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Another good reason to get off IE as soon as possible (re: VIRUSESEEES!!1!!1one): http://komotv.com/stories/31898.htm

And if I may suggest browser alternatives: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
http://www.opera.com/



~Liriel

~ Opera User ~

I'm already a proud Firefox user. But you know, once those browsers become the rule, it won't be long until viruses start affecting them too.

Liriel wrote:Another good reason to get off IE as soon as possible (re: VIRUSESEEES!!1!!1one): http://komotv.com/stories/31898.htm

And if I may suggest browser alternatives: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
http://www.opera.com/



~Liriel

Probably Mozilla when I rebuild the home PC.

Mhh ... I use IE ... and Norton, too ... this kicks all viruses in the nuts ..

But do they Kkick McDuffies in the nuts? That's the REAL issue!

None of us sensible people use IE. All the alternatives are far better.

I use IE...

...

*cries*

Switch now. I mean right now! NOW NOW NOW!

RPin wrote:I'm already a proud Firefox user. But you know, once those browsers become the rule, it won't be long until viruses start affecting them too.

Not as badly. IE and Outlook are a complete joke. Consider this...

Sun decided to make a scripting language for the web. Mindfull of the potential for viruses and and the lack of security on the web, they took every effort to insure that the product was a secure as possible. As such, it is impossible to write a virus in Java.

And MS. When they decided to write a scripting language for Outlook, they just wrote it with only a passing nod to security. The result is a scripting language that allows virus attachments in emails to open and execute themselves without user intervention.

And they're still patching it, what? Five years later?

I use Mozilla. I just tried Firefox and it's far, far better, but it kept crashing.

- Joel Fagin

I use Opera on one internet account, Mozzila on other - in order not to bother with proxys and stuff. Opera fan. Feed the fat lady.
I use IE for one thing though: It appears that only from it I can log in to my keenspace accounts.

mcDuffies wrote:It appears that only from IE I can log in to my keenspace accounts.

That shouldn't be right. Why's that?

I only use IE for image viewing since it loads nice and fast. I have Zone Alarm and IE doesn't get near to going on the internet.

- Joel Fagin

Microsoft now has a virtual machine like Java called the .NET CLR. It is not a major Windows component yet, but I am guessing in the future Microsoft will be pushing for all software to run on it.

I use IE. Many people criticize it for a lot of silly things. For example, it does not block pop ups. Criticizing it for that is like criticizing a waitress for asking people what food they want. Those who go to sites where the popups are not constructive can get a Google Bar, MSN Bar, etc. And some people do not even look at the security and privacy settings in I.E. O_O

Also, for some reason, IE loads and traverses the web faster on my 1.6GHz Windows XP than Konquerer and Mozilla do on my 1.6GHz Linux. Although, I use Knoppix. I have not used an installed Linux for a long time. That could be the reason they are slow, but they are still unforgivably slow. A truer reason could be that Linux does not have processor-specific accelerations, as far as I know.

A good thing about Linux is that it is keeping Microsoft in check. They are starting to get more serious.

*Proud nonuser of IE since 1999*

I've switched between Safari, Mozilla and Camino...

I use IE. However a few days ago another forum I lurk at was hacked. One member believes the new virus running around may have caused our forum to fall victim to hackors.



Today I started using Firefox *because I'm paranoid and I don't want my brother, who purchases MANY things off the internet, to get screwed over by a hackor* but there are some things that bug me about it. For one, my webcomic site does not appear correctly when I use Firefox. The background is supposed to be dark blue and the text white, but when I use Firefox the background is white and the text black. I did alter the color options in Firefox but that didn't seem to work...

Joel Fagin wrote:

mcDuffies wrote:It appears that only from IE I can log in to my keenspace accounts.

That shouldn't be right. Why's that?

I only use IE for image viewing since it loads nice and fast. I have Zone Alarm and IE doesn't get near to going on the internet.

- Joel Fagin

I couldn't officially log onto Keenspace using Mozilla, until I upgraded to the most recent version of the latter. No idea why.

If you want a really nifty free image-viewer, check out this, which I use all the time when I'm paging through my personal archives on my computer:

http://www.irfanview.com

It's small, fast, and compatible with a buttload of file types, including several video-file formats. Plus you can put a roadkilled-cat icon on your desktop. What more could you ask for?

okay, this topic has gotten me a bit parnoid
at the moment i seem to be alright, i've got an updated IE6 and NAV04 working with Adaware6

mind if i turn this into an argument about mozilla (firefox?) vs opera? if i were to switch, to which one, and why?

I use Mozilla everywhere but HERE. It's weird, but Mozilla simply can't log on to the forums.

So I use IE to check the forums.

For some reason I feel strangely violated....

maybe because I use IE, who knows.

[geoduck] wrote:If you want a really nifty free image-viewer, check out this, which I use all the time when I'm paging through my personal archives on my computer:http://www.irfanview.com

Nah. IE is probably still faster since it stays resident. Anyway, it's not like I can get rid of IE so I might as well use it - just as long as it doesn't get online, of course.

Mr Ekshin wrote:I use Mozilla everywhere but HERE. It's weird, but Mozilla simply can't log on to the forums.

It's gotta be a setting problem. I've never had any problems. Cookies seems the most obvious candidate, but that means you've probably also checked them.

- Joel Fagin