IE needs to die.

[Mooshi]

I'm sure the most current version of IE is considerably better than versions of the past, but this isn't about that. Imagine running Firefox or Chrome as your browser of choice and then suddenly an error pops up complaining about Active X controls. What's that? Active X is a Microsoft thing? - And that's the problem with IE. Sometimes Skype randomly generates an ad that tries to do something in IE, but since I've done all I can to suppress IE in Win7, it generates and error. (GG Microsoft for messing with Skype)

 

It's not only Skype, there are several programs that try to utilize IE instead of your default browser and that's a bit annoying. Who else loathes IE for reasons?

[Wauthar]

Internet Explorer is perfect! For downloading other browsers

[naca1227]

IE is much like WP8, they aren't generally bad anymore, infact they're viable but the support and apps for them are no where to be found so.

[nishank93]

NOOOO! How else would you download another browser!?

Jokes aside, IE is actually pretty good now. It's just that it has lost too much traction to Chrome and Firefox, that people don't bother with it anymore.

[Mooshi]

But when software tries to open things in IE instead of your default browser...that's just dumb to me.

[BlackOutCrisis]

I seen a funny picture the other day that said

 

"If IE has the balls to ask you to make it your default browser, then you have the balls to ask that girl out"

 

Gave me a good laugh lol

[CAKEwasTRUE]

how else will i be able to get chrome for windows?

[ToToRoTY]

Since the release of IE9, I have never had any problem with them.

Besides, why not just uninstall IE and be all done with it?

You can do it by going into "Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features", on the left, there is a "turn windows features on and off" button... and it's just a few clicks after that.

[origx36]

IE will only die with windows...

microsoft will keep throwing money at IE 

they will always install IE with your windows pc

[stevena184]

I do like IE, but I hate the fact that it's so BING this and BING that, I know you can change this but it's not that straight forward, and yeah, there isn't much out there for it and the thing I hate the most!!! MSN wont work on IE8 or lower sometimes meaning... Microsoft stuff isn't compatible with Microsoft stuff! Google however... works fine!

[Mooshi]

Since the release of IE9, I have never had any problem with them.

Besides, why not just uninstall IE and be all done with it?

You can do it by going into "Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features", on the left, there is a "turn windows features on and off" button... and it's just a few clicks after that.

 

Did that. Hense random IE related errors from things trying to access IE instead of Firefox. This is why IE annoys me so much because some programs want IE regardless of it has access or not.

 

That's not really uninstalling IE as much as it's just hiding it.

[ToToRoTY]

Did that. Hense random IE related errors from things trying to access IE instead of Firefox. This is why IE annoys me so much because some programs want IE regardless of it has access or not.

 

That's not really uninstalling IE as much as it's just hiding it.

Well, then you could try the complete opposite. Install IE11.

[Mooshi]

Well, then you could try the complete opposite. Install IE11.

 

I probably will when I reinstall Win7.

[Lil Chillbil]

Google needs to sign something with microsoft to get rid of ie 

[xRAGExSounDxRIOTX]

I will always use IE. I don't really like Firefox (apart from markerbids.com) or chrome.

[kuzimins]

I use it to download Chrome. Even doing that is so slow.

[ajoy39]

Google needs to sign something with microsoft to get rid of ie 

MS wouldn't do this, they want IE not just so people are using their browser but so that they AREN'T using the browser that goes directly to google. Bing is still something they're pushing. 

[Mo5]

The latest IE (11 I think) it's not that bad. Especially for touch. It's the only one that works properly with it AFAIK

[Raboo]

I used IE 1 time to download google chrome.

[WanderingFool]

What I don't like about IE is what seems to be the tight integration inside the operating systems...although it isn't as bad as it was before...but remember when you had to update your computer through the windows update button in ie

[GoodBytes]

What I don't like about IE is what seems to be the tight integration inside the operating systems...although it isn't as bad as it was before...but remember when you had to update your computer through the windows update button in ie

 

IE is not integrated with the OS.

But what it has is ActiveX, something people don't really understand the power of it. It has a the ability to very easily be integrated by an app.

