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Sorry Moo - it's totally off topic, but I just wanted to know.Moo said:
When software writers have a prototype - ie: nearly working - version of some program, they often offer it free of charge to users (sometimes selected, sometimes anyone) in what's called a "beta" version. It will often have some bugs left in it, and the company is relying on users to report back to them any bugs that they find. That way they can be pretty sure that, once they publish the full, final product, it will be bug-free.
Are you still awake?
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Aaaah!Moo said:
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Hmmm... suddenly noticed my homepage, which is Google, has 'tabs' on it... that feature wasn't there earlier... no idea what it actually does!
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I haven't got IE7 yet, but I understand that the tabs enable you to have several websites open at the same time, and just click from one to another.Nemesis said:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/about/features/default.mspx
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I do that already... I thought I had Ver 6... maybe not!
But the tabs on google are new...
But the tabs on google are new...
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If you've got tabs, I don't think they're anything to do with Google (I use G for my home page too - got no tabs) - it sounds as though you've got IE7. Did you download it?
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No - the tabs are on the Google homepage though. Above the google mail bit... just appeared. Not at all sure yet what they are for... they say 'name this tab'...
If I have IE 7 the logo isn't saying so, but certainly I can keep a number of pages open with no probs - they come as a pop up from the bottom bar.
If I have IE 7 the logo isn't saying so, but certainly I can keep a number of pages open with no probs - they come as a pop up from the bottom bar.
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Yes, I think the tabbed browsing thing is highly over-rated. As you say, it's easy just to have several versions of IE open and click them up from the task bar.
The advantage with a tabbed brower is that when you fire it up, all your frequented sites come up in one go. No need to start each one by hand, no need to remember all the addresses or bookmark and navigate to each one, theyre just all there. Opera has had tabbed browsing for years. Its come a long way since that was introduced. I do wonder why folk use back of the queue browsers like IE.
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What is it about computers that makes people so superior about the software they use?NT said:
In the end, it comes down to what you're used to, and comfortable with.
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Haven't got my thinking head on, today, Moo. In fact I've forgotten where I put it (or whether I ever had one).Moo said:
So I fear you've lost me there...!
Poor Penners. I'll try to explain, slowly and carefully.
There's an old saying where I come from about a particularly apposite comment "hitting the nail on the head".
Which is what I thought your remark about people and their computers did.
If this isn't clear, ask Mrs P to interpret it. If even she doesn't understand, I'll know I must try much, much harder.
There's an old saying where I come from about a particularly apposite comment "hitting the nail on the head".
Which is what I thought your remark about people and their computers did.
If this isn't clear, ask Mrs P to interpret it. If even she doesn't understand, I'll know I must try much, much harder.
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Moo said:
I know you hate the yellow measles, Moo, but this one definitely hits the thingy on the wossname.
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Sometimes ego. Sometimes personal taste. Sometimes just what theyre used to. Sometimes the experience of comparison leading to the conclusion that one piece of software is a good decade behind the other in every area. I've used IE and Opera enough to know where I sit anyway.
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Nemesis said:
If you Right Click on the toolbar/menubar area, a drop down menu will show you various options. If you CLICK on the line "MenuBar" so that it shows a tick against it, your "File Edit View Favouries Tools Help " menu will be restored to its' old position again
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