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PC Magazine Reviews Firefox, Opera
prostoalex writes "PC Magazine reviews Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 and Opera 7.51, noting: 'Security concerns aren't the only reason to seek an alternative [to Internet Explorer]. IE's slow rendering engine and dearth of privacy features may plant the thought in some iconoclastic minds that it may not be the best browser for everyone.' 4 stars for Firefox and 3.5 for Opera, so looks like a Firefox win, although the editors do point out FF's troubles with DHTML as well as Opera issues with JavaScript."
It's a shame that that had to happen only because of the recent FUD about IE.
I agree that the hubbub about IE is not speculation or half-truth, but for the average non-technical end-user it's still effectively FUD.
All I was saying was, it's too bad people couldn't choose Mozilla or Opera without it being a knee-jerk reaction.
"All the recent stories concerning IE's horrible security have been demonstrably true."
Yeah, everybody's ignorant because they don't know of an obscure browser they weren't looking for because IE's doing its job satisfactorally for them. I think you're ignorant because you don't know what normal mapping is, even though all of use 3D artists out there consider that beginner's knowledge.
"Derp de derp."
"Ignorance is not neccessarily meant to be taken as an insult. Simply not knowing something is not so bad a thing."
I'm not saying it is. However, it is the general opinion here that people that use IE are stupid. You can't honestly tell me you think that the post I replied to meant that in a nice way.
"I admit my ignorance in the realm of 3D modeling, but I'm also not insulted by this in the slightest."
You would be if I were to act elitist about it. The words themselves aren't the insult, it's how it is carried across. If I tried to use my knowledge of normal mapping to place myself as a higher being, you may not be offended that I know more than you on that topic, but you would think I'm a big asshole for trying to pass trivia off as knowledge. You'd come right back and tell me what a jerk I am. I don't know about you personally, but a lot of people would intentionally avoid learning about what normal mapping is in order to avoid becoming a jerk like me.
"I'm sure every single 3D artist out there uses a web browser, but how many web browser users are 3D artists? Your analogy is crap."
I agree. If my analogy had anything to do with 3D artists using web browsers, it would be crap.
"Derp de derp."