Browser Debate

intel

You Americans you talk and you talk.

judderman62

intel wrote:

What else has IE done for us.. what a queer question.

IE cant help being the most popular thats why it is targeted, as the hit to user
ratio is greater so yep thats obvious the results will be high for IE.

You do make a valid point Intel

IE unfortunately gives you a double hwammy as regards risk of attack by the scummier elements amongst the online community.

1) Micro$oft products are generally very poor on security with more holes than swiss cheese.

2) Because it currently has such a stranglehold on the market these people obviously target their products ahead of others

Toxteth_OGrady

intel wrote:

What else has IE done for us.. what a queer question.

It's an adaptation of the classic Pythonesque moment, "What have the Romans ever done for us?" from Life of Brian.

We're not Americans we're the Popular Front for the Liberation of Judaea!!

So Inters, you're not into tabbed browsing then?

:cool:

TOG

judderman62

intel wrote:

You Americans you talk and you talk.

Ehmmm who are you aiming that at ?

intel

judderman62 wrote:

You do make a valid point Intel

IE unfortunately gives you a double hwammy as regards risk of attack by the scummier elements amongst the online community.

1) Micro$oft products are generally very poor on security with more holes than swiss cheese.

I agree with that because if they were so good there would be no need for
error reporting as a good product wouldnt have any error's.. also its doing
the Job for them and I dont get an hourly rate from MS so I dont report.

intel

judderman62 wrote:

Ehmmm who are you aiming that at ?

Anyone with a keybored......

intel

Toxteth_OGrady wrote:

It's an adaptation of the classic Pythonesque moment, "What have the Romans ever done for us?" from Life of Brian.

We're not Americans we're the Popular Front for the Liberation of Judaea!!

So Inters, you're not into tabbed browsing then?

:cool:

TOG

Nope cant get on with it not my bag im afraid.. I fear IE7 :eek:

judderman62

intel wrote:

Anyone with a keybored......

ehmmmm anyone with a keyboard is American ????

I on the other hand could not do without tabbed browsing - I generally have between 5 and 9 tabs on the go at anyone time :eek:

Toxteth_OGrady

There are three important perceptual aspects of a browser's HMI for a user to buy into. These are look and and feel, functionality and security.

The problem I find with IE is that it compares badly with Opera and Firefox on security and functionality. As for look and feel that just comes down to personal preference.

The biggest problem with IE is that there is very litte if anything at all you can do about its limitations in each of the three areas.

However with Firefox and Opera the better security is inherent and a user can customise the look and feel and functionality significantly to suit personal preference.

Don't like tabbed browsing; turn it off.

With both the alternative browsers you can configure them to be an exact clone of IE in both appearance and function but still take advantage of the better security.

:cool:

TOG

Moorepart

intel wrote:

I use IE and there is absolutely nowt wrong with it.

Same up here,there,s nowt wrong with IE:T