Re: Messenger slow? IE8 can be the cause!

TheCroW wrote:
> Bit of a warning: if you recently did install Messenger and Internet
> Explorer 8 and it is all slow? IE 8 is the cause.

Removing IE8 is one of the first suggestions I see touted in my
companies internal newsgroups when people complain about sudden poor
performance in applications such as Lotus Notes or Sametime.
It makes for interesting threads:

Person A: All of a sudden my [application] is really slow
Person B: Uninstall IE8
Person A: Wow! that's amazing. How did you know I had IE8?

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Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk

Hi,

Well this is one of the major things some people forget about while they're busy touting the
favourite browser of the week (whether it's Firefox, Chrome, Opera or whatever) -- IE (and
its underlying controls) is used everywhere. I once integrated the Gecko engine into a
line-of-business application after many requests a few years ago. Requests quickly came back
in to switch back to IE/Trident

With the exception of an underpowered older thinkpad of mine, I haven't noticed a significant
speed decrease against my known IE-using apps though.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"Swifty" <> wrote in message
news:...
> TheCroW wrote:
>> Bit of a warning: if you recently did install Messenger and Internet Explorer 8 and it is
>> all slow? IE 8 is the cause.
>
> Removing IE8 is one of the first suggestions I see touted in my companies internal
> newsgroups when people complain about sudden poor performance in applications such as Lotus
> Notes or Sametime.
> It makes for interesting threads:
>
> Person A: All of a sudden my [application] is really slow
> Person B: Uninstall IE8
> Person A: Wow! that's amazing. How did you know I had IE8?
>
> --
> Steve Swift
> http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
> http://www.ringers.org.uk