On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 Martin wrote:

Now and again, we discuss different browsers and our experiences with
them. In case you haven't picked it up, from January, Microsoft will
start silently updating Internet Explorer to the latest version - this
isn't security updates, it's updating IE7, say, to IE9.

More info he http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16214912.

It may be an issue for some people. I use Chrome most of the time but
I've found, e.g., that IE is more reliable when I'm doing my online
tax return, provided I use IE7. IE8 and IE9 don't work.

If you haven't upgraded your operating system to at least Windows Vista,
you'll not get IE9.

Some think that that's another good reason to stick with WinXP. If
you stick with WinXP your old PC and your old peripherals will still
work.

Absolutely! I haven't upgraded from XP because I have HP printers and,
despite what HP assure me, that their new drivers for Vista and 7 are
fully featured, they are not!

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
http://rance.org.uk