On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:28:53 -0400, amicus_curious wrote:
> "The Ghost In The Machine" <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:l3i5s4-9rt.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:09:09 +0100
>> <17023239.VMj5QGXQhG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> IE VS Firefox - Top 10 Reasons to Drop Internet Explorer
>>>
>>> ,----[ 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!
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.bristleconeweb.com/blog/ie-vs-firefox-top-10-reasons-to-
drop-internet-explorer.html
>>
>> After a bit of boiling down...
>>
>> 1. Nonstandard.
>> 2. Not secure.
>> 3. Slow to upgrade.
>> 4. Ripped off features from Firefox.
>> 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.
>> 7. Indirect costs for IE because of standards incompatibilities. 8.
>> Slow.
>> 9. Not open source.
>> 10. Not cool.
>>
>> Well, 9 out of 10 isn't too bad. ;-)
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Related:
>>>
>>> Top 10 Reasons Firefox "Owns" Internet Explorer
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | After two weeks of using Firefox, Microsoft will have a tough time
>>> getting me
>>> | to ever switch back to Internet Explorer. `----
>>>
>>> http://www.miguelcarrasco.net/miguelcarrasco/2007/08/top-10-
reasons-.html
>>
>> That probably should be phrased something like:
>>
>>
>> After a user uses Firefox for two weeks, Microsoft will have a tough
>> time convincing him to ever switch back to IE.
>>
> Yada, yada, yada. All this talk by the dweebs who consider themselves
> to be the last word and yet at the end of the day, nothing is changed.
> No one who wants to make a buck off of the internet is going to ignore
> IE whether it has 95%, 85%, 75%, or 65% share and Firefox is free or
> not. Firefox has to display what IE displays or it will eventually lose
> whatever it has, which is not all that much and not enough to do any
> harm to Microsoft anyway. People don't pay for IE or for Firefox, they
> pay for Windows, either directly sometimes, or by refusing to buy a
> computer that doesn't have Windows pre-installed. At the same time they
> ignore Linux and eschew whatever piddly savings that it can promise.
> That is not changing either.
>
> Better to ignore the nut jobs that see some kind of nobility in knocking
> Windows and anything else coming from Microsoft while wishing and hoping
> that someday somebody will make them feel good. I remember when IBM was
> held in the same low esteem. It seems you have to be a loser to be
> loved by this bunch.
We have a distance learning contract at work. We connect through a
browser. Last year only IE would work properly. Monday, some of the
graphics wouldn't open properly. When I talked to tech support, his
screen didn't match mine... he was using Opera. Opera. This from a
company that was IE only last year. We both switched to Firefox, he saw
what he needed, and the problem was fixed.
If Firefox gets to 35% you can bet your ass people will write for it.
--
Rick
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