General Chat

My computer does not like me using Facebook at all. Most other sites I do not get this problem. Facebook has always been a bit of a problem but the last 2 - 3 weeks has been a nightmare.

If I have a message in my email inbox then I can reply to that.

But trying to login is a major problem.

Starts off okay and get a message at bottom left of screen that mentions a number of images and then says Downloading pictures. Nothing then happens as I wait for the images to decrease in number. Wait for several minutes and then I hit the refresh button. That then produces - Windows Internet Explorer provided by BT Yahoo (Not Responding). Which then freezes everything - all tabs etc.

I can not then close anything down for several minutes.

Sometimes I appear to get on site but if I try to go to the group I am interested in then again everything freezes.

Can I alter any settings on my computer ?

Sorry if I do not respond straightaway as got to go out at 2pm.


Maureen

Since I changed to IE10 my screen freezes a few times a day,,,,not only FB but here also

Only way out of it is closing all tabs and reopening...which is getting on my nerves now

Most people's lives on line are made easier faster and less frustrating if they dump Internet Explorer, any version. Those who persist in using it deserve no sympathy for their folly.

Any of this will connect up to FB without hesitation:

Chrome. Opera, Firefox, Pale Moon ( a slimmed down version of Firefox)

and don't cost a button.

GB I have the same problem everything freezes for quite a while like you can get in from email reasonably well.

Rollo

You may know about all these things....but you are speaking a foreign language to me

I can turn on lap top and find my way around the internet....downloading all these things are a problem to me

I cannot even scan photos or transfer from phone or camera onto laptop

So just because you know what you are talking about...please don't think everyone else does

I was also given a link that anything other than IE was dodgy

gru was down for a bit earlier today

Cogentco ( a massive networking company you have probably never heard of ) provides most of the backbone for Bright Solid south of the border. They have been having some problems which have got the online games people into a right mad mood and it is possible that these have had a knock on affect to GRU especially if the first leg of the connection from yr computer is not too hot.

No problems down here in the sunny south though :-)

I use firefox and fb freezes every time I go on there. I used to be on Yahoo, but it kept on getting hacked in to.

I think it's got to be F/b fault even when I'm in it can have problems

I desist from the obvious comment.
I guess you should phone a friend.

If anybody wants to try a browser other than Internet Explorer (or upgrade to a more recent version) please feel free to give me a shout and I will try to post some instructions in plain English.

Errol rushes in where angels fear to tread.

Good luck weaning people off their beloved and trusted IEn is next to impossible. That Windows and IE in particular are the root source of most of the mayhem on the internet impresses not at all.

Just wait for April 2014 ... Dell boy, Acer et al are expecting a tidal wave of business as people finally give up on XP and buy new kit with help from their flexible friend. That just running a copy of Suse with KDE (free) for free would do the job will count for nothing.

Anyway if Errol gets any takers good for him, brave man.

Long ago it must be when Java 1.0 launched in Paris ( at the Winter Circus ) Tim Berners Lee said that he reckoned that the flat html model over time would take on embedded Java and insinuate itself into all sorts of devices. The acedemics went went with XML but good 'ol Tim was right and now Android (built using Java) is everywhere. In particular it is migrating into televisions saving people all the hassle of running a computer. I was quite impressed with the ease-of-use of the latest kit in Tesco - even my aged parent can manage it!

I doubt that desktops and laptops have much of a future in most homes. They take up a lot of room, are anti social and expensive. People like smartphones, tablets and internet-in-tv far better.

Poor Microsoft only has a toehold in any of these markets and nothing making money. If their bluebird does not fly the company is toast in its present shape. Remember Kodak ?

I like my Ipad but I also like my desk top and fine it much easier to use for some things than the tablet.

Wow Rollo - that's heavy going - had to read it twice to get my head round what you have written. <3

I may take you up on your offer Errol as I cannot c&p from ancestry using IE

As for Smart phones and ipads they would be useless for me,,,so will stick to my laptop that sits on a table over my chair, not taking up any room

We don't all have problems with IE Rollo. I have Firefox and Opera available as well but nearly always use IE as I have never had problems with it. (Though I have to admit I have heard IE10 can be a pain - I am using IE9)

All that glitters is not gold.

http://html5test.com/results/desktop.html

Thanks everyone.

So others have problems as well.

I use Windows XP and IE8 but other sites are not a problem.

Rollo I am wary of changing things around because I never know what other problems it might cause so I stick to what I know.

Microsoft will pull XP april 2014.
After that date no hotfixes or security updates.
No new activations.

Developing for IE8 requires web designers to jump through hoops. Most have already pretty well much dropped support for IE8 which def. includes Genes who are focussed on pure html5 as it keeps their costs down. They are not a megacorp with hundreds of staff and developers as people seem to think, not a lot more than a shoestring operation.

Running IE8 you are sure to get problems with sites who cannot see much point in expensive support for a legacy browser and OS especially as there are free alternatives. Outfits such as BBC have money to burn, at least for now.

IE9 has a raft of problems and in particular poor html5 compliance. This is in part because Microsoft want to go there own way with something called Azure. IE10 is not very compatible with IE9 (!) and anyway will only run on Windows 8 leaving Windows 7 and Vista with IE9. IE9 won't run on XP.

Opera, Firefox and Chrome run on anything, latest version, free.

You are going to have to change whether you like it or not.
Now would be a good time.

good luck

IE10 does certainly NOT "only run on Windows 8"

u r quite right MS made the full version available for Win7 in Feb 2013.
The version that runs on Win8 is not the same as it supports metro.
Win11 (currently in beta) is def Win8 only.

Quite why MS have decided to have a series of browsers with older browsers only being able to ug to a certain point is daft. It means the users of older versions of the OS get hassles and developers just code to the minimum that will work or (often) not bother at all. They have done the same with MediaPlayer which has less and less capability as versions go by - eg not playing commercial DVD videos out of the box !

Unfortunately for me our work forces us to comply with this lousy product which is a black hole for money. No wonder GRU ignore it.

Microsoft have spent billions on smartphones with a current market share of about 2% and are turning the Windows platform inside out to make it support what they consider to be an ideal smartphone interface (Metro). More billions and market share of the tablet devices around 3%. Exactly who in Microsoft thought users ( and large businesses ) would fork out £ 400 / seat and up for a 19in capacitive touch sensitive screen or even more for an x86 tablet must have been on something. Yet without such a device Win8 ( or 8.1) is meaningless. Win8 was not supposed to be a clone of Win7 yet that is how it is turning out as MS seek to assuage the channel.