64-bit IE7 felicity: 32-bit add-ons don't run (hooray!)

[David Stevens]

I love 64-bit Vista.

ActiveX controls and browser add-ons -- like Adobe Flash --
tend to be 32-bit animals. They don't work on the 64-bit
versions of IE7 and other browsers. I like that.

It means I don't get bothered by advertising animations.
Instead, I get lots of little messages inviring me to
install the newest Flash. I find those messages easier
to ignore than the actual animations. They also
require less bandwidth.

If my wife really needs a video fix from YouTube
or the Daily Show website, she can use the 32-bit
version of IE7.

But I've come to favor the 64-bit browser precisely
because it helps me keep my focus on whatever I am
actually using the Net for. When Adobe someday releases
a 64-bit version of Flash, I'm disinclined to install it.

As the philosopher Snoopy (from the old Peanuts comic strip)
once observed, "the secret of life is to have pleasant side
effects."

- David Steven

 

[Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: 64-bit IE7 felicity: 32-bit add-ons don't run (hooray!)

I absolutely agree. I run DQSD (www.dqsd.net) as my primary search starting
point, and since it's 64-bit, it calls the 64-bit IE. And you know, I don't
miss all that crud.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"David Stevens" <passchendaele@ymail.com> wrote in message
news:%23etGygTBJHA.5964@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I love 64-bit Vista.
>
> ActiveX controls and browser add-ons -- like Adobe Flash --
> tend to be 32-bit animals. They don't work on the 64-bit versions of IE7
> and other browsers. I like that.
>
> It means I don't get bothered by advertising animations. Instead, I get
> lots of little messages inviring me to install the newest Flash. I find
> those messages easier to ignore than the actual animations. They also
> require less bandwidth.
>
> If my wife really needs a video fix from YouTube
> or the Daily Show website, she can use the 32-bit
> version of IE7.
> But I've come to favor the 64-bit browser precisely
> because it helps me keep my focus on whatever I am
> actually using the Net for. When Adobe someday releases
> a 64-bit version of Flash, I'm disinclined to install it.
>
> As the philosopher Snoopy (from the old Peanuts comic strip)
> once observed, "the secret of life is to have pleasant side effects."
>
> - David Steven

 

[Carlos]

Re: 64-bit IE7 felicity: 32-bit add-ons don't run (hooray!)

Charlie,
You happiness might not last forever.
An article in www.start64.com states that Flash for IE-64 bit might be on
the works and I betcha it will get installed on your PC as soon you regret
from having clicked Ok where you shouldn't.

Carlos

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> I absolutely agree. I run DQSD (www.dqsd.net) as my primary search starting
> point, and since it's 64-bit, it calls the 64-bit IE. And you know, I don't
> miss all that crud.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>
> "David Stevens" <passchendaele@ymail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23etGygTBJHA.5964@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >I love 64-bit Vista.
> >
> > ActiveX controls and browser add-ons -- like Adobe Flash --
> > tend to be 32-bit animals. They don't work on the 64-bit versions of IE7
> > and other browsers. I like that.
> >
> > It means I don't get bothered by advertising animations. Instead, I get
> > lots of little messages inviring me to install the newest Flash. I find
> > those messages easier to ignore than the actual animations. They also
> > require less bandwidth.
> >
> > If my wife really needs a video fix from YouTube
> > or the Daily Show website, she can use the 32-bit
> > version of IE7.
> > But I've come to favor the 64-bit browser precisely
> > because it helps me keep my focus on whatever I am
> > actually using the Net for. When Adobe someday releases
> > a 64-bit version of Flash, I'm disinclined to install it.
> >
> > As the philosopher Snoopy (from the old Peanuts comic strip)
> > once observed, "the secret of life is to have pleasant side effects."
> >
> > - David Steven
>

 

[Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: 64-bit IE7 felicity: 32-bit add-ons don't run (hooray!)

Probably, probably. Sigh. Well, it really was too good to last.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F7D96E3C-3B49-42C6-AFCD-F10039D62057@microsoft.com...
> Charlie,
> You happiness might not last forever.
> An article in www.start64.com states that Flash for IE-64 bit might be on
> the works and I betcha it will get installed on your PC as soon you regret
> from having clicked Ok where you shouldn't.
>
> Carlos
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>
>> I absolutely agree. I run DQSD (www.dqsd.net) as my primary search
>> starting
>> point, and since it's 64-bit, it calls the 64-bit IE. And you know, I
>> don't
>> miss all that crud.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>
>> "David Stevens" <passchendaele@ymail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23etGygTBJHA.5964@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >I love 64-bit Vista.
>> >
>> > ActiveX controls and browser add-ons -- like Adobe Flash --
>> > tend to be 32-bit animals. They don't work on the 64-bit versions of
>> > IE7
>> > and other browsers. I like that.
>> >
>> > It means I don't get bothered by advertising animations. Instead, I
>> > get
>> > lots of little messages inviring me to install the newest Flash. I
>> > find
>> > those messages easier to ignore than the actual animations. They also
>> > require less bandwidth.
>> >
>> > If my wife really needs a video fix from YouTube
>> > or the Daily Show website, she can use the 32-bit
>> > version of IE7.
>> > But I've come to favor the 64-bit browser precisely
>> > because it helps me keep my focus on whatever I am
>> > actually using the Net for. When Adobe someday releases
>> > a 64-bit version of Flash, I'm disinclined to install it.
>> >
>> > As the philosopher Snoopy (from the old Peanuts comic strip)
>> > once observed, "the secret of life is to have pleasant side effects."
>> >
>> > - David Steven
>>