How many times per day does internet explorer crash on you?

[mbpark]

TW,

Unfortunately, most corporate software that forces you to use IE is some unholy combination of ActiveX and/or Java with Java Native Interface that hooks into your system. Chrome or Firefox will not help you.

If you are lucky, the vendor will support IE patches or Java patches without complaining. Kronos, which is one of the most popular packages out there for timesheets, requires a specific Java version and has multiple ways of checking for it. Java runtimes are buggy, and the combination of an older Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and newer browser can crash it. The same goes for the Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash, or other third-party plug-ins.

I can give you a list of vendors that don't support browser patches or updated Java/ActiveX runtimes, and it runs the gamut from the US Government to a host of Fortune 500 companies.

Malware writers do a better job than most corporate software developers. Their software crashes less.

If IE crashes 4-6 times a day, see what browser plug-ins are enabled, and clear them out. Whatever you can run on Chrome or Firefox, do so.

We had this discussion when The Cellar was a Waffle BBS. It was a bad idea then, and it still is now.

[tw]

Originally Posted by mbpark

Unfortunately, most corporate software that forces you to use IE is some unholy combination of ActiveX and/or Java with Java Native Interface that hooks into your system. Chrome or Firefox will not help you.

I'm not even discussing problems created by ActiveX or Java. The new thing with many 'free' software sites are programs that load into your system if you do not carefully identify the vague click box that disables each download program. These other programs are downloaded automatically.

Even Microsoft is now doing this with some OS addons. They are a little more honest about it by asking if you want to download PowerPoint, Live or Bing extensions. The downloads are automatic if you do not specifically disable them.

Also in Chrome are programs that get loaded as Extensions. These sometimes cause strange delays (appear like a crash). I never did figure out how those extensions are getting loaded into Chrome browsers.