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Topic: VIRTUAL INSANITY! Help with IE7...
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Leo Enticknap
Film God
Posts: 7474
From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 04-29-2006 05:15 AM
I use Firefox most of the time. I only use IE to get at the Outlook Web Interface when I'm away for work, or to use a small number of sites that won't work properly with Firefox (I come across 2-3 a year, at a guess). I did install IE7 Beta 2 a few days ago out of curiosity, and so far my impressions have been positive. The phishing filter appears to work well: I opened a couple of sites linked from phishing emails (after first having looked at the page source to see that there was nothing nasty and executable lurking in them), and IE7 correctly identified them as phishing sites. No false alarms, so far, either. The Google toolbar and multiple home pages features are quite handy. As for the multiple tab windows, this feature looks like it was ripped off from Firefox to me, which had it right from the first release. But overall and so far, its user interface is an improvement on 6, IMHO, and the big new feature - the phishing filter - seems to work OK.
Incidentally, the 'click to activate control' nuisance was happening with IE6 before I upgraded it, so I don't think this is an IE7-specific thing. However, if the lawsuit only affected the US, I'm a bit surprised that MS automatically sent the 'click to activate' update to non-US PCs.
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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."
Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 04-30-2006 02:33 PM
Internet Explorer 7 is a Beta release. As with all beta software, there are bugs.
IMHO, Internet Explorer is just a huge security liability and is best not used at all.
I've been using Mozilla's web browsers for a couple years now (first got on board with the standard Mozilla browser and then went to Firefox when Mozilla first started releasing it). Since switching to Firefox, I've had very little trouble with spyware and other issues that constantly plague IE.
Lots of people I know have had nightmarish problems due to IE security liabilities. Browser hijacks, like the Cool Web Search infection, are very common. Then you have other stuff like browser window spawning attacks and lots of other insidious crap.
Internet Explorer is affected by these problems because Microsoft in their infinite wisdom chose from the outset to graft the program deep into the operating system functions. If a security issue comes up with IE it often turns into an issue with Windows itself. Microsoft pulled that bullshit so they could pull some of their old tricks on competitors if needed. Change some code in the OS kernal to break things in rival web browsers and other non-Microsoft branded applications while the MS stuff continued to work.
That strategy did not help Microsoft. It just gave millions of users more reasons to despise Microsoft, search out alternative products and even jump to other computing platforms. Their sneaky strategy has been a double edged sword, creating the biggest target of opportunity for hackers to exploit in computing history. The hackers know exactly what Microsoft did and they are taking full advantage of it.
IE bug fixes and security patches are never ending. The program just bloats and bloats and bloats after awhile. By comparison, the full Firefox install is only a bit over 10MB is size.
Over at PC Magazine's website, John Dvorak posted an interesting column this past week on Internet Explorer. He contends Microsoft would be far better off by simply killing IE. Microsoft devotes so much of their software development resources in just fixing shit that goes wrong with IE. Dvorak contends this may be a key reason on why Windows Vista has been delayed. Everybody is too busy fixing IE bullshit and can't get enough time to work on new products. Basically IE is a huge money-losing operation for MS. They are spending billions trying to prop up that white elephant while far better browsers like Firefox continue to attract millions of new users.
As for other browsers like Opera, etc., I've tried them but went back to using Firefox quickly. Opera doesn't run as fast on my machines as Firefox and I see some pages get rendered strangely. On the bright side, Opera is completely free now.
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