There's nothing I'm aware of in terms of display size, but I've never done any of my testing with anything lower than 1600x*. My display at work also runs at 1680x1050.
In terms of page content, the biggest offenders for potential problems for me have been images and AJAX objects. I definitely have had less issues if I didn't have Gmail open. But I should also in terms of Gmail, that I was an early adopter - so I have grandfathered features that are no longer available - which could potentially be the source of my Gmail-related issues with IE7. Those issues centering specifically around my ability to view searches 100 items at a time instead of 50 or 20. Perhaps IE7 works better with less objects. I dunno. But also, if you are on an image site (no, not pr0n but I guess that ultimately shouldn't matter), I have encountered the same issues when trolling for stock images, etc. If viewing too many pages at the same time, and/or too many objects/images returned in your search - you definitely increase your likely hood of encountering the issue I've encountered. Along with the right-click issue, you might not be able to open a new tab/window in IE or even a window in another (seemingly unrelated) application, etc. "Normal browsing" shouldn't really be effected I wouldn't think - but, what is normal these days? On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Rod Trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do I need to look out for? I'm running 1680 x 1050. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 2:18 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day - TMP plugin? > > That would be truly interesting if the issue was also related to the > display resolution. In my case, my display resolution on each of my > systems that I have tested as being effected have had max'd > resolutions that were all beyond 1600x---- > > The issue stupefied me for the longest time, simply because I couldn't > image that IE7 issues would have any influence with right-click and > other in-application features. > > But it did. I confirmed it back and forth, by closing tabs and > reopening a single tab that caused IE7 to break this problem threshold > (including changing the sites of the tabs, the order, etc). I also > confirmed it on multiple systems at work and home. > > Depending on the web page content, I've had the issue occur with as > little as 10 open tabs. Mind you, the pages contained a lot of > thumbnails and/or AJAX objects. > > IE7 has a repeatable issue with Gmail when it reaches a certain > threshold, and IE7's memory will skyrocket - consuming all available > memory until it crashes Windows or just crashes itself. > > So when I see people blindly bitching about IE7 in forums, I imagine > they are issues centered around those I am illustrating here. The > issues are not obvious to the cause, and were difficult to isolate > even to the relatively vague understanding that I have of them at this > point - which has only been accomplished by repeatedly observed > failures. > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A curious thing though. >> >> Using windows and IE7 and firefox, I was running into the same issues >> as...Mike - Michael, then since I remote desktop all of the time my > display >> got screwed up, somewhere between classic mode and the "all junk turned > off >> in system cpl-> advanced-> performance. And it wasnt just IE, all > programs >> started showing the problems of "no right click dialog" plus other > symptoms >> related to memory. But I would have to say, it did not blue screen or >> reboot like it did in previous versions of windows. >> >> My resolution was at the max, 1280x1024, and the only resolution that > would >> "look" ok was 1280x768. Now I am not running into the memory problems of >> things not working. Now I can have a lot more open than I did at >> 1280x1024. 31 assorted windows open ( i started closing some of them >> because I have to restart.)and 7IE windows with 29 tabs total. I think I >> would of ran into memory problems a lot sooner when it was at 1280x1024. >> Actually, I know I would of.... >> >> I have 2 gig of ram on my system. I havent started looking into why I was >> having memory problems before the resolution change. >> >> Andyof >> >> At 12:10 PM 6/20/2008, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: >> >> Maybe I got the context of your silly comment mixed up. My >> apologizes. I certainly don't want to put anything in your mouth. >> >> I said *IE7* sucks. I have enjoyed previous versions of IE. >> >> It has become increasingly apparent that many people aren't aware of >> the memory issues and resulting oddities of IE7. I thought as admins >> we strive for up-time and deferral of data/work loss. Just because >> you haven't encountered an issue, doesn't mean that you wont, or that >> your users don't. Information is good, right? >> >> I'm offering my personal experiences with a product that I have >> performed tests with. I don't understand why people like you take it >> personally like I'm trying to tell you what to do. I'm not. >> >> I never said it sucks for you or anyone else. But ultimately, as >> product robustness goes, IE7 sucks - comparatively speaking (is that >> better for you?) >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> For the record I never called your tab use silly. Nice job of putting >>> words in my mouth though. And your constant use of the phrase "IE sucks" > is >>> not accurate. It may suck in your situation, but that doesn't mean it > sucks >>> for everyone. Some of us have used it for many years with no issues what > so >>> ever. >>> YMMV >>> Tim >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 10:53 AM >>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>> Subject: Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day - TMP plugin? >>> >>> I haven't told anyone to do anything. I'm only highlighting issues >>> that people are neglecting or nay-saying. >>> >>> To call my use/reasons silly, is silly in itself. You should gauge >>> and recommend products based on functionality and robustness. I >>> offered my example use as a reference to robustness. If you want to >>> ignore that kind of data, then fine. And when you finally reach a >>> point where IE7 stops cooperating - you might recall as to why. >>> >>> I would otherwise not engage in a browser-war discussion. >>> >>> OHHHH.... something I forgot! Hahaha... This truly exemplifies why >>> IE7 sucks: Its integration into the OS. When you reach a memory >>> saturation point with IE7, explorer.exe-based functions will start to >>> stop working. i.e. right click functionality in most any other >>> running app will stop working. Some apps will fail to open documents >>> based on file-type associations. There are a few other GUI oddities >>> that *will* occur as well, and will continue to occur until you reduce >>> the amount of memory that IE7 is using. >>> >>> IE6 with Maxthon tabs never does not have that issue. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> But the fact is that you are an exception, not the rule. Very few people >>>> will ever have a legitimate need to have 50-100 tabs open at one time. I > do >>>> a lot of online research also, but I rarely have a need to go about 10 > tabs. >>>> It happens but not often. I go to all types of sites and have never once >>>> been exploited using IE. 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