[24hoursupport] Re: IE
- From: "William B. Lurie" <billurie@xxxxxxxx>
- To: 24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:58:03 -0400
I don't feel any loyalty to IE just because I'm forced, on a
practical basis, to use the Microsoft OS. I started with Netcape I can't
even remember how man6y years ago, have gone up the line with
them and will continue to do so. I do use IE.......on those once a year
occasions when some site requires it. As Netscape improved as
time went on, so does Mozilla. It's a case of chacun a son gout.
And I don't want to be any more captive to what Microsoft might be
hiding in IE that nobody even knows about.
Bill Lurie
Spider wrote:
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>Lately I have been reading a lot from well intentioned support technicians
>encouraging people to dump IE in favor of Mozilla or some other type of
>browser. This has always seemed to me as an unfair attack on Microsoft
>since the flavor of the posts seem to blame them for the security problems.
>Microsoft is not the one doing this guys and gals. It's the bad guys.
>Dumping IE is akin to allowing drug pushers to push us out of a
>neighborhood. I'd rather take the "no surrender" position.
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>It is my contention that moving to another browser will not stop the
>attacks. They target Internet Explorer because that is where their target
>market lives. Trust me, they will go with the flow. They must be defeated
>not avoided. A look at Security Tracker will illustrate my point. Mozilla
>is a common alternative mentioned by those that advocate dumping IE. Well,
>look at the current threats posted on the Mozilla Browser
>(http://www.securitytracker.com/archives/target/1291.html) and compare them
>to the current threats posted on Microsoft Internet Explorer
>(http://www.securitytracker.com/archives/target/49.html) Do you think that
>Mozilla is a safe alternative? Perhaps safer then IE at the moment, but
>what happens when Mozilla gets recognized as the "mainstream" browser? My
>contention is that the ratio of threats to Mozilla will increase and surpass
>IE. Me, I'm sticking with IE. I happen to like it and Microsoft's response
>to the problems, they fix the issues as they come up.
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>Now, that is not to discourage someone from using another browser. It's the
>reason / scare tactics I object to. If another browser trips your trigger
>then go for it. I dumped Netscape years ago for performance issues.
>Internet Explorer has always performed well for me. Every now and then I
>give Netscape / Mozilla another trial run, but I never have found it up to
>par at least for the way I use a browser.
>
>Spider
>http://web.tampabay.rr.com/spider1
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>http://spider1.blogspot.com/
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>http://erablog.net/blogs/Spider1/
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>Here is an alarming comment on the IE browser. Comments anyone?
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>http://www.rense.com/general54/e.htm
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>I've read about an alternate browser called Firefox, but they want you to
>download and unzip a whole bunch of subdownloads that would take me forever.
>It does come highly recommended though.
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