Why do the majority of you still use Internet Explorer?

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Well, it's always good to have choices. So as long as people know they have a choice between IE and A.Nother browser. It's all good.

The list of problems with IE is huge, and it's highly unlikely they will be fixed. Not to start a war here between the browser people, but after developing a site or 2 which is valid XHTML/CSS and works fine in Firefox, you stick it in IE and get all sorts of weird errors.

The IE tolerance isn't a good thing, as sometimes when you want a specific behavior from an ID or class object, it doesn't do what you tell it. Hughly fustrating.

Firefox doesn't load quite as quickly than IE, but hey - it isn't integrated into the operating system. However I find browsing and surfing is a lot quicker in FF than IE. And it gets even better over time with the tabbed browsing as you dont have lots of pages open for 6-8 hours which gradually slow down over time.

And thats not even mentioning spyware :\

Fin said:
Opera is still the fastest, best overall solution for me.
Firefox is close 2nd, still feels sluggish and or not right in some places.
I don't use IE anymore.
I downloaded Opera the other day, loaded it up and couldn't believe how cluttered and untidy it was. It also has built-in adverts and stuff? Why the hell would anyone ditch IE and pay for Opera is beyond me. But, personally choice is a good thing like I've said already.
 
havent had any trubble with IE as far as I remember so why shuld I change just cus ppl say its crap and unsecure :rolleyes: its often not the computers fault its the person sitting behind it :p:
 
i have firefox installed but always find myself going back to ie cuz some sites just dont load right and also ie seems to start up faster
 
monster said:
use FIREFOx, i used IE for 1year, got viruses then use firefox, and had 0 viruses...it stops viruses/popups and u can tab stuff :D also it ownz, and no spyware or anything

www.getfirefox.com

it's awesome :P give it a try, there's nothing to lose also as it saved all ur cookies and favourites :D


omg... plz give me a break... you can´t blame the browser for giving you a virus...

:lol:

the user is allways fault :P

Off topic:
and about 98% of the time the user is also fault when programs run shit or crash... except when you use Microsoft Software ;)
 
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SoldierBoy said:
havent had any trubble with IE as far as I remember so why shuld I change just cus ppl say its crap and unsecure :rolleyes: its often not the computers fault its the person sitting behind it :p:
I agree. It's never the computers fault. It's either user error (for clicking yes or no on an ActiveX dialogue) or the programmers fault for allowing their software to do something it isn't supposed too (install applications on the users machine without permissions).

It isn't the users fault if they are tricked or exploited though. They are just, at worst, under educated in the area of computers and/or vunerable people.
 
Martz said:
I agree. It's never the computers fault. It's either user error (for clicking yes or no on an ActiveX dialogue) or the programmers fault for allowing their software to do something it isn't supposed too (install applications on the users machine without permissions).

It isn't the users fault if they are tricked or exploited though. They are just, at worst, under educated in the area of computers and/or vunerable people.
indeed but after their first virus most ppl get protection and notice that u get 1 billion trojans and crap after browsing on "werid" sites and pretty much gets forced to learn that firewalls and virus proggies aint that bad to have and that it wont be so clever to click on yes on dodgy popups and stuff;)
 
Well im using IE cos it's there and i didnt have enough trouble with it yet to justify looking for another solution.
 
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deffo firefox easier better faster (spyware free) and much better organized ;)
 
Martz said:
I downloaded Opera the other day, loaded it up and couldn't believe how cluttered and untidy it was. It also has built-in adverts and stuff? Why the hell would anyone ditch IE and pay for Opera is beyond me. But, personally choice is a good thing like I've said already.


if u dont want it to be clustered then it's not, opra lets you customize nearly everything, be it functionality or looks, it has all the features that firfox has, it has mouse gestures and as for the banner... well there are ways of getting rid of it... i mean paying of course... ;)
 
i find firefox loads faster and bugs less when doing so, other than that i got broadband and couldnt give a toss:p:
 
Menace said:
Actually, many of the sites that you think are squiky clean and safe probably leave some kind of spyware piece of bullshit behind on your PC I think.
Not that I'd actually give a tiny shit about the safety of my own PC, but I use Firefox because of the tabbed browsing and the fact that it's not Microsoft, but it's still decent ;)


you and safety with all that rushian kiddy porn download shit lmfao
 
Tried firefox some week's ago crashed a few times, loads slow and was too awkard to use.. never had any problems with I.E. it has built in pop up blocker it's fast and never had any spyware/virus's on my pc.

Only thing that annoys me about i.e. is the fact it wont download/install anything without u knowing first unless u turn of all the check's... ( i guess it's there to stop spyware. )
 
Firefox or firebird on this older puter, cba upgrading;) Once you get used to tabbing using IE feels like having your hands cut off whilst having the hard-on of the century
 
well ie is ok for me since i dont need anything more , but easier to get trojans and viruses (like i got the other day)
but firefox is better from wut i heard , dunno about mozzila :uhh: