re: Microsoft security chief uses Firefox...hehehe
Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at 5:30 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Broni
(1423 messages posted)
There is no question about IE being the most unsecure browser. Anyone can check "secunia.org"
site (pretty much leading site, reporting security issues in all kind of applications),
and see how many security patches were issued for IE, compare to other browser.
Since IE took the majority of browsers market, I've been trying to convince people
on different boards, that taking it for granted is not a good move.
I've been using Netscape since its "Mosaic" version, back in early 90s, and I never
had any security isssues with it. Short while ago, i was pretty sure, Netscape development
was getting dead (since AOL bought it, and AOL was using a "cousin" version of IE
as its browser, there were some rumors about AOL willing to kill Netscape in under
the table deal with M$). Netscape version stayed at 7.1 for a while. Then, suddenly
version 7.2 was released.
I was almost ready to switch to Mozilla, because I saw Netscape as a dead end. Now,
I may want to see what's gonna happen. I have Mozilla, and Firefox installed on my
computer, as well, so let me post my thoughts, since I've been trying all those "Mozilla
engine based browsers" (Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox) for a while.
1. About IE. Some said in this thread....never had a problem with security issues.
Yes, for computer savvy people, taking care of all updates, running all kind of AVs,
antispyware programs, firewalls, etc., etc. it may be truth, but for a regular computer
user, IE is a perfect tool for getting into a trouble (ActiveX issue leads the pack).
2. Since I've been using Netscape for years, what can I say here? I love it, so forget
about it.
Firefox is a really simple browser, secure, but simple, so, if you are thinking about
trying another browser, I would suggest Mozilla. It has everything you need, including
mail program, and all other candies. It's an open source project, so many people
are having fun to make some more improvements to it.
3. I have a friend, die hard IE user. He used "tabbed browsing" (available in all,
Netscape, Mozilla, and Firefox), and he said: "forget about IE, just because of this
option".
I talk too much....LOOOOOOOOOOOL
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Smartercomputing
On Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at 4:40 am, Usher9372 wrote:
>Sounds like I need to try this Firefox again. Tried a beta version, didn't like
>it much.
>Thanks
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