From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   On 11/14/2011 11:38 PM, Jumbo Jack wrote:   
   > "philo"  wrote in message   
   > news:j9pdf4$ef0$1@dont-email.me...   
   >> 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.   
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   >>>>   
   >>>> 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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   >>   
   >> OK   
   >   
   > Well I have just found the first PITA with FF. Even though I have open links   
   > set to in the same window they don't and the tabs don't remember their   
   > original page they open at the last page viewed.   
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   Yep   
      
   that's why I have 4 different browsers on my my machine   
      
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