2006-10-24 16:36:59 · 6 answers · asked by Dudikof 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
I like the safety of Firefox and Opera, granted no browser is 100% secure, Internet Exploder is the least secure browser you can be using.
United States Computer Emergency Team:
"There are a number of significant vulnerabilities in technologies related to the IE domain/zone...It is possible to reduce exposure to these vulnerabilities by using a different web browser"
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/713878
Proof
http://secunia.com/Internet_Explorer_Arbitrary_Content_Disclosure_Vulnerability_Test/
On top of this, IE7 still does not support web standards, and this drives up the cost of web developing, leaving us consumers ultimately paying the bill.
Compare the results of the web standards test:
The test results are suppose to look like this:
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/13/0,1425,sz=1&i=133648,00.jpg
Firefox 2 results:
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/13/0,1425,sz=1&i=133649,00.jpg
IE7 results:
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/13/0,1425,sz=1&i=133650,00.jpg
Opera results (perfect):
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/13/0,1425,sz=1&i=133651,00.jpg
You can try the test here to see that I'm not bu11 sh1ting you:
http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html
2006-10-25 22:32:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way. You can't get IE7 for linux or MAC for that matter. IE uses proprietary tech from MS, whereas Firefox is an open source project. Firefox/Opera had innovated (Gates favorite phrase) tabbed browsing before IE, plus the many other plug-ins, extensions available for Firefox. Active X has always been a security hole in IE, pray that it's better now.
2006-10-25 00:07:29 · answer #2 · answered by kurtj_homebrew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use both and decide for your self. Firefox for me has never had compititor as they fix the bugs the fastest and work on any system old and new which is not the case with IE 7 .firefox and be got from the link below .I use to to stop spyware before if gets into my computer
2006-10-24 23:41:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my experience, no. A lot of sites I visited would feeze up ALL the time, therefore limiting my web experience. I use Firefox now and it's all good. That's just my experience.
2006-10-24 23:45:14 · answer #4 · answered by Charles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'll still consider using ff 2.0... as its fully customiseable...
2006-10-24 23:49:57 · answer #5 · answered by John Howard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-10-24 23:45:16 · answer #6 · answered by Gui G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