How to get IE to play youtube videos?

I download the flash player but IE7 doesn't
play the videos, complaining that either I don't
have the player or don't have javascript on.

Where is the Javascript option? I don't see it.

(usually use Firefox but that's another machine)

Seems to be a stock condition of Dell laptops.
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On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:18:26 -0500, Ron Hardin
wrote:

I download the flash player but IE7 doesn't
play the videos, complaining that either I don't
have the player or don't have javascript on.

Where is the Javascript option? I don't see it.

(usually use Firefox but that's another machine)

Seems to be a stock condition of Dell laptops.
--


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

IE 7 playes YouTube just find on my Dell PCs including laptops with
Vista (but wait... maybe I did fresh installs on all of them, I don't
remember).

It's no surprise you can't find the Javascript option. Microsoft,
unfathomably (word of the day), unbelievably, shockingly, alarmingly,
totally violated user-interface conventions and put out a monstrosity
of a poorly designed interface. It boggles my mind how they could do
that, and how such a design could make it through marketing tests,
development, and be released.

Some chinks in MS's armor, I hope the competition capitalizes on it
because MS must know its weaknesses and future versions of both
Windoze and IE will probably be much better. If not, much more the
better, I'd love to see MS flounder even more.

You might find what you want if you go to the far right drop down
"Tools" menu, go to the far bottom and choose Internet options, then
choose the Advanced tab which is the farthest to the right, and go
through all the little hard-to-read checkboxes to maybe get the option
you want.

Gee, do you think it could be hidden any better?

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:59:06 -0600, Journey wrote:

Some chinks in MS's armor, I hope the competition capitalizes on it
because MS must know its weaknesses and future versions of both
Windoze and IE will probably be much better. If not, much more the
better, I'd love to see MS flounder even more.

I am not at all impressed with Steve Ballmer. If he truly is at the
helm of MS, god help them.

It's no surprise you can't find the Javascript option

Not since the Java lawsuit that Sun won, where M$ were trying to
subvert someone elses' standards and make them their own by the
backdoor (adding "features" that didn't comply, and only worked in
IE...)

"Ron Hardin" wrote in message
...
I download the flash player but IE7 doesn't
play the videos, complaining that either I don't
have the player or don't have javascript on.

Where is the Javascript option? I don't see it.

(usually use Firefox but that's another machine)

Seems to be a stock condition of Dell laptops.
--


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.


If you have both Flash and JRE (java runtime environment) downloaded and
installed, no reason it shouldn't work.....

?

Stew

-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Wilson
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Posted At: Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:46 PM
Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Conversation: How to get IE to play youtube videos?
Subject: How to get IE to play youtube videos?

It's no surprise you can't find the Javascript option

Not since the Java lawsuit that Sun won, where M$ were trying to
subvert someone elses' standards and make them their own by the
backdoor (adding "features" that didn't comply, and only worked in
IE...)

What does Java have to do with Javascript. They are ENTIRELY different
technologies.

And IE7 will happily play youtube videos if the security settings are
properly set.

-----Original Message-----
From: S.Lewis ]
Posted At: Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:59 PM
Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Conversation: How to get IE to play youtube videos?
Subject: How to get IE to play youtube videos?


"Ron Hardin" wrote in message
...
I download the flash player but IE7 doesn't
play the videos, complaining that either I don't
have the player or don't have javascript on.

Where is the Javascript option? I don't see it.

(usually use Firefox but that's another machine)

Seems to be a stock condition of Dell laptops.
--


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.


If you have both Flash and JRE (java runtime environment) downloaded
and
installed, no reason it shouldn't work.....

?

Stew

Far as I know, youtube doesn't require Java or the JRE

"Tom Scales" wrote in message
news:9649FAB069E440A586DD29BAB88AE3A8@M2010...


-----Original Message-----
From: S.Lewis ]
Posted At: Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:59 PM
Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Conversation: How to get IE to play youtube videos?
Subject: How to get IE to play youtube videos?


"Ron Hardin" wrote in message
...
I download the flash player but IE7 doesn't
play the videos, complaining that either I don't
have the player or don't have javascript on.

Where is the Javascript option? I don't see it.

(usually use Firefox but that's another machine)

Seems to be a stock condition of Dell laptops.
--


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.


If you have both Flash and JRE (java runtime environment) downloaded
and
installed, no reason it shouldn't work.....

?

Stew

Far as I know, youtube doesn't require Java or the JRE



Agreed. Should be a Flash only issue. I don't recall any security measures
in IE7 that need enabled/disabled either.

BTW, I'm looking to upgrade the ATI HD2400/128mb card in my XPS420.

I don't game much but would like to have moderate abilities to do so; I'm
looking at 8600GT/GTS models, 256mb with GDDR3 and GPU speeds of around
600mhz.

I have no intention of grabbing any 8800 models, as for me that would be
overkill.

Opinion?

Thanks,

Stew

-----Original Message-----
From: S.Lewis ]

Agreed. Should be a Flash only issue. I don't recall any security
measures
in IE7 that need enabled/disabled either.

BTW, I'm looking to upgrade the ATI HD2400/128mb card in my XPS420.

I don't game much but would like to have moderate abilities to do so;
I'm
looking at 8600GT/GTS models, 256mb with GDDR3 and GPU speeds of
around
600mhz.

I have no intention of grabbing any 8800 models, as for me that would
be
overkill.

Opinion?

Thanks,

Stew

What can't you do with the 2400? These days video cards are like CPUs.
All pretty powerful.

That said, I have the 8600GS and it works quite well, but I don't game.

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:02:29 -0600, Journey wrote:

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:59:06 -0600, Journey wrote:

Some chinks in MS's armor, I hope the competition capitalizes on it
because MS must know its weaknesses and future versions of both
Windoze and IE will probably be much better. If not, much more the
better, I'd love to see MS flounder even more.

I am not at all impressed with Steve Ballmer. If he truly is at the
helm of MS, god help them.


Neither am I. I don't like his demeanor even if that's simplistic.