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[LAMBO]

Which is the best? I notice my now old popupstopper is missing alot of popups.

 

[shoplifter]

I haven't had any between Google Bar and XP SP2.

 

[Blackcherry]

XP SP2

 

[Triumph]

Not using IE? I mean seriously, why are people still refusing to switch over to Firefox?

 

[yoshifumi]

google toolbar works great, but firefox works better

 

[aoi tsuki]

Come on, i love Firefox and all, but there will always be people using IE.

Look into Spybot Search and Destroy. You should have this regardless of what browser you use. It has a nifty immunize feature that'll catch pages that attempt to install programs via Active X. i ran IE yesterday, and a site attempted to install something. Spybot caught it, and asked if i wanted to prevent it from doing that in the future. Good stuff.

In my IE days, i used Google bar to block popups. Worked well, blocked most stuff.

 

[Jim Bowie]

There's absolutely no reason not to switch to Firefox. You can even import your IE bookmarks.

 

[aaaaa0]

It has a nifty immunize feature that'll catch pages that attempt to install programs via Active X. i ran IE yesterday, and a site attempted to install something.

IE in XP SP2 automatically blocks sites that try to install stuff, and you can choose to always block ActiveXs signed by a certain certificate.

Also, you can enable and disable browser extensions and ActiveXs that are installed (like Flash) on the fly.

 

[radios shipping overview]

Proxomitron is nice. It's very powerful and can be adapted to anything new that comes along, or to remove any annoyance you want. http://www.proxomitron.info/

 

[effzee]

panicware

 

[hobbitx]

Popnot is the best stopper I've ever used. I still use it for pages that absolutely must load in IE. It stops the pop-ups really quickly and smoothly, it comes with a trial and can be registered for only 15$ I think.

 

[BioFan]

Not using IE? I mean seriously, why are people still refusing to switch over to Firefox?

personally I prefer IE...get used to IE's interface and short cuts...I used to have norton internet security to block pop ups, now that I downloaded XP Sp2, their pop up blockers work much better.

 

[Phoenix]

Not using IE? I mean seriously, why are people still refusing to switch over to Firefox?

Its like getting people to switch from Windows to Linux. The inertia of having something that already does 90% of what you want to do removes any desire to look at alternatives. Its easier to wait for someone to give you a new version of what you already use than it is to 'risk' a new product.4

 

[dark10x]

Its like getting people to switch from Windows to Linux. The inertia of having something that already does 90% of what you want to do removes any desire to look at alternatives. Its easier to wait for someone to give you a new version of what you already use than it is to 'risk' a new product.4

Yeah, but switching to Firefox is extremely quick and simple...whereas switching to Linux reduces that 90% to about 20%...

That said, if you want to stick with IE...XP SP2 will do the job very well.

 

[Error Macro]

Even though I have both Firefox and IE installed on my machine, I use IE 99.9% of the time because it's a bit faster than Firefox.

 

[Deg]

Then use Opera "The Fastest Browser on Earth!".

takes less RAM as well.

www.opera.com

 

[DopeyFish]

nothing touches IE in terms of speed. Fastest browser on earth my ass.

 

[Pimpwerx]

Without tabs, IE is dead to me. PEACE.

 

[sprsk]

Its like getting people to switch from Windows to Linux. The inertia of having something that already does 90% of what you want to do removes any desire to look at alternatives. Its easier to wait for someone to give you a new version of what you already use than it is to 'risk' a new product.4

bad analogy.
Switching to linux and switching to firefox are totally different. one you dont have to spend a week trying to get to run properly.

 

[Deg]

nothing touches IE in terms of speed. Fastest browser on earth my ass.

Opera is faster. Period. Takes less resources too especially when you have several tabs running. Feature wise beats all other browsers hands down and is well programmed.

 

[Nerevar]

nothing touches IE in terms of speed. Fastest browser on earth my ass.

This is funny. Considering that almost every benchmark has shown that IE is the slowest of the 4 major PC-based browsers (IE, Firefox, Mozilla, and Opera). And generally, Firefox has proven to be the fastest.


If you want to argue compatability (because IE does not conform to standards and 90% of the Internet is designed to run on IE), that's a different issue altogether. But it certainly is not faster.