Comments on: Stupid defaults: Internet Explorer 7 http://damieng.com/blog/2006/10/19/stupiddefaultsie7 A .NET developer in Redmond Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:19:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Steve http://damieng.com/blog/2006/10/19/stupiddefaultsie7/comment-page-1#comment-1651 Steve Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:22:10 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/archive/2006/10/19/stupiddefaultsie7.aspx#comment-1651 Heh, that's a bit daft. I can see why they left the Phishing option off if it sends information back to base (they might be worried about getting bashed over privacy issues again), but duplicating and ignoring system-wide settings is just retarded.<br /><br />IE7 is too late anyway. If I wanted to switch browsers again I might choose Opera, but not a new IE. Opera is nice but I feel naked without my Firefox extensions, the same will definitely apply to IE7.<br /><br />Still, at least those ill-informed or lazy enough to still use the default browser will get a better one at last. Heh, that's a bit daft. I can see why they left the Phishing option off if it sends information back to base (they might be worried about getting bashed over privacy issues again), but duplicating and ignoring system-wide settings is just retarded.

IE7 is too late anyway. If I wanted to switch browsers again I might choose Opera, but not a new IE. Opera is nice but I feel naked without my Firefox extensions, the same will definitely apply to IE7.

Still, at least those ill-informed or lazy enough to still use the default browser will get a better one at last.

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