A few commands, and you can have Media Player inside your app, or IE or Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader, for example. This allows developers that wants to play a video or something inside a program, not have to code themselves their own video player or web browser, and end up with a half-ass software that can compromise the system due to the security holes which definitively won't be fixed.

 

The only thing that Windows uses from IE, is the help documentation of the OS and it's software. And almost all program help doc are using IE ActiveX, and many uses IE inside it.

That is why when you remove IE from Program and Features panel in Windows Vista and up, IE files remains. Else many programs will just not run properly, or have it's help documentation not work.

[IdeaStormer]

Its not nick named "Internet Exploder" for nothing

[WanderingFool]

IE is not integrated with the OS.

But what it has is ActiveX, something people don't really understand the power of it. It has a the ability to very easily be integrated by an app.

A few commands, and you can have Media Player inside your app, or IE or Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader, for example. This allows developers that wants to play a video or something inside a program, not have to code themselves their own video player or web browser, and end up with a half-ass software that can compromise the system due to the security holes which definitively won't be fixed.

 

The only thing that Windows uses from IE, is the help documentation of the OS and it's software. And almost all program help doc are using IE ActiveX, and many uses IE inside it.

That is why when you remove IE from Program and Features panel in Windows Vista and up, IE files remains. Else many programs will just not run properly, or have it's help documentation not work.

 

To me anything program that requires files left behind on the operating system to prevent breaking other programs is integrated into Windows...I guess it could depend on how you define integrated though.  Remember Microsoft in court tried to claim that IE was too integrated into the operating system to fully remove (yes I am going back a long time, but I still see leftovers from that).  The problem I have is all the communication between Windows and IE (like IE tracking local computer files used).,..so in my opinion IE is still integrated with the OS...uninstalling and leaving files so that many programs will run properly to me means it is integrated

[Bluethulhu]

IE is much better for something like a school or office, if everyone downloaded their own browsers you couldn't have as much control on them for filtering and just to simplify things. If you are a very small business or just a single person I think IE isn't good. The new versions are much better than something like IE8 tbh.

[GoodBytes]

To me anything program that requires files left behind on the operating system to prevent breaking other programs is integrated into Windows...I guess it could depend on how you define integrated though.  Remember Microsoft in court tried to claim that IE was too integrated into the operating system to fully remove (yes I am going back a long time, but I still see leftovers from that).  The problem I have is all the communication between Windows and IE (like IE tracking local computer files used).,..so in my opinion IE is still integrated with the OS...uninstalling and leaving files so that many programs will run properly to me means it is integrated

 

No, before, "removing" IE, just removed the shortcuts of IE on your system. It was still installed, and accessible.

IE was also used for the entire explorer experience. So even if you removed IE, you open a folder, and type a web site in the address bar, it actually displayed the web site you put on the address bar instead of the folder content that you had before. IE was part of the OS. If you actually removed IE, you would have nothing more than a task bar.

 

This also meat it opened room for tool bars to be installed on folders, as folders was just IE, and it did had this.

Example:

MSN toolbar in IE instaled:

 

Same MSN toolbar on folders

 

You don't have this with Windows Vista and up. But some users have legacy toolbar bars of it installed in their system, but the bar can't be displayed because IE is no intergarted to teh system. Explorer, is actually explorer, independent from IE.

 

Windows 7 example:

Notice the small bar on top of the Windows 7 tool bar. (Above Organize, but bellow the glass effect)

 

If you put your cursor over it, you'll see your cursor change to scaling, but trying to scale results in nothing (no, it's not the menu bar)

This is how Windows 7 folder is suppose to look:

 

 

Integrated means, that if that component is no longer there, the system will no longer function at all or properly. It is required for the full user experience.

For example, if you remove Notepad (assuming you have the option to do so), no software will break. Windows will still function as normal.

Or another example, if you buy Windows N edition in Europe, You don't have Media Player.. but the system still works. You can still use Windows perfectly fine. You cant' play video's, without installing additional software, but beside that, it works.