Preferences IE8 or Firefox?

~Chameleon~

I can't get Iron to even open a page!

aliEnRIK

judderman62 wrote: »

and your take on the security concerns over Chrome ?

Its probably safer than firefox with noscript. But ALL security can be got around in time

Depends how quickly google react to such instances

I use chrome anyways (But I still use firefox with noscript for most of my surfing)

Money_Grabber13579

judderman62 wrote: »

loving your sig by the way .... and how annoying are those ads and too arty and up their own *rse :rolleyes:

Thanks! Most ads don't annoy me to the extent that I want to strangle myself - but they've been telling us for 2 years now! :mad: That's more than enough!

Marty_J

Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »

Thanks! Most ads don't annoy me to the extent that I want to strangle myself - but they've been telling us for 2 years now! :mad: That's more than enough!

I hate those ads. If they've always wanted to be Aviva, why has it taken them 200 years to change their name?

It hardly instils confidence.

judderman62

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Its probably safer than firefox with noscript. But ALL security can be got around in time

Depends how quickly google react to such instances

I use chrome anyways (But I still use firefox with noscript for most of my surfing)

I think part of the concerns on Chrome is that Google themselves seem to invade ones Privacy. From Iron's site:

Problem

Chrome

Iron


Client-ID


Chrome creates a unique ID through which a user can be theoretically identified.


does not exist in Iron


Timestamp


Chrome remembers up to the second exactly when the software was installed.


does not exist in Iron


Suggest


Depending on the configuration, each time you put something in the address line,this information is sent to Google to provide suggestions.


does not exist in Iron


Alternate Error Pages


Depending on the configuration, if you have typed a false address in the adress bar, this is sent to Google and you get an error message from Google's servers.


does not exist in Iron


Error Reporting


Depending on the configuration, details about crashes or failures are sent Google's servers.


does not exist in Iron


RLZ-Tracking


This Chrome-function transmits information in encoded form to Google, for example, when and where Chrome has been downloaded.


does not exist in Iron


Google Updater


Chrome installs a updater, which loads at every Windows in background.


does not exist in Iron


URL-Tracker

Calls depending on the configuration five seconds after launch the Google homepage opens in background

does not exist in Iron

What's your take on that ? Thanks for your replies thus far :beer::beer:

Patrick20

I Currently use firefox as my main browser but also have opera installed which is useful sometimes. I've used all versions of IE, chrome, All versions of firefox for the last 2 years, and opera. old IE with its security risks were aweful so I went to firefox. I kept using it because of the add ons and all the ways it can be customised. Googles chrome was just too simple and It gave me no reason to leave firefox. Opera has nice features but again too basic for all my needs. Firefox has ALMOST as much compatibility as IE, where as the others don't . So it has the Advantages of IE but no disadvantages.

Money_Grabber13579

Some of that stuff is pretty useful though. The updater for instance so that you always have the latest version. That's always good for security. And the error reporting is good too. If Iron never receives any error reports, how do they know what to fix?

~Chameleon~

Ok, got it working now but Kaspersky really doesn't like it at all and is flagging every thing it does with warnings!

Seems to be more hassle than it's worth.

judderman62

personal call - what sort of warnings are you getting - working like a dream for me.

anyways past my bed time by some way.

night all :wave:

aliEnRIK

Google can track me for all I care. Id rather that than a hacker break through my defenses