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yugyug · Feb 12, 2005, 08:43 PM

does anyone know how to delete the location bar address autofills in internet explorer 5.2. I've tried clearing the disk cache and the history to no effect - and i've searched for some kind of .plist file to no avail. Anyone?

and yess before anybody needs to ask its becuase i want clear it of porn sites that have been visited. (now what smiley should I put after that?, maybe this one

TeknoTurd · Feb 13, 2005, 01:56 AM

Why the HELL are you still using IE?

maxintosh · Feb 13, 2005, 08:47 AM

Originally posted by TeknoTurd:
Why the HELL are you still using IE?

What he said.

ManOfSteal · Feb 13, 2005, 09:33 AM

Originally posted by yugyug:
and yess before anybody needs to ask its becuase i want clear it of porn sites that have been visited. (now what smiley should I put after that?, maybe this one

Safari > Reset Safari...

Oh wait, you are using a browser that even M$ doesn't support anymore!

Apfhex · Feb 13, 2005, 07:44 PM

Deleting the History SHOULD have done it (seems to work for me).

Safari 2.0 will have a "don't record anything while I look at porn!" (a.k.a. "Private Browsing") mode.

alphasubzero949 · Feb 13, 2005, 07:51 PM

Ah yes, spending quality time with Rosy Palms for Valentine's I see?

yugyug · Feb 13, 2005, 09:52 PM

ok fair enough but.,....

I don't like internet explorer that much and also use safari which I know is much better for the most part but here is why I still use explorer:

1. I use jaguar becuase I can't afford panther and have doubts as to whether it will slow down my machine, therefore I cannot use the new version of safari.

2. The online service I use for share trading doesn't support safari.

3. I have this weird problem with safari that on some sites, especially sites like forums, the text comes up in gobblegook (actually I think this is cyrilic ro something and it happens in text edit and some other apps so its not just a problem with safari but explorer doesn't have the problem so thats the third reason I use it.

yugyug · Feb 13, 2005, 10:04 PM

oh, and my girlfriend has been looking at porn too, we are both sick farks.

TeknoTurd · Feb 14, 2005, 02:58 AM

Originally posted by yugyug:
ok fair enough but.,....

I don't like internet explorer that much and also use safari which I know is much better for the most part but here is why I still use explorer:

1. I use jaguar becuase I can't afford panther and have doubts as to whether it will slow down my machine, therefore I cannot use the new version of safari.

2. The online service I use for share trading doesn't support safari.

3. I have this weird problem with safari that on some sites, especially sites like forums, the text comes up in gobblegook (actually I think this is cyrilic ro something and it happens in text edit and some other apps so its not just a problem with safari but explorer doesn't have the problem so thats the third reason I use it.

Doesn't Firefox or Camino run on 10.2? C'mon there is NO excuse to be using IE.

cpac · Feb 14, 2005, 09:24 AM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by yugyug:
[B]ok fair enough but.,....

I don't like internet explorer that much and also use safari which I know is much better for the most part but here is why I still use explorer:

1. I use jaguar becuase I can't afford panther and have doubts as to whether it will slow down my machine, therefore I cannot use the new version of safari.

Panther will, if anything, speed up your machine over Jaguar. That said, there are lots of 10.2 compatible options, including Mozilla, Omniweb, Camino, Firefox, etc.

2. The online service I use for share trading doesn't support safari.

Fair enough - but have you tested it? Do they support netscape compatible browsers? (i.e. Mozilla, Firefox, Camino as mentioned above)

3. I have this weird problem with safari that on some sites, especially sites like forums, the text comes up in gobblegook (actually I think this is cyrilic ro something and it happens in text edit and some other apps so its not just a problem with safari but explorer doesn't have the problem so thats the third reason I use it.

Ok - but that's not a great reason to keep using IE. Try one of the others suggested above.

F_Elz · Feb 14, 2005, 02:56 PM

Opera has delete private data under tools, and um... Firefox is nice.

F_Elz · Feb 14, 2005, 03:00 PM

or
Explorer > Preferences > Browser Display > then uncheck Use Adress Auto-Complete

yugyug · Feb 19, 2005, 08:30 PM

thanks f_elz that what I was looking for...