I use IE because I want to. I use free software to buffer me from any attacks. I have a firewall/router as well. Two antivirus programs, Windows XP Sp2, Spybot S&D, Ad-aware and a freeware port scanner to alert me if none of those seemed to work. Therefore this WINTARD who's been in the IT business for 11 years and has been using computers for well over 20 years will continue to use IE because I hate Firefox. I think it's clunky and who gives a rat's behind about tabbed browsing anyway. I'm secure! My machine is secure! AND the FirePOX movement is starting to smell like other movements I've had. I use IE because I like Active X, I like to be able to view all websites as they were intended to be seen. It doesn't matter that poor programmers are at fault. I just want to see the %^$#^%$# page properly. I'm sick of "anybody but Gates" people telling me I've got to switch. IE users are only on they're own because of lack of knowledge. The internet isn't anything else but the wild west and if you get shot it's your own damned fault. Virus writers, spammers, and spyware perveyors are no better than the criminals floating around South Central Los Angeles or Hell's Kitchen of New York. I can ramp the security in IE so tight that I'll only be able to view the beginning web designer's first project of "Hello World."
If I were going to switch I'd listen to established experts and not all you people who are caught in the swoon of the MacAttack or the lilting lullaby of Linux. Bill Gates is NOT Satan. He's an entrepreneur who wants to make money. Last I heard we lived in a free market society. Most capitalists, when unchecked, would be entirely in favor of rampant monopoly power. The good thing is, though that where monopolies exist, there are checks put in place to prevent such things.
Microsoft is a monopoly by default. It is an easy operating system that most people have chosen to use. Therefore, Microsoft has the power of the marketplace to set prices and do business. I see nothing very wrong with that.
Bill Gates is not Satan and Microsoft is not the harbinger of the apocolypse. Please be aware that there are some people who just simply like using the products that are presented to them. The more third party applications I install, the larger my registry gets, and the slower my computer eventually becomes.
You get the point. I'm a power user, but I really don't care about tabbed browsing. The popup blocker in XPSP2 is awesome, and so is the firewall. I don't want to bloat my machine any more than is necessary. Or then maybe your paranoia blinds you to the point I'm making.
I have 4 browsers on my computer. IE, Maxthon, Opera and Firefox. I detect no speed difference, and since I have secured my machine, I don't detect any troubles. I go to only certain safe sites. I don't get caught in phishing schemes either. My email client is Outlook and I'm damned proud of it. My customers whom I support and protect have trusted me with the same and I have performed magnificiently.
In conclusion: Open your mind to all possiblities. I've chosen my browser and I've tried them all before coming home to what I've always used. Comes down to want I always say, "Fear breeds ignorance, Ignorance breeds paranoia."
posted by Steven at 1:06 PM
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