Windows Guru Calls For IE7 Boycott

Anonymous Cowherd writes "Paul Thurrott, a journalist that usually writes about all things Windows related (and sometimes about Apple affairs too), made a call in a recent article to boycott Internet Explorer, due to Microsoft's approach (continued in IE7) of not supporting web standards: 'My advice here is simple: Boycott Internet Explorer. It is a cancer on the Web, and must be stopped. IE is insecure and is not standards-compliant, which makes it unworkable for both end users and Web content creators... You can turn the tide by demanding better from Microsoft and using a better alternative Web browser. I recommend and use Mozilla Firefox, but Apple Safari (Mac only) and Opera 8 are both worth considering as well.'"

Comments

Re:Ok all you web designers out there ....

[therodent]

Excellent idea!

Let's have Slashdot throw the first stone on this little money maker.

My boss would fire me for even thinking this --- we would all be out of work in about a week.

Come on Slashdot --- you post this dribble, put your actions where your mouth is.

Re:When you do switch...

[falconwolf]

I see no reason to. Windows allows any programmer to customize it as much as they want, with the right settings its as secure as linux, and by default a billion times more user friendly

And better looking too

Ooh yea that BSOD, Blue Screen of Death, looks real good. Not! The only Windows OS I've used where I didn't get the BSOD is NT 4.0 I even got it within 10 minutes the first tyme I used XP. Other than the crashs Windows is more user friendly than Linux but MacOS is even more friendly. And the Amiga was the friendliest, well I never saw or tried BeOS so I can't say how it was.

Falcon