Comments on: CyberNotes: Do more with Internet Explorer 7

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:12:35 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out, that is really great news that IE7 now has the ability to spell check fields just like Firefox. I can’t wait to give the new version of IE7Pro a shot.

By: Dark Shroud

Dark Shroud — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:41:00 +0000

I just wanted to comment on spell checker:

Change logs: IE7Pro v0.9.18 (01-06-2007):
1. Firefox style Spelling Check function added (thanks http://hunspell.sf.net).

I still prefer IEspell which has been around since March 20th, 2002.

IE has always been my main browser. For second place I tend to go back and forth with Mozilla suit (now Sea monkey) & Opera. Netscape poked it’s head in briefly but I don’t like unnecessary bloat.

I used Firefox since the beginning back when it was still called Thunderbird. I quit around 0.9x when it started crashing a lot for me, half the time the crashes would take my computer with them. By the time 1.2 came out the crashing problems were gone but it was still basic compared to Opera and there was the memory use problems. By 1.5 I refused to use FF because of the attitude of the trolls/users.

So in short I love IE7 and IE7 Pro.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:17:20 +0000

I just pulled up the homepage for that utility and it doesn’t look like it does much, other than hide the search bar and little stuff like that.

By: javasharp

javasharp — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:13:54 +0000

Did anyone try out this IE 7 Tweak Utility 1.0 ?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:45:04 +0000

xpgeek wrote:

Spell checking. I love Firefox’s new in-line spell checking SO much. I must use it dozens and dozens of times a day. Maybe I could find an add-on for that too, but that’d still leave the first 2 reasons I prefer Firefox.

Yes, Mozilla was a genius for implementing this into a browser. I use it so much now that I often forget that I am using it…now it’s one of those things that I take for granted.

By: xpgeek

xpgeek — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:16:00 +0000

I’m a Firefox user myself, but I will admit, IE7 is worlds better then IE6, and is now a pretty impressive browser. I’m even using it alot more now. Gonna be alot better now too that I know about that IE7Pro add-on, never heard of that before, thanks.

But, I can instantly name 3 reasons Firefox is still my choice too.
1. Web standards. Take the Acid2 test in IE, the result is almost humorous. Granted Firefox 2 doesn’t pass it either, Firefox 3 does and so does Opera, but 2 is still ALOT closer to passing it then IE is. It doesn’t look like IE is even trying to pass it.
2. Themes. Or lack there of in IE, which now makes IE7, I believe, the only major browser left not to support themes.
3. Spell checking. I love Firefox’s new in-line spell checking SO much. I must use it dozens and dozens of times a day. Maybe I could find an add-on for that too, but that’d still leave the first 2 reasons I prefer Firefox.

That being said, I still agree that IE7 is a much much better browser then IE6. If it makes some good progress on those 3 reasons I would actually consider switching back for good.