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IE9 RC available

By Savyg on February 10, 2011 2:38:16 PM from Stardock Forums Stardock Forums

http://www.winrumors.com/internet-explorer-9-release-candidate-rc-now-available-to-download/

On a side note, Impulse crashes every time I open it since I installed the RC. Huh?

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DrJBHL
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February 10, 2011 3:01:19 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Unfortunately, RC (Release Candidate) isn't the same as BF (Bug Free). 

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Uvah
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February 10, 2011 3:09:49 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

You got that right. It should be a distinct improvement over previous versions what with all the hype and stuff.

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Savyg
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February 10, 2011 3:11:58 PM from Stardock Forums Stardock Forums

Really? Gasp. I never knew.

On a more serious note, I love it. I've already enabled tracking protection and I think the 64 bit version is performing acceptably now.

Only thing I don't like is it's still more difficult to use feeds than it should be. Bah. Weird when websites provide ten different ways to subscribe to feeds but fail to accomodate bog standard methods.

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DrJBHL
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February 10, 2011 3:20:32 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Firefox will be following with tracking protection also...

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Zoomba
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February 10, 2011 3:40:04 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

We've reproduced the crashing and are working on an update to fix the problem.

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DrJBHL
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February 10, 2011 3:44:08 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Zoomba's Banner Post:

IE9 Release Candidate Will Cause Impulse to Crash - 2/10/2011
by Zoomba
Expires Feb 11, 2011 3:38

With today's release of the Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate, we have found compatibility issues that will cause Impulse to crash any time web content is displayed (Explore Tab, Community Tab, EULA or History windows).

We are working to resolve the compatibility problem as fast as we can.  For the time being, please do NOT upgrade your machine to the IE9 RC.

If you clicked on the Explore or Community Tab, and are now immediately crashing when launching Impulse, you can change your default starting tab by doing the following:

  1. Open RegEdit
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\ComponentManager\Settings
  3. Change the "LastTab" value to "7" (My Games Tab)
  4. Restart Impulse

This announcement will be replaced with a new one when the issue has been resolved.

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Philly0381
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February 10, 2011 3:49:37 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

I was in no hurry to upgrade.  I will just wait for awhile.  Maybe after I do SP1 for Windows 7 on the 22nd, now that sounds like a plan. 

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Savyg
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February 10, 2011 4:01:18 PM from Stardock Forums Stardock Forums

I was. All the major browsers bug me. Firefox 4 still doesn't seem as fast as it should be last I used it (and pushed the official 64 bit version back, apparently) and I don't need plugins, Chrome doesn't do feeds terribly well (extensions or no, last I checked,) Opera advertises at me...

 

I liked Chrome best until now, but the lack of feeds thing really annoys me.

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vStyler
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February 10, 2011 4:42:47 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

I wouldn't use IE if it came with complimentary white russians.. for life.

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RedneckDude
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February 10, 2011 4:58:09 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting vStyler,
reply 9
I wouldn't use IE if it came with complimentary white russians.. for life.

Yeah, right...

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February 10, 2011 4:59:07 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Does it replace EI8? Duh, stoopid question, I know. Secondly, is there a watermark?

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Philly0381
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February 10, 2011 5:04:23 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

EI8.....!

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Uvah
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February 10, 2011 5:07:43 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Does it replace EI8?

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Jafo
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February 10, 2011 5:13:00 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

I've been using IE9 since it was first available and it certainly wasn't ready for prime time then..... though it was fine with Impulse.

It made the 'admin tools' on Wincustomize quaint-buttons-that-did-nothing,

It stripped the content of a Personal Message....so you were shooting blanks.

It killed the tab if you used the back arrow while in a Google page.

I'm sure there were other issues...but those were the ones that made it 'entertaining'.

I'll load the RC just to see if they've fixed that lot....at least....

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February 10, 2011 5:14:09 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums
Oh...and almost always you have to post a thread comment twice.....the first time fails.
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DrJBHL
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February 10, 2011 5:23:04 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

white russian[/quote]

Sounds like a good name for a skin, John. 

 

[quote who="Jafo" reply="15" id="2885724"]Oh...and almost always you have to post a thread comment twice.....the first time fails.

Sounds like a winner to me.

 

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February 10, 2011 5:25:46 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

noobie-newbie here, what does "release candidate" actually signify?

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February 10, 2011 5:36:27 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

I was all set to give a silly answer, then realized I didn't know what it meant either.  Check out this link.  http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-release-candidate.htm

I quess neither the users or developers want to see RC-2

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February 10, 2011 5:38:57 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Does it replace EI8?

No, but it does replace EIEIO as an alternative chorus.

Sincerely,

Old MacDonald

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February 10, 2011 5:56:17 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

^

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February 10, 2011 5:59:23 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

It stripped the content of a Personal Message....so you were shooting blanks.

Sad thing is after you uninstall the Beta, the problem still exists. I sent a few blank PMs before I figured that out.

I didn't like the beta because it moved the icon for your favorites to the right side of the browser. While there might be a way to move it back to the left, I couldn't find it.

It left the add to favorites bar icon on the left so I would click on it thinking I was opening my favorites and everytime I clicked, it would add the current page to the favorites bar.

This was too much of an issue for me an I had to uninstall it.

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February 10, 2011 8:23:30 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting Phoon,
reply 19

Does it replace EI8?


No, but it does replace EIEIO as an alternative chorus.

Sincerely,

Old MacDonald

 

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February 10, 2011 8:50:08 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Phoon made a funny

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February 10, 2011 9:29:20 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

RC..."Release Candidate' is essentially 'post Beta' but still pre 'RTM' [Release to Manufacture]...

or....

Beta = 'what are the bugs?'

and

RC = 'did we get them all?'

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February 10, 2011 9:30:26 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums
....oh, yes....and 'Alpha' = 'do you think this might ever work?'
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