What is the best internet browser for Windows 7?
i have two browsers on my computer firefox & slim browser,i use one for a while then i switch to the other,the reason i have two browsers is because internet explorer freezes up to much.i started with firefox which is faster than ie and does not freeze up like ie. the reason i have slim browser is if you put in your zip code you can get a lot of local news from around your state,and national news too.slim browser is fast,the only thing i do not like about it you cant customize it to much firefox has a lot of add-ons both are very good browsers,i also use mozilla thunderbird for my email which also customizable and fast.try the browsers out and see which one you like.also get a better firewall than the built in one
At this moment i run two DNS servers in my home network.The first is the oldest one. This DNS servers was given as settings in the DHCP options, so all devices in my home network will use this DNS server.This DNS server is used resolve external addresses, but this will also resolve local addresses which are not available on the public internet or return the home network number instead of the external internet address. So for local services, data won’t need to go thru the router (nat) configuration. Also reverse DNS for home network is configured in this DNS server (192.168.0.0/24 won’t reverse on the internet).The second DNS server which i now only use for a few weeks is PiHole (Pi-hole®: A black hole for Internet advertisements). This is now the default DNS server for my home network. PiHole is a DNS server which filter Ad-serving domains. By this all these domains will be blackholed on DNS/network level and no filtering on clients need to be done.
Internet Explorer 9 is a marked improvement over all previous versions of IE. I find that it loads rather quickly on Windows 7 and is pretty stable. HTML5 compatibility is also good.However, in terms of plugins, you can't beat Firefox. There are tons of customization options and a plug-in to do almost everything (including specific development and design needs). The ad blocking functionalities are also better than that of IE9.Chrome is a close second in terms of plugins, and has Chrome Apps as well. I find that all things equal, Chrome does have the edge in terms of program load speed. It's lightweight and handles resources better than Firefox, which can get significantly bogged down by multiple plugins and tabs (at least before FF5 came out).Let's not get started about Mac users...
How to run other versions of Internet explorer on windows 7?
I have Internet explorer 9 running by default on my system. I want to setup IE 7 or 8 on my system. I tried with IE tester earlier, it is running on my system but something is not working fine and that is why I want to run the actual browser. I went to "Turn Windows features on or off" and turned off IE 9. Then I downloaded IE8 from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/downloads/ie-8. On running the setup file, I am getting this message "Internet Explorer 8 is not supported on this operating system." Is IE 8 not available for Windows 7? Please answer ..
I like MacOS better than windows for a few reasons.In MacOS, most things “just work”. In Windows I encounter all kinds of flakiness. Example: undocking a Windows-based laptop *should* cause it to seamlessly switch to wi-fi. Instead I end-up having to run the networking troubleshooter which then “finds a problem with my wirless adapter”, resets the adapter, and then everything is fine (until I dock and undock again).Better command-line interface. MacOS comes with the full suite of unix tools. Windows 10 seems to be getting better in this regard with the Linux subsystem.MacOS does not (yet?) spy on me and report back to Apple. Windows 10 is very intrusive and does not allow you to completely turn off all telemetry. Worse, the limited controls that you do have over what information is relayed back to Microsoft, is often over-ridden by Microsoft in patches. So if you tell Windows to turn off some of the spying, it will often be turned back on by Microsoft.Better support for hi-resolution displays (Windows 10 may be a bit better than Windows 7 in this regard). Running a 5120x2880 display in windows is problematic due to the use of pixel-based font-sizes. Even if you go into the OS setting and increase the DPI settings, not all apps are DPI-aware, so you end up with some applications being essentially unusable at high-resolutions.MS has a reprehensible attitude towards its customers (see reason #3 regarding telemetry). Microsoft basically thinks that if you’re running Windows, it owns your machine. Witness the shenanigans where it attempted to force upgrades of people’s machines from Windows 7 to Windows 10.Finally, I would like to note that some of the snarky comments about windows are just ways of getting a rise out of people. The comments go the other direction too. I work in an environment where some people prefer Windows, some prefer Linux, and some prefer MacOS. So we’ll all rib each other for their OS preferences.I have a co-worker who absolutely hates Unix (and by extension MacOS). So sometimes if he asks me how to do something, I’ll give him instructions for how to do it in vi, hehe. It’s not really serious, just a bunch of developers yanking each other chains. Windows works fine for most things, and is the clear winner for at least one use-case: gaming.Dave
