OT : Page size change?

What browser is your email client referencing? And: what email client are you using?

Dianne

I'm using Outlook Express...

Donna

So Outlook Express is calling up (referencing) Internet Explorer and when it does, Internet Explorer doesn't behave? But when you use Internet Explorer by itself, everything is fine?

Well . . . my suggestion is to get Firefox as your browser of choice and Thunderbird as your email client. You'll be happier. Software developers will be happier. If you knew the hoops developers for the Internet had to go through to get IE to work, you'd abandon it pronto.

Other than that, I don't have a clue what's going on. Maybe remove software and install it again?

Dianne

Do a search in groups.google.com for a group of Microsoft users. Post your question there. Some of the people who post to those groups are Microsoft experts. I have gotten many questions answered through those groups.

Marilyn

Hi Donna, When you click the maximize button, is it already showing that it is maximized (even though the page is definitely not?). If so, it's possible that the maximize and minimize settings are somehow set the same so the page size doesn't change when you click on it. Internet Explorer is designed to "remember" whatever page size was set previously, and although I'm not sure if it stores different settings for email links vs. IE direct, it's worth a shot to see if this trick works. In order to reset it, try this. Close all browser windows but the one that opened through your email link. I'm assuming you want the links to open full size? Click on the maximize button, then hover your mouse over the lower right-hand corner until you see the black double directional arrow. Then, just drag and resize the page to full size. Close the browser window. Next time you click on a link, it should open to that same size you just set. I'm not sure what's up with clicking home and back and getting it to work and I apologize if you have the technical wherewithall to have already tried my steps. I just thought it was worth a shot maybe mentioning this.

Jinx

Thanks for the answers..I'll check into both suggestions.

Donna in S. IN

I find that it seems fashionable to leap to the attack of IE. IMO (after about 15 years of use) it`s much maligned and although probably not perfect I`m perfectly happy with it. Horses for courses, as they say. I do, however, find that some emails print out very small, but you can always copy and paste into word and change the font if it`s something you really want to keep. Have you asked whoever installed your new hard drive about it?

Pat

Firefox is to kill for, all my nerds recommend it and my mini came with it already loaded. I don't use Thunderbird because I am dedicated to Agent. Anytime I have had to read usenet via google, I go crazy lol

I work a lot with developers. They hate it. If you knew what they had to go through, you'd change your mind. Everything we do, such as adding Flash, has to have special script just for IE. I wanted a forum to be a special size . . . won't work in IE without changing tons of code.

That's why I don't like it. Of course you're used to it for browsing. But you have no idea what people on the other end of your browser had to go through so you could see it and enjoy rich features (if a site has them).

We're stuck with IE because Microsoft threw it at us and people think: "Free!". But they don't understand what's really at stake.

Another great, new browser is Chrome by Google.

I see that Microsoft is now competing directly with Google. bing.com They have a new search engine (plus other things). Been quite a blitz on the television.

Dianne

Thunderbird supports newsgroups. It's how I get them.

Dianne

FF is free also !

Haven't tried it yet but hear nice things

My nerds have started discussing it, I shall wait to see what they say.

One thing I would NEVER do with IE is online banking. I bank online and pay all my bills online, shop online etc and would never consider doing it through IE as it is too leaky. Both banks I use stress using FF for more security.

I know, but somehow when Netscape 7 came out and was such a disappointment because Ahell had bought them up, I looked around and Agent was where I went. I am not sure Thunderbird was around at that point.

Why would I change my mind? I don`t really care what problems developers have - all I can say is that it`s never given ME any problems! ;-)

It would certainly take a lot to shift me from Google - I`m sure it`s unbeatable.

Pat

Pat P wrote: > Why would I change my mind? I don`t really care what problems developers

It's called "for the greater good". If you knew doing something caused misery, wouldn't you stop? I guess you wouldn't. I happen to be a developer. Oh, how I wish people would stop using it. Old habits die hard, particularly when those using it have no idea the misery it causes for people who bring you nifty things like forums, blogs, and websites.

As Sheena pointed out: it's leaky, as well.

Dianne

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Also have Netscape & IE - IE is the worst, most likely to lock-up, not work right. Used to have a couple of sites we used for business stuff the insisted on IE - fortunately they changed to work with Safari or Firefox or Netscape (earlier). So, for some years we've had Safari & Firefox in the "Dock" - and try to avoid the unreliable Microsoft products. Do use Office, which for the most part is reliable - except for periodic bugs in Word which means you have to know to go and empty the library users cache preferences.

Ellice

And I will say to you again - no problems with MS, especially not with Office (and I have the besmirched 2007 currently), Word within Office, never had to do anything about emptying anything for that!

Netscape I dropped at Netscape 7, rubbish. Opera is great as is FF. I do use IE once in a long while for very specific reasons, such as checking my web site appears correctly if someone is using IE, but that's about it.

I smile that Mac users feel they must bash MS - they don't use it but are convinced it is all malfunctioning, well I can tell you, it doesn't. Oh, and I have never had a virus or trojan. Best of all, it all costs far less.