On Sep 18, 12:30 pm, The Ghost In The Machine
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> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:09:09 +0100
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> > IE VS Firefox - Top 10 Reasons to Drop Internet Explorer
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> > ,----[ Quote
> > | Most people don't consider how much their web browser affects them. Turn on
> > | your Windows PC, there's IE already installed, and presto - IE is now your
> > | browser. Microsoft may be one of those companies that everyone loves to
> > | hate, but humor me for just a second and consider this. How often do you
> > | call a friend or family member because your computer has become a total mess?
> > | Do you notice over time that your computer slows to a crawl? Have you ever
> > | had your browser hijacked, funneling you into a stream of obscene images
> > | and/or advertisements? Do you think it is coincidence that these problems
> > | largely only affect those using Microsoft's Internet Explorer? NO!
> > `----
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> >http://www.bristleconeweb.com/blog/ie-vs-firefox-top-10-reasons-to-dr...
>
> After a bit of boiling down...
>
> 1. Nonstandard.
> 2. Not secure.
> 3. Slow to upgrade.
> 4. Ripped off features from Firefox.
Like what? tabbed browsing? Firefox DID NOT invent that. What else?
> 5. *WRONG* - there are plugins for IE. (Can't say I know
> of any specifically, and of course they're different from
> Firefox's batch o' plugins. However, another webpage
> showed an example of IE festooned with the silly things.)
> 6. IE directs you to MSN Live, no flexibility.
Bull. It defaults to Live, but you can add a new provider and change
the default in about 3 or 4 clicks of the mouse.
> 7. Indirect costs for IE because of standards incompatibilities.
> 8. Slow.
I don't understand this... it has always been my experience that
firefox was slower and more of a memory hog then ie.
> 9. Not open source.
> 10. Not cool.
Big deal... that's just stupid marketing... use product X, it will
make you cool.
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Tom Shelton
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