Why you should dump IE.

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by Richard M

It's the beginning of the end for IE, now the US government are strongly advising people to switch to alternative browsers

The US Government? Isn't that reason not to switch?

[downquark1]

Originally Posted by Richard M

It's the beginning of the end for IE, now the US government are strongly advising people to switch to alternative browsers:
http://www.wired.com/news/infostruct...,64065,00.html
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...&tid=95&tid=99

Note that Avant and MyIE are still using the Trident(IE) rendering engine so still have the same vulnerabilities.

That's the last nail in the coffin, I'm advising everyone I know to use firefox.

[Bifta]

Beginning of the end for IE? I doubt it somehow, Microsoft will patch this vulnerability just like they patch most others, and the recommendation to switch browser was LAST on CERT's list. If everyone were to switch to Firefox, give it a month or so and there'd be just as many vulnerabilities exposed, purely due to it's popularity, Currently who would want to hack a browser with a low user base? Seem's to be very little point in that, much more effective to go for the majority.

[mdean]

Originally Posted by Jerrek

Sorry, but unless Firefox and other browsers make a serious attempt to be better than IE I simply won't use them or develop for them. By virtue of being the biggest Microsoft sets the standard and no one can do squat about it.

1) Firefox is already miles better

cleaner
secure
no pop ups
google search built in
tabs
easy to clean all the cache crap

2)MS have never set a standard in their lives. They try to achieve a monopoly position in markets other than the OS where they already have a monopoly by creating non standard MS stuff like active x and wmv and hoping that thick users think they have to use MS for these things even tho their are better alternatives

[Stuart]

People might be interested in this. It looks like Opera, Mozilla, Macromedia and Apple have got together to produce a new specification for plugins based on the old Netscape plug in system.. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2004/06/30/

[Ramrod]

Does it have something like ie spell and adshield avaliable for use with it?

[downquark1]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Does it have something like ie spell and adshield avaliable for use with it?

Adblock extension - very good ad blocker

It also has a spell checker extension but it's a bit rough around the edges ATM.

[Mal]

Originally Posted by downquark1

Adblock extension - very good ad blocker

It also has a spell checker extension but it's a bit rough around the edges ATM.

Do you mean in Firefox? As the adblock has been removed from the extension list.

[downquark1]

This is the thread developing the spell checker: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=34799

Adblock has been temporily removed because the upgrade to 0.9 broke a few features although it works ok on mine.
Here are the developers of adblock:
http://aasted.org/adblock/index.php

[Mal]

Originally Posted by downquark1

Yeah I noticed that, I'll look into it - maybe they are remaking it for 0.9 (the extension system was rebuilt)

It was there for the release of v0.9, but disappeared later. I know it didn't work for me on 0.9.

[Richard M]

Just found an interesting link for those who are curious about the Moz Firefox alternative:
http://texturizer.net/firefox/faq.html#q1.3

[Ramrod]

I am tempted to use firefox but I have IE set up just as I like it and am loath to have to start fiddling about again

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

I am tempted to use firefox but I have IE set up just as I like it and am loath to have to start fiddling about again

Same here. There's no Google Toolbar for Firefox et al and I found that Firefox made my system less stable - more errors and glitches. I'm still not convinced there's a future for minority browsers

[downquark1]

Originally Posted by greencreeper

Same here. There's no Google Toolbar for Firefox et al and I found that Firefox made my system less stable - more errors and glitches. I'm still not convinced there's a future for minority browsers

Erm there's a built in google search bar

And firefox doesn't integrate into the system

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by downquark1

Erm there's a built in google search bar

And firefox doesn't integrate into the system

Well I never found it

Most programs integrate into the system. A program only needs to copy a dll to system or (over)write a registry entry for problems to occur.