A Bug in My Version of Internet Explorer 7.0

Gary North

There is an annoyimg minor bug: Copy and paste.

I write articles for LewRockwell.com -- a lot of articles: over 500 so far. As with all writing, the initial typeset text requires revisions.

Here is how I revise. I go to the pre-publication page. When I find an error, I extract it by using cut (ctrl-c). I then click File>Send. My Outlook Express letter pops up, pre-addressed. I then use paste: ctrl-v. The passage I cut appears in the letter. Fine. This is what I want.

Then I return to the page. I find another error. (Sad.) I use cut again. Then I return to my e-letter in Outlook Express. I paste. What downloads on screen is the previously cut passage. From that point on, the paste command downloads the original extract.

Firefox has no such problem. Neither did IE 6.

If I mail the letter, IE 7 starts over. I can cut and paste again . . . but only one extract per e-mail.

To correct half a dozen errors, I must send half a dozen e-mails.

My advice: Stick with IE 6, or use Firefox or Opera.

I switched back to IE 6. Things are back to normal.