my status bar (at the bottom of the page) no longer appears. how do i get it back? i coudn't find anything in internet options or settings.
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my status bar (at the bottom of the page) no longer appears. how do i get it back? i coudn't find anything in internet options or settings.
I know this isn't really a solution to the current problem, but I would switch over to Mozilla, much faster in my experience, and way more secure. IE is full of bugs. (hey, it's M$ after all, can't expect much)
If you are using IE6 you can active it by View-> Status Bar.
(maybe same in earlier versions)
good luck
Have you tried looking in the view menu? Should be an option there for the status bar. Also, it might have something to do with your folder options or simply the size of the window.
btw I don't know if this post belongs in the Microsoft Security Discussions forum. Perhaps another sub-forum would of been better.
And every application has its help file, like IE.
Oh come on. Microsoft ain't that bad, and beleive me, Linux ain't all it's said to be from my experiences with it. I like Linux for what it does for servers, thats about it. IE is a decent browser for what it does. It's not the best browser, but it does its job fine. On the other hand, Mozilla is one of the crappiest browsers I have ever used. It kept crashing, locking up, and causing random problems on my Red Hat 7.2. As soon as I switched to Opera on *nix, everything ran awsome.Quote:
Originally posted here by cyb3rn3tik
I know this isn't really a solution to the current problem, but I would switch over to Mozilla, much faster in my experience, and way more secure. IE is full of bugs. (hey, it's M$ after all, can't expect much)
Now all you "i swear by Linux" people, feel free to flame me, but I am just stating my experience.
uraloony,
I tried Mozilla about a year back, and I had some of the same problems you're mentioning. At the time, I resigned myself to using Netscape even though I didn't like it much either. Here recently, someone I work with told me that mozilla had improved, so I tried it again and was much more pleased with the results this time. If you're happy with Opera, fine - keep using it, but don't give Mozilla a bad review just because it used to suck.
uraloony: Strange, no one seems to be having these problems. Which release of mozilla? I have Mozilla 1.0 and Mozilla 0.98, both run with stability and pure speed. There was a bench mark of Mozilla VS IE on Cnet. You see why mozilla is hailed very obviously there.
Mozilla is an innovative product with support for the most cutting-edge web standards, unlike IE (this is other than the fact that it's more customisable, prettier, more feature-packed).
There's only one fully W3C-compliant browser... Amaya ! And I'm pretty sure it's faster than Mozilla :/
Don't listen to these people, they haven't seen the light that is Opera. Don't let the banner add scare you: It's small, unobstrusive, and easily blocked if you really have to. On most sites is as fast or faster than IE, it's very customizable, you can do things like block popups or plugins, all with an easy to reach menu (F12 and a click). Mouse gestures may not be for everybody, but they make web browsing a lot easier and faster. USE OPERA! www.opera.com
For raw compliance and functionality, I'd say Mozilla. Uraloony has a valid point, the version of Mozilla that came with RH 7.1 (which was Mozilla 0.73 IIRC) was really crappy, and I downloaded and began to use Opera at that point. One fatal flaw I've found in Opera is Javascript support. A LOT of Javascripts fail to function correctly on Opera.
However, I'm using Mozilla 1.0 RC2, and would use it over Opera in an instant.
I have tried Opera, and for a while, it was my browser of choice for windows. Then when I tried Mozila again, Opera got puhed to the side. I haven't had quite as much luck with Opera's version for linux though, so I can't say anything nice about it. Perhaps like uraloony did with Mozilla, I simply got a bad version of Opera for linux, but I have tried them both and I think Opera is a fine web-browser, it's just not my browser of choice.
Didn't realise how many of the sites I visited depend on Java until I fired mozilla v1.. looks and works nice, it is certainly a close cousin of Netscape.. have yet to try NS7.. this is all on windoze 98/me/XP (yep all 3 at moment), haven't got a working linux box to say in that area tho..
Thanks Neg for the link.. always checking other ideas.. it is a shame that my job requires that I play M$ games (ie where did me status bar go, why cant i get any web pages 2nite, why kant i print to my network printer .. why cant i open word documnents with out Word? whine whine whine.. blah blah blah.. you know those games..lol)
Cheers
Last week, my McAfee AV software kindly announced I had an interesting file by the name of COOLST_1.ocx on my system. This is somehow (newbie here) part of the implementation of the BrowsEvt (McAfee's name) trojan. The description on McAfee.com:
http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99457
says "A JavaScript was recently found on a two webpages (on koolkatalog.com and online1net.com), which exploits the Microsoft VM ActiveX Component" Vulnerability. The script modifies the Internet Explorer security settings to automatically install all ActiveX Controls. As a result, an ActiveX Control gets installed, which downloads other trojan components. "
In the thread above some mention was made by cyb3rn3tik about Mozilla being more secure, but the rest of the posts seem to be discussing aesthetics. Is there a difference in the way different browsers would handle this exploit? McAfee mentions MS specifically. Is IE the only browser affected? And more importantly, is there a rational way to pick a "safe browser?"
I have been using (and am right now) Mozilla 1.1a which is the "bleeding edge alpha release," and have had quite a few lockups and crashes. Maybe I'll step back to an older version.
I've used Mozilla 1.0, which has been stable so far, Opera, and IE and I prefer Mozilla because it doesn't ignore security problems and is fast (and also no banners:)). I know my inexperience was to blame for problems with Opera, but I find Mozilla much easier to work with.
Furthernet > most ActiveX type-problems target Internet Explorer directly simply because it's easy to get around settings and change settings (as anyone can attest, there are many exploits for Windows and IE). The most recent IE patch may resolve the problem, though I'm not entirely sure. If you're happy with Mozilla but have been having some probelms with it, I would honestly recommend trying Opera or Amaya (which I tried after Negative's suggestion above). I have had a few problems with Opera related to SSL sites, but I found worrkaronds for them. I currently use Opera on one of my XP systems, as well as a Red Hat system. I have yet to try it on an AIX Unix box, but I'm getting kinda fed up with Netscape on it, so I think it's time to make the change. Anyway, good luck with it.
AJ
i have to aggree with the opera idea and chsh is right the java support doesent work to well but keep another browser as back up on u r os if u really need java support.opera is super fast
Take a good look at the code for Mozilla.............notice anything?............Hold on...........just a few more bytes........HEY!!! its the same code as IE!!!!
I rock firefox :D
lmao,kinda drifting arent we people?Anyways since you guys have,I may as well jump on the bloody bandwagon:D
I remember reading about a browser designed by this Irish kid a few years back,the article said it supposedly sped up browsing by three times..Any input on this guys?
You guys need to remember that the actual rendering process of a webpage is near instantanious. Mozilla, Opera, IE, Firefox, all render HTML at amazing speeds. The difference in rendering speeds between each browser, with the computers we have today, are never going to be noticible.
HOWEVER, what most people are refering to are the time the browser waits to display it's information. IE collects and displays information instananiously, while letting it load while you surt. Firefox collects and waits a few moments before displaying, so it gives the user a more "complete" view at once. Opera is similar to IE in that it doesn't spend time waiting to release what it has, it just lets it go.
Now, a good browser will allow you to change this (MyIE2 and firefox comes to mind), and that is what you need to focus on. Some people like information half displayed and the page up quickly, since they don't mind seeing it load while they read it. Others don't mind the second or so wait, and thus like seeing more information presented at once. It's a matter of opinion, and either side is fine. But let's not confuse one browser with being faster than the others (and thus better) when it isn't a matter of browser speed, but an internal setting on how long it holds the data before displaying it.