Some good answers here, but I’ll take a shot. Here’s the scoop:Jason Li is correct on the extra load that patches & etc. cause. The requirement to deal with all of the extra spaghetti-code really loads down the OS.Simon Greenwood is also correct in that program clutter & the potential to load your main HDD/SSD to over 85% causes significant internal load.However, there is one other main reason for the slow-down. It’s the internet, itself. As time has passed over the last 25 years, web sites have become more complex & the true crap-load of junk being stuffed down it is incredible.Way back when, you could browse a web page & get a few static gif ads. Today? One web page, the front of a major metropolitan newspaper had 45 tracking sites listed (Ghostery Report) and 17 ads (three of which were autostart videos)! That’s just nuts!So, the solution for most of this is:Bachup & Remove unused data to an off-line storage HDD (a 2TB USB2 unit is hovering around $50 ~ $75, depending on where you buy it)Delete/Remove unused programsGet a nice clean-up program (I use AVG PC Tuneup) & clean out the crud, including the Registry & HDD/SSDDefrag the registry & HDD. … An SSD does not need to be defraggedPerform a serious lockout on the Firefox Browser: NoScript; AdBlocker+; Ghostery; ….Download the Chrome Browser (you’ll want it to view web pages without lockouts in some cases)So, that’s a start.If you have Win7 & before (WinVista or WinXP), a copy of AVG PC TuneUp 2011 works just fine & can be had for about $11 (Amazon, or eBay).PS. Obviously, this isn’t a comprehensive example, but, consider this: I have Win7 & also Ubuntu 16.04lts on a Dell Precision M6300 (64-bit, ca. 2007). Firefox has the same performance on both OSs. Also, WinXP & Ubuntu 16.04lts on a Dell Inspiron 9300 (32-bit, ca. 2003). Same performance comparison, except for the fact that the Inspiron is a total dog on both OSs with Firefox.Cheers.
Can you install Internet Explorer 8 or 7 on windows 7?
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This is a valid question, and one that is wrongly dismissed by many Linux users (mostly users who are more utilitarian and don’t care too much for user-experience). Don’t get me wrong - I LOVE LINUX and am a full-time Linux user at work and at home (have been for over 10 years now). I know better than anyone that the user experience needs a lot of improvement.There are a number of reasons that, in combination, are the reason why the Linux desktop, by default, isn’t as smooth as Windows 10:Compositing engines don’t have many developers working on them in Linux.Graphics driver development is always behind (sometimes by years) on Linux.Many applications just aren’t optimized for smooth animations (scrolling in particular).Let’s take a simple test:On a laptop, open the Microsoft Edge browser in Windows 10.Navigate to Google images.Search for something (e.g. “cars”).Use the laptop’s touchpad to scroll up and down the page (at different speeds).Observe: even on low hardware - buttery smooth.Do the same test on Linux with the Firefox or Chrome browser, and it feels rough as hell - lots of “jank” and stuttering.Another simple test (to run on Linux and Windows):Open a browser on Google Images.Search for something (again, like “cars”).Press down the middle button on the mouse (to activate “auto-scroll”).Move the mouse pointer about 5mm below the “scroll circle”.Having said the above, the compositor in Linux can be fine tuned, and it can result in a very smooth desktop experience. Many of the videos on YouTube don’t demonstrate this, because YouTubers usually screen record at low frame rates (around 30 or so). I would urge you to take a look at the “Andy Turfer” YouTube channel - he records at 60FPS, and his Linux desktop is pretty smooth.I should mention that a number of years ago, Intel hired people to reverse engineer Apple’s user experience (to try and find out what made Apple products so successful). The conclusion was definitive:Maintaining a consistent 60 frames per second (as often as possible).Low latency between a gesture and the animation responding (4ms).Apple are now moving in to the 120 FPS arena. The more frames per second, the smoother things run, and the better the user experience.