Google Chrome Radio Buttons, Checkboxes Disappear and Internet Explorer 8 Black Toolbar
Out of my own frustration I wanted to lend a helping hand to anyone who might be going through some of the strife I have encountered over the past week with the latest releases of Chrome and IE 8. I just want to go on record that I only use Internet Explorer when checking cross-browser compatibility for my blog, and when certain sites demand that I use it. If you have any speciifc questions regarding Why you should not install Internet Explorer 8 I hope someone will chime in and have my back on this one. I’m always interested in hearing other people’s opinions on browsers.
First Chrome, for some reason my radio buttons and checkboxes keep randomly dissapearing, making it painstaking difficult to addresss content management on my own site, access email through hotmail, and fill out forms. Secondly, on IE 8, my toolbar keeps turning black, losing accessibility to any bookmarks. This has been an active bug fixing discussion on numerous tech forums.
If you are losing radio buttons and check boxes in Google Chrome 3.0.195.38 on your pc here is the temporary quick fix.
The Caveat: you will have to do it over and over again until Google finally eradicates the bug.
Right Click on your Desktop → Properties → Press OK → Refresh Chrome
Similar to Chrome, if you are experiencing the Internet Explorer 8 black toolbar display bug here’s what you need to do.
The Caveat: you will have to do it over and over again too.
Right Click on your Desktop → Properties → Reselect your theme → Press Ok → Close and Re-open IE.
What ever happened to the glory days of Firefox 3.0, when Mozilla was the only reputable open-source project on the web browsing scene? Very few bugs were present and most of them were hardly visible to the naked eye. Ahh, those were the days. IE has always had problems and that’s why Microsoft is beginning to lose a considerable portion of the market. Now that Google has virtually taken control over my life like Walmart, Home Depot, and other commercial chains, I am left with fewer viable options. Sigh!
I will be the first to admit that I use Google Chrome as my current go-to browser based on speed, and speed alone. I have dabbled with the development release that allows you to play with the extensions available shortly for the stable version, and although can attest to the fact that they are pretty cool, they are not nearly as flexible as extensions available for Firefox. It is still a browser under construction, littered with many bugs: one of the most frustrating of which is the checkbox and radio button disappearing act mentioned above. Chrominium, the open-source project that contributes to Chrome, has been documenting this bug for over a year now and still no permanent solution. So where do we go from here?
Choosing a browser is like picking a restaurant for a date. You know there are so many out there, but the truly great ones are hard to come by. Most people value quality and service when they choose a restaurant, willing to pay a little more for a memorable and fulfilling experience. I’m sure consumers would be willing to pay for a web browser that had the speed of Chrome and the consistency and flexibility of Firefox if they could test it on a trial basis first. That browser has yet to be created, but when it does there will be a lot of happy consumers.
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