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From: "Robert Comer"
> It uses the parts of IE that make IE a good web browser.
And hides the warts.
> It would be cool to make a trojan pop up blocker that works perfectly
until
> you hit the wrong/right web site....
Not to me it wouldn't.
- Bob Comer
"Paul Ranson" wrote in message
news:3e42e8da$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> It uses the parts of IE that make IE a good web browser.
>
> It would be cool to make a trojan pop up blocker that works perfectly
until
> you hit the wrong/right web site....
>
> Paul
>
> "Robert Comer" wrote in message
> news:3e42995d{at}w3.nls.net...
> > No, it's not IE, it uses IE components. The pop-up blocker is worth
using
> > it over plain IE any day any time. (and that's not the only good thing
in
> > there either.)
> >
> > - Bob Comer
> >
> >
> > "Paul Ranson" wrote in message
> > news:3e42947f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > But CrazyBrowser is IE.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > "Geo." wrote in message
news:3e4241fa$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > It was true for me from version 2 on but recently I've
switched to
> > > > crazybrowser because MS won't address the popup
problem. You really
> have
> > > to
> > > > wonder why not too..
> > > >
> > > > Geo.
> > > >
> > > > "Tony Ingenoso"
wrote in message
> > > > news:3e41d61c{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > This certainly was true for me - I was using NutScrape
on Win95/98
> early
> > > on,
> > > > then switched to IE/OE when I got tired of NS trashing
my email on a
> > > almost
> > > > weekly basis and NS's all too common hangs and sudden
evaporations.
> In
> > > the
> > > > years since, I never had IE/OE trash any email and the
crash rates
> > > declined
> > > > dramatically.
> > > >
> > > > I never looked back. Occasionally I'll download a new
NS release,
> > decide
> > > > that its way too slow/buggy and toss it away for
another 9 months.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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