Re: Customer Complaints about IE 4.0

Mitchell B. Wagers ( (no email) )
Sun, 25 Jan 1998 10:14:44 -0800

Wrong! The browser does not do this, the additional options do. I'll shut
up now until someone tells me where to continue this discussion.

At 10:05 AM 1/25/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Yes, I agree....and I must say that IE does in fact replace key Windows 95
>system files. The how OS becomes sluggish on slower machines. I guess
it's a
>way of locking people into the MS and Intel business model of upgrading
every 6
>months.
>
>Gregory W. Bondy wrote:
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>> I humbly suggest we get off this thread quickly, or a holy war will erupt.
>> But, for the record.... You must be on drugs to think IE4 uses 2/3 less
>> resources than Netscape. ;)
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>> At 11:37 PM 1/24/98 -0800, you wrote:
>> >No, IE4 is a BROWSER and BROWSER only, the fact they are having problems
>> >means they installed MORE Than the browser. There are several options for
>> >what to install, and many choose to install more than "just the browser."
>> > I assure you, IE4 BROWSER is ONLY a browser and it does absolutely no
>> >integration with your desktop unless you tell it to, it does not
default to
>> >it. :)
>> >
>> >And actually, IE uses about 2/3 that of resources than Netscape.
>> >
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>> >From: Michael R. Conder
>> >Sent: Saturday, January 24, 1998 11:35 PM
>> >To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
>> >Subject: Customer Complaints about IE 4.0
>> >
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>> >I have had many complaints about IE 4.0 from customers. Many don't like
>> >the fact that it is more than a browser, it is an operating system
>> >upgrade. Some have had troubles removing IE 4.0. IE 4.0 seems to
>> >really suck up the system resources on some slower Pentiums. My vote is
>> >with Netscape.
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