TuT said:
So after all, IE is the only browser you can use for exactly everything which makes it quite easy and handy for most ppl. Secure? No, because of what have been mentioned earlier in this thread. But as long as your system is secured itself it´s not an issue.
Would you be happy if your bank said that you could only use your credit/debit card *if* you had a Diesel/FCUK/Some Brand Designer wallet, since that is the only one they had accomodated for?
What about - if you were only allowed to use a petrol station if you had a Ford or BMW made within the last 2 years, since their pumps were incompatible with everything else?
No, we'd scream that it was unfair, discriminative and absolutely silly. Yet we stick with Internet Explorer because the banks and such have decided it is easier to write their banking application for the majority, and fuck the minority. When this majority balances out, they are going to be in a right mess.
MSIE is a complete piece of shit, it's insecurities are largely down to dependancies upon on the operating system, which is slightly more secure - but still full of holes which are not fixed for months, and patches withheld. MS got themselves into this mess, they burnt all other browsers when the brower wars were hotting up - and this was a time that an OS didn't come with any browser at all. You usally had to install one, or two to get maximum compatibility with the sites out there.
There are standards which exist, HTML compliance. MSIE meets none of these, and deviated from the standards and created their own HTML changes.
When you visit a site which doesn't work with a browser, it is the sites fault for not using open standards and sticking to them, or for errors in their HTML. The things which work with MSIE and not with Firefox are usually down to the page trying to render things the MSIE way.
I personally think it's fucking disgrace, it's lazy and it's pointless. Especially from banks who have shitloads of money to spend on these sorts of things. They are going to find they have locked themselves and their consumers into a product they have no control or say over, which has turned out to be exceptionally insecure and more of a security risk than anything which could be compromised on their online banking site. I also shouldn't have to spend £200 on Windows XP Professional just to secure my computer for a product. I should be able to use any browser, from the original browser which is purely text based, to MSIE, Firefox, or my own custom made one.
But anyway.. I'm
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@ "the average Joe" - expression
