VCP vs. AOL

[Rich Klein]

That when I had the Geek Squad set up this computer; they set up both AOL and an Internet Explorer on my computer.

Rich

[daviddbreadman]

I am a user of VCP but if they do not do something about the advertising banner than pops up 4 ads and takes forever to load EVERY time i change a web page I'm gone faster than a Republican at a Garofalo sighting.

I can't take it much longer.

[slidekellyslide]

Firefox, Firefox, Firefox....I don't know why anyone surfs the web with any other browser. I see no ads, it's fast and it's free.

[FrankWakefield]

Dittos, Dan.

I like Firefox. Once in a rare while I encounter some site that requires Internet Explorer, and it is usually some financial site attempting to remain super-secure, those sites won't allow Firefox.

Mozilla Firefox seems to be a good thing for me...

[mcap100176]

I only use Firefox.

I suggest also installing Adblock Plus and TACO. I never have any popups. NoScript and WOT are also recommended.

I never knew VCP had an advertising banner until it was just stated.

[chaddurbin]

people still use the aol browser, seriously? i just had a flashback to when al gore invented the internet in the early 90's...

my bike was great and got me to where i needed to go in high school...but yeahhh, let me try that car on.

[Jim VB]

Quan,

Dig received.

Yes, I still use AOL, but my default browser is IE. I've had the same email address for close to 15 years and I don't need, or want, to change it. So I keep AOL.

Still, the problem seems to be between AOL and a few other sites that don't seem to work well together.

I should also add that Bobby B. has been exceptional at the customer service level in trying to find me a workaround or a fix.



(For the record, I have upgraded my abacus for a four function calculator, and my Commodore 64 for a nice Dell. That's enough for this decade!)

[Rich Klein]

There may be "better" ways but I'm very happy with the improvements made and

1) I get almost no "spam" emails

2) The virus-protection (on top of the virus protection I already have) is actually very good

3) Most sites now work very well with AOL

Regards
Rich

[jcmtiger]

When I went to high speed, I use Internet explorer, I kept my aol for mail. Found out I could do without. I deleted or removed everything related to aol from my computer about a month ago.

Joe.

[Kehfee]

I don't understand how using IE to view some sites would prevent you from using your aol email.

[Edwolf1963]

For what it's worth, I have an AOL email address, but started using the Firefox browser a year ago or so. I was having freeze and functionality issues with the latest versions of AOL. Since then - no problems, no issues (knock on wood) on Firefox with the VCP or anything else.

[alanu]

At work we've had some trouble with people that use Vista at home when trying to pull up work e-mail. The answer from the I.T. guys was for them to switch to Firefox and it cleared everything up.

[buymycards]

I have been using Google Chrome for the past few months and it has been great.

Rick