Has anybody else’s computer decided that they need to upgrade to Internet Explorer 7? I was perfectly happy with IE6, then my computer performed an automatic update to get IE7. It runs much slower and seems like it has some hitches. Who else does not like IE7?
Its okay. I was one of the people who downloaded the beta version before it got launched. But I do think it is a bit slower than IE6.
Try firefox.
My Mac asks me before running any updates.
So does Firefox - for either platform.
I like being able to decide whether or not to accept, defer, or ignore updates…
My Mac asks me before running any updates.
That isn’t really a good thing. WAY too many users don’t realize the “enhancement” is 100% necessary to keep their pc/mac safer. As much as I dislike Micro$oft and their business practices, if the update is security related, there should be no options since as it has been shown, people don’t go back and install them.
But yeah, use Firefox, you won’t go back.
I have Google.com set as the Homepage for IE and I find it interesting that today when I open the browser, there is a ‘Optimized for Google’ header that states ‘Google recommends upgrading to the new, safer Firefox 2.0’ with a webbutton labeled ‘Get It Now’.
My Mac asks me before running any updates.
So does windows if you configure it that way.
Why should I have to go to extra trouble to tell Microsoft I don’t want them forcing code onto my computer without my permission (or even knowledge?)
We’re not talking about critical security updates here (Mac asks permission about those, too…)… this is an UPGRADE. Well, at least it’s a free one…
What if I’m running a mission critical program that depends on something in IE6 that’s broken in IE7… (or something “broken” in IE6 that’s “fixed” in IE7, or just works completely differently, or whatever…)
Not that I want to incite a holy war or anything… 
Sorry… I’m a little wired up today. This kind of stuff gets under my skin.
Why should I have to go to extra trouble to tell Microsoft I don’t want them forcing code onto my computer without my permission (or even knowledge?)
Extra trouble? It’s one checkbox to tell it to upload automatically or not… Doesn’t seem like a big deal to me?
Rick click My Computer → Properties
Hey… it’s Microsoft. If they forced you to say yes or no for each update, people would be slamming them for not giving you the option of doing it automatically.
Technically, no. it’s not hard. It’s the principle of the thing.
Practically speaking, we run into this where I work, too. You create a feature that needs to default one way or the other. Guaranteed, which ever way you go, half your customers won’t like it. I just happen to prefer the default of “ask me before you mess with my computer.” - which, among many other things, is why I like my Mac. I’m pretty sure I can do the complementary function on the Mac (probably also with 1-2 clicks) and let it automatically install the updates… I just choose not to. Better yet, I don’t have to choose because the default already fits my preference. 
Dude,
Dump the IE and don’t waste your time on Firefox, it’s not that much better.
What you want is Opera (www.opera.com). It is much better than the others. After you load it, go to help and read about Mouse Gestures. Makes life so much easier. For example, you click to a page. It’s not what you want, hold down your right mouse key and move the mouse left. Bam! You went back a page. 1000 time easier than hunting for the back arrow or the backspace key.
“1000 time easier than hunting for the back arrow or the backspace key.”
Does your back arrow and backspace key move or something? Was that feature set as default or did you enable it under some start up menu?
I like being able to decide whether or not to accept, defer, or ignore updates…
I had a Win 2000 system torpedoed by a service pack a couple of years ago. Install - reboot - bluescreen. I spent hours with it, the IT guys spent hours with it. Ended up moving files off the HDs in safe mode and wiping and installing XP.
So I’m definitely with you on not liking the arm twisting for “improvements”.
Was that feature set as default or did you enable it under some start up menu?
Ooohhh… good one…
It was a security update and an upgrade. The reason it was pushed was because of the security, not the upgrade. The initial press release was back in mid-summer.
MSFT will only support a product for X amount of time. Rather than provide updates on a 5 year old product, it’s best to not provide a bridge to the old world. Same occurs in the cycling biz…
If the application isn’t supported on IE7, chances are that the development team didn’t follow proper protocol in the 1st place. But, fixes have occurred pretty fast.
Deployment at work is much different than consumer PC due to the complexity of multiple images throughout the company. It surprises me that your company isn’t using a management tool which works in place of the Windows Updates.
Oh, my post was really just a hypothetical. Our corporate computers are all “managed” (quotes are intentional). Sometimes that raises issues of its own.
I’m cool with them dropping support for the old one and even insisting on an upgrade. But it shouldn’t happen “automagically”. The user should be warned and given the option of deferring the install to a more convenient time, or even declining it.
Just one of my pet peeves, that’s all.
Well…actually, you should have received notification to decline the upgrade even if you had your auto notification to accept all upgrades.
Perhaps you didn’t notice it, but it was definately built into the patch.
Speak of the devil…Adobe just pushed a security update to me while I typed this!
Hahaha! That’s funny (about Acrobat)
Actually, we haven’t upgraded to 7 yet at work, and I don’t currently have a running PC at home, so it hasn’t affected me personally. Not this time (it has in the past).
We’ll get around to upgrading to IE7 about the time IE8 comes out - or when our PCs get replaced, which won’t happen for a while, either.
We upgraded to Notes 5 shortly after Notes 6 was released… Still have people running Win2K Pro instead of XP… It happens that way…