Multiple Browsers

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Is it a good Idea to have multiple browsers in my machine.
Vista, ...
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That's a version of Windows, not a browser.

... IE7, Firefox?
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It is nether a good idea to have multiple browsers, nor a bad idea.
You can have as many as you want.

Personally, I want only one--the one I think is best--but there's no
downside to having more.
 
Ken Blake said:
That's a version of Windows, not a browser.




It is nether a good idea to have multiple browsers, nor a bad
idea.
You can have as many as you want.

Personally, I want only one--the one I think is best--but
there's no
downside to having more.
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I use Internet Explorer 8.0 for most purposes. However, some
pages do not display properly in IE8 - and for those pages, I use
Opera or Mozilla Firefox. These three browsers co-exist happily
on my computer.

There is one proviso. You need to retain Internet Explorer on a
Win XP machine - because the Windows Update / Microsoft Update
options do not function with non-Microsoft browsers. If you try
to use Opera or Firefox Mozilla to access Microsoft Update, you
will receive the following response:

'Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.
'
'To use this site, you must be running Microsoft Internet
'Explorer 5 or later.
'
'To upgrade to the latest version of the browser, go to the
'Internet Explorer Downloads website.
'
'If you prefer to use a different web browser, you can obtain
'updates from the Microsoft Download Center or you can stay up to
'date with the latest critical and security updates by using
'Automatic Updates. To turn on Automatic Updates: ...
 
I use Internet Explorer 8.0 for most purposes. However, some
pages do not display properly in IE8 - and for those pages, I use
Opera or Mozilla Firefox. These three browsers co-exist happily
on my computer.
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As I said, I wasn't trying to tell Mario what to do. I was just
pointing out that I use and want only one.

There is one proviso. You need to retain Internet Explorer on a
Win XP machine - because the Windows Update / Microsoft Update
options do not function with non-Microsoft browsers.
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Actually when I say that I use only one browser, I overstated it a
little. The browser that I use is Maxthon, and Maxthon doesn't run by
itself--it runs on top of IE (IE8 here). So I do have two installed.
 
Thank you.

Ken , Jim, Bob and Leonard for you're replies.

I hate people that don't post clearly and it seems I'm one of them. lol

I've always only used one browser but find myself in a position to be able
to
evaluate Flash websites.
Firefox has issues with flash sites and whether it's the fault of the site
itself or perhaps Firefox I don't know.
I need to install firefox (reluctantly) to see how or if there is a
difference in the way these sites display.
Just wondered if it was ok to do this.
Thank you all for your help.

Mario

,
 
Thank you.

Ken , Jim, Bob and Leonard for you're replies.

I hate people that don't post clearly and it seems I'm one of them. lol

I've always only used one browser but find myself in a position to be able
to
evaluate Flash websites.
Firefox has issues with flash sites and whether it's the fault of the site
itself or perhaps Firefox I don't know.
I need to install firefox (reluctantly) to see how or if there is a
difference in the way these sites display.
Just wondered if it was ok to do this.
Thank you all for your help.

Mario

,
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Is your Adobe Flash not working properly , then ?
 
Thank you.

Ken , Jim, Bob and Leonard for you're replies.

I hate people that don't post clearly and it seems I'm one of them.  lol

I've always only used one browser but find myself in a position to be able
to
evaluate Flash websites.
Firefox has issues with flash sites and whether it's the fault of the site
itself or perhaps Firefox I don't know.
I need to install firefox (reluctantly) to see how or if there is a
difference in the way these sites display.
Just wondered if it was ok to do this.
Thank you all for your help.

Mario

,
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Flash has a few versions. One for the IE ActiveX method and the other
for the Firefox "plug-in" style.

BTW: It still might be good to have multiple browsers as to
evaluation web page access speeds. I have IE 8, Firefox, Opera 10,
Safari 4 and Google Chrome 4.
 
Jim said:
Is your Adobe Flash not working properly , then ?
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Thanks Jim,
Sorry for the delay, I don't spend much time in newsgroups anymore.
My Flash is working fine. The problem has been tracked back to bugs in some
media widgets
in our Web builder.

Cheers
Mario
 
Thank you.

Ken , Jim, Bob and Leonard for you're replies.

I hate people that don't post clearly and it seems I'm one of them. lol

I've always only used one browser but find myself in a position to be able
to
evaluate Flash websites.
Firefox has issues with flash sites and whether it's the fault of the site
itself or perhaps Firefox I don't know.
I need to install firefox (reluctantly) to see how or if there is a
difference in the way these sites display.
Just wondered if it was ok to do this.
Thank you all for your help.

Mario

,
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Flash has a few versions. One for the IE ActiveX method and the other
for the Firefox "plug-in" style.

BTW: It still might be good to have multiple browsers as to
evaluation web page access speeds. I have IE 8, Firefox, Opera 10,
Safari 4 and Google Chrome 4.

That sounds confusing.
Does this mean I needs different versions of flash installed. Even if that's
possible?

Mario
 
Flash has a few versions. One for the IE ActiveX method and the other
for the Firefox "plug-in" style.

BTW: It still might be good to have multiple browsers as to
evaluation web page access speeds. I have IE 8, Firefox, Opera 10,
Safari 4 and Google Chrome 4.

That sounds confusing.
Does this mean I needs different versions of flash installed. Even if that's
possible?

Mario
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Don`t think so ; one should do all .
 
Bob Lucas said:
I use Internet Explorer 8.0 for most purposes. However, some
pages do not display properly in IE8 - and for those pages, I use
Opera or Mozilla Firefox. These three browsers co-exist happily
on my computer.

There is one proviso. You need to retain Internet Explorer on a
Win XP machine - because the Windows Update / Microsoft Update
options do not function with non-Microsoft browsers. If you try
to use Opera or Firefox Mozilla to access Microsoft Update, you
will receive the following response:

'Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.
'
'To use this site, you must be running Microsoft Internet
'Explorer 5 or later.
'
'To upgrade to the latest version of the browser, go to the
'Internet Explorer Downloads website.
'
'If you prefer to use a different web browser, you can obtain
'updates from the Microsoft Download Center or you can stay up to
'date with the latest critical and security updates by using
'Automatic Updates. To turn on Automatic Updates: ...
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Or, if you don't want to use a browser,

Click Start, click Run, type or paste next line and press Enter:
hcp://system/updatectr/updatecenter.htm

HCP = Help Center Protocol

(Works for me. :)
--Richard

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