philo"  wrote in message   
   > news:j9p3hs$9dq$1@dont-email.me...   
   >> On 11/13/2011 10:47 AM, Jumbo Jack wrote:   
   >>> updated to 8 only recently and it appears to be tetchy.   
   >>>   
   >>> Slow loading web pages and my backdrop shortcuts are intermittent. Some   
   >>> work   
   >>> with double click and some will only work right click Open.   
   >>>   
   >>> Is this the norm for 8 under XP, should I return to 7 or move to Firefox.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> I do at lot of upgrades and have found that on quite a number of XP   
   >> machines...IE8 has caused problems   
   >> In those cases I've uninstalled it and gone with IE7.   
   >>   
   >> On most machines I work on...I typically install an alternative browser   
   >> such as Firefox, Google Chrome or Opera.   
   >>   
   >> All are good browsers, none are perfect.   
   >   
   > thanks I have moved to Firefox 2011....ahhhh that's better.   
   >   
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