Fatback
VIP Member
Are you on broadband or dial-up?
Broadband I have my internet speed at the bottom of my sig if you won't to check it out.
Are you on broadband or dial-up?
Internet Explorer 8 is alright BUT when i installed it, it sorta went slow. I installed Mozilla Firefox and WOW! The speed is amazing.
If you want a smooth light weight internet browser, install Google Chrome.
Although as you're on dial-up, Watching videos may not be as good.
I suggest you upgrade your internet to Home Broadband I heard dial up is getting rubbish.
Internet Explorer 8 is alright BUT when i installed it, it sorta went slow. I installed Mozilla Firefox and WOW! The speed is amazing.
If you want a smooth light weight internet browser, install Google Chrome.
Although as you're on dial-up, Watching videos may not be as good.
I suggest you upgrade your internet to Home Broadband I heard dial up is getting rubbish.
IE 8 has some nifty features - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/faster.aspx
Plus, lots of websites are announcing the imminent end of their support for IE 6, so if wanna keep watching videos on YouTube, you should upgrade to IE 8 - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx
Lastly, if you decide to upgrade to IE 8 and then experience trouble, check out this guide to solving IE 8 installation problems - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949220
- Jake
MSFT Internet Explorer Outreach Team
There is no point in downloading IE8 when firefox is a million times better and has more features and is quicker IE is way begind in the browser war.
yep, it is all between firefox and chrome now i am thinking, but i can't really get used to chrome, so stick with ff
Good news
Also always do windows security updates; IE8 was one of them
There have been quite a few security updates since it was first released
I understand that half of the population use another browser (ie Firefox) in the US. But generally the whole world is mostly still using Internet Explorer
I suppose that also refers to most Universities too ? (Note: I say most)I guess we know how many stupid people there are in the world
I suppose that also refers to most Universities too ? (Note: I say most)
My internet speed on dial-up is about 44kb/s, do you think IE8 would slow me? My comp. is prompting me to install IE8. I have heard of people having problems with it, do you think I should go ahead with the installation?
Thanks for any input.
I recently upgraded to IE8 and have had no problems with it. I cant say it seems any faster than IE7 but it has worked well for me. I have been looking for help on how to get more speed out of my desktop and received many helpful suggestions in another thread on this forum.As a result i have seen significant increase in speed, however, i was reading this thread and at least some members touted Firefox as much faster than IE. I have never tried FF for no particular reason, but I am wondering if i should now. Im not a computer technical person and i see that i could download FF and still keep IE8 to use if my FF experience isnt what i hoped it would be in re the impact on speed.
My pc connection is cable...Roadrunner..so I assume it wouldnt be a problem to use FF, right?
This forum sight has already helped me tremendously in how to get the most out of my PC so any thoughts or feedback on this message will be appreciated.