On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 06:46 -0500, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Peter Loron wrote:
> > IE6 is, as others have mentioned, well past its sell-by date. It has
> > numerous security issues, and is by far the least standards compliant
> > browser still in significant use. Stupefying amounts of time are
> > spent working around the broken standards support in
> >
> > Even if you don't care about the new features, updating to a more
> > current version will help protect you from vulnerabilities that can
> > be exploited to attack your computer.
>=20
> Last time I looked at the next version of IE, it had some things I didn't
> like.  Can the various toolbars and stuff be stripped down like IE6 in th=
e
> attached picture?  I never use those silly clickety-click tool bar icons =
and
> don't want them to waste pixels.  If I remember right, IE7 always had
> another bar there you couldn't get rid of.

Use Chrome. You don't get a browser more minimalistic in clutter (i.e.
tool bars) then Chrome.

It's fast, standards compliant, and has a plug in system almost as good
as firefox.

> > Please update your browser.
>=20
> This is not your call nor your business.

True, but considering the browser you're using I suspect you will get
that recommendation more and more often.

TTYL

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