Newsletter Archives

• How to fix online banking website problems with IE 9

  Posted on June 27, 2011 at 21:40 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Fascinating suggestion from SB:

  Most online banking website problems can be fixed with this:

  IE9 Tools | Internet Options [ALT+T+O] | Advanced | Do not save encrypted pages to disk <=uncheck/disable this option

  Anybody having IE9 problems with banking sites? Does it work?

   

  Windows News banking sites, Internet Explorer 9

• Windows 7 Sleep mode problem with IE9 and Skype 5

  Posted on June 20, 2011 at 21:54 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If you have both IE9 and Skype 5 running on a Windows 7 PC, you may have problems with going into sleep or hibernate mode. Apparently your PC may hang for an extended period of time and then Bluescreen.

  Ends up there’s a previously unreported conflict between Win7, IE 9 and Skype 5. Details on the Microsoft Answers forum.

  Solution? Uninstall IE 9 and re-install IE 8, or uninstall Skype 5 and re-install Skype 4.

  Thanks to SB for the heads-up!

  Windows Patches/Security Hibernate problems, Internet Explorer 9, Skype 5, sleep problems, Windows 7

• False alarm!

  Posted on March 23, 2011 at 16:32 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft is NOT pushing Internet Explorer 9 through Windows Update – yet. Full story in my InfoWorld Tech Watch blog.

  Windows Patches/Security Automatic Update, IE 9, Internet Explorer 9

• How do you judge HTML5 compliance when there’s no HTML5

  Posted on November 4, 2010 at 07:53 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Yes, I know that W3C says IE9 is the “most compatible” HTML5 browser. But there’s still a significant gap between appearance and reality.(Besides, people argue about W3C tests every time there’s a major browser update.)

  See my InfoWorld Tech Watch post on the subject.

  Windows News Chrome 7, Firefox 4, HTML 5, Internet Explorer 9

• My take on Internet Explorer 9

  Posted on September 23, 2010 at 08:31 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  My review of IE 9 just hit Windows Secrets Newsletter.

  In spite of what you  may have seen or heard, it isn’t all derivative. MS came up with some new features, and they aren’t bad. Take a look.

  Windows News ie9, Internet Explorer 9

• Internet Explorer 9: good enough to beat Firefox and Chrome?

  Posted on September 23, 2010 at 08:17 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Internet Explorer has gone from about 90% market share to about 50%, in four years.

  Microsoft released a “public” beta of the new version of Internet Explorer last week. Firefox 4 and Chrome 7 – both new versions – are in publicly available beta.

  There are pro’s and con’s of all three. But the over-arching question is whether IE9 is good enough to regain some of its market share.

  My latest Infoworld Tech Watch article takes a look at IE’s mojo.

  Microsoft News Chrome 7, Firefox 4, ie9, Internet Explorer 9

• Detailed review of Internet Explorer 9

  Posted on September 15, 2010 at 22:41 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  The title of Ed Bott’s review is a bit over the top (“Microsoft re-invents the browser”? pshaw), but it’s a very solid review of a remarkable piece of software.

  Personally, I’ll continue to use Firefox and Chrome. But MS is finally getting its act together.

  Windows News Internet Explorer 9