Internet Explorer
I have been a user of Internet Explorer as my main browser for more years than I care to remember. Since the introduction of Windows 10 it has become less stable and more difficult to use. Unfortunately Microsoft took the view that we all wanted to use our PC's like tablets and introduced Edge and didn't bother to develop Internet Explorer anymore. I liked Internet Explorer because of its easy menu system rather than having to go off and hunt down the button in some hidden menu. For some time now I have been using Google Chrome more and more and yesterday decided to make it my default browser. Just hope that when I need to access those occasionally used websites with saved passwords and log in details I can still get in!!!
David
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After a reinstall of W7 on our old PC we could not get IE back so now use Mozilla Firefox. I’ve found it faultless so far. I use Edge on the W10 lappy and find it fine. I hate Chrome.
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We stopped using Chrome, after repeated sessions with it we didn't like it. Edge didn't work well at all. I think it's the poor quality of this web site that has highlighted possible problems but I don't think it's our browser. So will stick with the tried and tested.
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David , I have just had my pc rebuild/repaired after disc failure and have busy reinstalling programs etc. I use a variety of browsers including I E 11 ,when in edge I typed in I E and was told by Microsoft that it was installed as part of windows 10 ? I had to change my email address as was advised by my then ISP that a Gmail account was a good choice and this has certainly proved a good choice. ☺😊
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As a regular internet user, I have had some issues with 'Edge' myself.
After much deliberation and procrastination, I decided that I should be using Internet banking. Opened Edge and downloaded the app. so far so good. Now to open the app. Can't be done, it doesn't work in Edge.
I must confess that I am in the Insider Preview group for Windows 10, so always have the latest version of the O.S. and software. Sadly not everyone updates their software as often to keep pace with it. I.E 11 is older software and should work with most websites, however I find that Google's Chrome is a 'does what it says on the tin' Browser, even after updates.
As an assistant website designer it is difficult to create websites that work on every platform, android, windows, Mac, etc. and Edge is now using HTML5 which is the new standard in coding. Sadly older websites have difficulty in handling these new codes.
So until every website updates you will come across these problems.
I am thinking that CAMC is using the PHP, MySQL, HTML comb for their site, so I advise the use of Chrome to avoid possible conflicts.
Hope this helps
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Coming back on my original post I now use a mix of Edge/Chrome/Firefox I use them for different functions but for everyday browsing it is Chrome. However I did discover that some online banking websites did not like Chrome.
David
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I too have found Microsoft’s operating system’s evolution to be frustratingly poor, and largely unnecessary. It seems to me that there’s been more backward steps than benefits since as far back as Win 2000. Apple upgrades, in comparison provide intuitive improvements until you start to use Word or Excel, which for some inextricable reason differ from their PC based cousins. So we’re almost 100% Apple these days, with just a PC laptop for those occasions when running programs which aren’t available for Macs.
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I really don’t know how my laptop works but found this discussion informative. Use a laptop widows 10, Edge (searches using bing) and Chrome. Used to use IE but didn’t know it was loaded as part of Windows 10 and often wondered about my McAfee showing it clears cookies etc from IE as well as Edge and Chrome even though I haven’t searched using IE so I guess there are occasions when IE is used possibly by Edge (bing). Thanks for info.
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