Posts Tagged ‘IE’

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is out

The awaited beta 2 release of Internet Explorer is now finally out and available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 .The latest release includes many features including changes to security and privacy.It is much faster and easier than its previous versions and strictly follows XHTML compliance.

 

Internet Explorer 8

The new browser is also safer to large extent.It includes inbuilt potentially harmful website scanner which will warn you before browsing a potentially harmful site.

Internet Explorer 8

It also includes user friendly features like Web slices and accelerators

Internet Explorer 8

 

You can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/ie8

Sitemeter bug brings down Tons of Sites for Internet Explorer users

Tons of website currently running Sitemeter as their analytics service have gone down.Sitemeter is a popular free analytics service used by many sites.The bug currently affects only users of IE 5.5,IE 6 and IE 7.Whereas the websites are shown correctly in firefox , opera and safari.Even the Sitemeter site which uses its own stats have gone down.

 

Sitemeter Internet Explorer Bug

 

                                      In Internet Explorer the site is loaded first ,wasting a lot of user time and then a error message appears and you have only one option i.e to click Ok.If you click ok ,then the whole site goes away.

 

                                      If your site has been affected then it is recommended to remove the sitemeter code temporarily.Also keep updated with the Sitemeter’s blog at weblog.sitemeter.com for futher updates.

 

[via Download Squad]

Change the title of Internet Explorer Window

Do you wish to change the title of Internet Explorer Window for example something to “Better than firefox” or “Internet Explorer 9.856 beta 420″ or “Hacked By Siddharth” etc?

So,here’s a registry hack that will help to change your Internet Explorer Title Bar:-

  • Click on the Start button
  • Click on ”Run”
  • Type in “regedit” and press Enter.
  • Now go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
  • Find the string value Named “Window Title”
  • Edit it and change it to the value you want.
  • You are done.Restart Internet Explorer to see the effect

Here’s a screenshot:-

Changed title of IE

Have a Nice Day and Enjoy :)

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