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Downloading IE7 Was a Mistake

I just started to write this post when the email from ZDNet arrived: Another IE 7 security flaw pops up .   But that’s not what I want to write about.  Another ZDNet piece, Is Firefox 2.0 a dud? prompted me to check out Internet Explorer 7.  Not that I agree with the title, being part of the 76% using FireFox, according to the poll in the “dud” article.

Are you using Firefox 2.0?

  • Yes (76%)
  • No (12%)
  • Not yet, but I plan to (12%)

Total Votes: 7,944

OK, let’s get started, download IE7.  The download itself is simple and quick, let’s click on the file to install it.  It wants to do the Genuine (Dis)Advantage Validation again, although this PC has been validated before  – fine, so be it.  Next it downloads the latest updates to IE7.  WTF? It’s not like I bough a retail CD months ago, I’ve just downloaded the thingie from Microsoft this very moment!  I should have the latest and greatest, but it’s updating for a looooooooong time.  Then it installs for long minutes – I don’t know if it’s frozen, but I had enough trouble with failed Windows updates to know better than interrupt the process.

About 25 minutes later the damn thing tells me to restart the computer. After reboot, in just a bit less than half an hour total I have control of my PC again.   I haven’t touched IE7 yet, but I’m already biased against it.  I did not agree to half an hour of my time stolen. Any program that takes more than a few minutes to install should warn the user – otherwise it’s hijacking my computer and stealing my time, which it has not right to do.  Microsoft just does not learn.  thumbs_down

 

Comments

  1. Just admit it, you were biased long before IE7 was even released.

  2. I’ll be happy to respond when you come back with a name. I allow all comments here, but anonymous ones are not worthy a conversation, IMHO.

    Thanks.

  3. I hate to say it zoli but I’m so glad I don’t have these difficult choices. I have a Mac. Shall we talk about TCO of Wintel v Mac OSX on a baseline PC?

  4. Firefox 2.0 RC3 Vs. Internet Explorer 7 (Final)

    I just downloaded the RC3 Version of Firefox 2.0 (For Mac) and decided to try it out.
    So far I think it’s an enormous improvement over 1.5. And It’s still a fair bit ahead of IE7.
    I will list a few of the things that I noticed about Firefox right away:
    1

  5. agrhh I have internet explorer and microsoft – bill gates is a ladyboy in secret, you should have tried downlading in ona dial up connection zzzzzzzzzzzz took yonks and yonks

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