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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."
...that I should stop running Internet Explorer using wine, and try Firefox?
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it dissolve.
"IE's slow rendering engine " :(
Sad but true. The review page has been loading for almost a minute now
"Sorry, this browser does not support automated installation of trojans and other malicious applications, please upgrade to MSIE to further risk your computer security"
love slashdot. populate it. use it. abuse it. hate it. kill it. miss it. stop following links, they only kill servers.
But all the FUD was created by IE anyways.
I fear that I will have my personal information stolen.
I am uncertain that the IE Developers are competent programmers.
I doubt that I will switch back to IE in the near future.
...Slashdot was 90% Internet Explorer
Maybe this is just flamebait, but this just confirms the thought I've always had in the back of my head that Slashdot is visited by a lot of hypocrites. I still love it though, just more as entertainment than anything else... Just like I listen to NPR to hear the crazies...
Yeah, it's like Car & Driver downgrading a car in a review because it's doors have locks on them.
I was in the same situation as you... so I went to mozilla.org, and downloaded the full package and installed it.
A week later I realize that Mozilla and Firefox are different... I go "D'OH!" but I'm too lazy to download, uninstall mozilla, and install firefox, import my links, etc.
So I guess I'll be using Mozilla until years after people point out I should upgrade to whatever...
The browser isn't perfect, however. Firefox does not render nonstandard DHTML properly, nor does the Mozilla Organization have any intention of releasing a browser that does.
Well, good for them!
Durrrr!
Does this mean there are 3 bitches to every star? Are we talking Hollywood here?
Isn't that the best way? consider a spider crawling up your leg, once you feel the spider crawling and ready to bite you, a knee jerk reaction occurs. Really you have to get used it it, cause every new version of (brand x) pants have the same damn spider embedded in them.
Ahh, see that's where you went wrong. Now your actually gonna have to buy your own beer.
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isn't FUD usually just speculation and half-truths.
I don't know. Ask Michael Moore.
640YB ought to be enough for anybody.
Yep, IE really puts the Monster in demonstrably horrible security...
It's hard for me to explain, but I have permanently set it the way that I've described. Once you try it for a day, then you'll never turn back. You could always turn images on/off as you've described.
testing out my trending skills
I always thought that in order to use Firefox you needed to be able to think in Russian. I'm surprised you don't see microsoft pointing this out as drawback.
<Script Language="VBScript">
Gee, there's just no other way they could have done that, now is there?location.assign "../../WebFW/LTN-527T/52T5S0B.zip"
</Script>
Looks like Firefox isn't the only thing that you're plugging!
a bit ironic to rely on acvtivex to try to secure your pc?
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