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And I never thought I say anything nice about Microsoft, it hasn't crashed so far, mind you didn't they write "Elite" for the BBC B, that was great too. Okay two things they have done are great but that's it and one of those things might not be by them. I'm rambling, I'll shut up now.

Excuse me? Elite written by Microsoft? ROFLMAO! Nah... I think it may have been released by the 'Microprose' software house on certain formats, like the Spectrum..... and come to think of it, maybe the Beeb too... Can't remember now! Oh! The shame!

Forgot the main thing! Yes, I hate to say it, but IMHO, IE5 is pretty good. Still a few niggles.....

Mostly great, except for one niggle I have with it: after about an hour of web surfing and consistently using the back and forward buttons, they stop working at some point: no back, no forward, everything else fine. Anyone else had this problem?

While we're trying to work out IE5 problems, here's mine (and I would really, really like help with this if anyone has the answer):

I use the Links toolbar a lot. I like (love!) how IE5 treats folders within folders in there. IE4 used to open up a whole separate folder window when you had a nested folder on the links toolbar - IE5 treats them as drop downs, just as it does the normal favorites. So far, so good.

But...my IE5 seems to think that I want all links I select from the Links toolbar opened in the leftmost IE window. I'm a four-window-browsing type of girl, and the Links toolbar seems to only want to navigate one of the four windows. Is this making any sense? I'm finding it difficult to explain.
When I use the regular favorites dropdown (from the menu bar), the selected page opens in the same window as the one from which I was accessing the menu bar. When I use the dropdowns from the Links toolbar, the selected page opens in my first (leftmost) browser window, regardless of which window I was selecting the page from.
???

If anyone understood what the heck I was talking about, wow! If anyone both understood *and* knows the answer and tells me, I will love you forever!

Best,
Kate

P.S. I'm using the Altavista edition of IE5, if that helps. With Windows 98[1]. My blood type is...oh, you don't need that for this one.

[1]Yes, I have fully succumbed to the evil that is Bill Gates.

I believe I understand what you're talking about, and yet, have no idea how to fix it, thereby being denied access to Kate's eternal love.



PS Lord how I hate Windows. I'd use Linux if I could get my bedamned "WinModem" to work with it.

No, Elite was not written by Microsoft - nice try though.

It was written by David Braben and Ian Bell, and published by Acornsoft.

The only game available from Microsoft at that time was, of course, Microsoft Flight Simulator. Which at one point, according to Microsoft, was outselling DOS. Work that one out...

Tim

I knew it had "soft" in there somewhere, those were the days, 32K memory and fantastic gameplay.

Nah, yer avin a larf.

Well, I'd try to help you out, but my Links button on the toolbar doesn't even work in IE. Oddly, it works in Windows Explorer, exactly where I don't need it, but that'a another story.
My particular problem (isn't it great how MS makes different bugs for everyone?) is that the Content Advisor tends to turn itself on unbidden, with full-level security on, meaning that I can't look at anything until I turn it back off. It's not a problem, just a minor irritation, but it irks me just the same.
Other than that, though, it's a pretty nice setup. I like it.

The exact problem you describe for IE 5.0 was posted to the newsgroup microsoft.public.internetexplorer as recently as April 29 (and also one other time I can't find anymore)with NO answers.

I have IE 4.0 Service Pack 1 on a Win95 computer and it does not have the problem. I have IE 5.0 (5.00.2014.0216) on an NT machine and it does not have the problem. The Microsoft Knowledge Base does not come up with anything on the problem.

My bet is if you find a way to get the first IE 5.0 service pack that comes out it should probably contain a fix - that is if Microsoft has been advised of the problem by enough people.

Thanks for all that work, C! I'll give your suggestion a try.

IE5 is the rococco of browsers. If you like a lot of decorative crap "enhancing" your actions, great. When I use a browser, I only ask that it get me to where I want to go quickly and without having dynamics which slow it down. I also want intuitive action. If you think that's what IE is about, good for you. Even Netscpe Ver 2. is more intuitive than IE 5. Because of certain site requirements I use IE when I have to, but prefer Netscape.
I do grant that IE is more "integrated" than Netscape, but like everything that MS does, it has too many overwritten (lines of code) bells and whistles. Now pardon me while I duck.

I'd rather that my browser wasn't so 'integrated' with my OS, but maybe that's just a personal thing.

Tim

I must admit, the level of integration is worrying, running IE4 or IE5 (as I am now).

However, and this is the *real* shocker... Since I have been running IE5 on Win95 OSR2 on my home-built machine, I have not had a single crash! Amazing, eh?

(Prepares to re-install again just in case fate has been tempted once too many)

Just thought I'd add that I am now steeped in jealousy about the lack of crashes. IE5 has had no bearing on the frequency of crashes for my computer. I suppose I should be thankful that at least it hasn't gotten any worse.

Ahh, the old BBC model B. The Speccy, The Atari ST. I used to spend hours playing games with awful graphics and a horrible beeping sound. Yet I usually get bored with these new games with realistic 3D graphics and CD quality sound.

Bring Back IK+, Midnight Resistance, Midwinter, Elite, Sabre Wulf, The Last Ninja, PacMan - Actually, scratch that last one. DONT bring back PacMan for the millionth time.

I have to say that, as an IT professional (I possess a good hard stare & a big rubber hammer) that the frequency of windows crashes is usually directly proportional to the amount of tat you have installed, esp. non microsoft tat, but including MS Plus, silly screensavers, demo games, funny noises, odd mouse pointers etc. A system without all this 'humourous' gumph on it will generally crash much less. In my experience.

H&K, Z

winmodems dont work with Linux. You gotta get the kinda modem that does work with linux. and that is....er....uh...gotta check with the penguin on that...
OK.Here it is:
Go to http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.4 for more information on how to tell if you've got a winmodem or not, then get an 'or not'
you can fool with the jumpers or something, but I dunno, it sounds sorta degenerate, to me

in other words, just do it bill's way and all will be well???
when do we start dressing alike, too?
I recommend ...ahem...
thinking different