# ie stupidity **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [September 2, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ie-stupidity/28599 "2016-09-02T19:46:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ie-stupidity/28599/1 "2016-09-02T19:46:36Z")
Anyone know a way to get ie to actually cancel loading a page when you don’t want it to load? I end up smashing the esc key 50-100 times, and instead end up waiting for the startup page to load, just so I can go to a different page. Sometimes it will work and the ‘navigation cancels’, but usually it tries to load the start page. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![ab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@ab1](https://forums.suse.com/u/ab1)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ie-stupidity/28599/2 "2016-09-02T22:07:47Z")
All I see is redundancy and repetitiveness in the subject line. I do this a few different ways, in no particular order: Firefox Chromium Chrome Safari Konqueror The inability to cancel what it loads is a huge pet peeve of crappy software, and I would not be surprised if the only reason it worked that way is because the default homepage is their site. – Good luck. If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, show your appreciation and click on the star below… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ie-stupidity/28599/3 "2016-09-02T23:44:50Z")
ab sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > All I see is redundancy and repetitiveness in the subject line. > > I do this a few different ways, in no particular order: > Firefox > Chromium > Chrome > Safari > Konqueror > > The inability to cancel what it loads is a huge pet peeve of crappy > software, and I would not be surprised if the only reason it worked > that way is because the default homepage is their site.[/color] So my response to ab’s comment is… I agree wholeheartedly, but unfortunately we have some software that does not work well in anything but ie…sigh – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![Jim1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/jim1/32/9120_2.png) [@Jim1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jim1)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ie-stupidity/28599/4 "2016-09-03T00:01:39Z")
On Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:46:36 +0000, Stevo wrote: [color=blue] > Anyone know a way to get ie to actually cancel loading a page when you > don’t want it to load? > > I end up smashing the esc key 50-100 times, and instead end up waiting > for the startup page to load, just so I can go to a different page. > > Sometimes it will work and the ‘navigation cancels’, but usually it > tries to load the start page.[/color] Close the browser. 😃 – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ie-stupidity/28599/5 "2016-09-03T00:09:46Z")
Jim Henderson sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Close the browser. :D[/color] So my response to Jim’s comment is… That works, until you have to open it back up to _get_ to the page you need, and start the process all over again. 😉 – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![Jim1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/jim1/32/9120_2.png) [@Jim1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jim1)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ie-stupidity/28599/6 "2016-09-03T03:20:48Z")
On Fri, 02 Sep 2016 21:09:46 +0000, Stevo wrote: [color=blue] > Jim Henderson sounds like they ‘said’: > [color=green] > > > Close the browser. :D[/color] > > So my response to Jim’s comment is… > > That works, until you have to open it back up to _get_ to the page you > need, and start the process all over again. ;-)[/color] Ah, now you’re going to add caveats. 😉 Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ie-stupidity/28599/7 "2016-09-06T17:00:31Z")
Jim Henderson sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Ah, now you’re going to add caveats. 😉 > > Jim[/color] So my response to Jim’s comment is… That’s how I roll. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![Jim1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/jim1/32/9120_2.png) [@Jim1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jim1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ie-stupidity/28599/8 "2016-09-06T22:30:20Z")
On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 14:00:31 +0000, Stevo wrote: [color=blue] > Jim Henderson sounds like they ‘said’: > [color=green] > > > Ah, now you’re going to add caveats. 😉 > > > > Jim[/color] > > So my response to Jim’s comment is… > > That’s how I roll. [/color] Downhill is generally easier than uphill, I find. 🙂 – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ie-stupidity/28599/9 "2016-09-06T23:48:37Z")
Jim Henderson sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Downhill is generally easier than uphill, I find. :)[/color] So my response to Jim’s comment is… Oh it’s all downhill for me. 😉 – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![Jim1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/jim1/32/9120_2.png) [@Jim1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jim1)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ie-stupidity/28599/10 "2016-09-07T02:28:11Z")
On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 20:48:37 +0000, Stevo wrote: [color=blue] > Jim Henderson sounds like they ‘said’: > [color=green] > > > Downhill is generally easier than uphill, I find. :)[/color] > > So my response to Jim’s comment is… > > Oh it’s all downhill for me. ;-)[/color] That is certainly the easier route. : – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner