Internet Explorer

[citizen001]

Does anyone still use internet explorer? if any of you do why?

 

[Knight-Dragon]

I do. You got a problem with that?

 

[Padma]

I do at work. I don't have any choice....

 

[bobgote]

using it now.

i use firefox at home.

 

[ManOfMiracles]

There are a few websites I log into that will only work (health insurance, campus library...) with IE because the sites are designed by idiots. I use either Netscape or Firefox for general browsing.

 

[Thrawn]

I only use IE if I really have to. Otherwise it's Firefox all the way.

 

[citizen001]

Yeh, same here I use Firefox whenever I can, only switching to IE if it is absolutely necessary to display a page which can't in firefox. I started reading in pc magazines recently about the security holes in IE and new features in firefox so i switched.

 

[Turner]

If firefox was the last browser on the planet, I would stop surfing the net.

Opera/Netscape? Meh.

I use IE, and am perfectly safe doing so. Never a virus, never a trojan.

It's the 2% rule. You need to be 2% smarter than the equipment you're using.

 

[fret]

I agree with Turner_727 100%. There is nothing detrimental that can happen to your PC while surfing with IE that wouldnt happen in another browser, when both browsers are configured the same (ie both have activeX and IoD disabled)

I challenge anyone on this board to direct me to a website that infects my PC with a virus while using IE whereas other browsers would be safe. I challenge anyone to direct me to a website that will plant malicious code on my PC whereas a differant browser wouldnt (such as Java based auto dialers). Please, please point me to these sites!!! Ive been waiting for someone to show me one for about 5 years now, nobody on usenet has ever been able to show me one, nobody on any of the countless forums ive been a member of since PHP took off has been able to show me one of these IE specific malicous sites. Please, please show me them!

<--- virus lover

I actually use Firefox, but I use it because of the features it has, not because IE is dangerous or anything. I certainly dont avoid IE at all, I will happily use it every day if necessary and I am 100% confident that I could use IE for the rest of its suported lifetime and never suffer a single security issue that was detrimental to my PC.

If you have had security issues when using IE then its your fault for clicking 'yes', and in this scenario using Firefox or Opera wouldnt have helped a bit. If you didnt click 'yes' and have still suffered a problem, then dont worry because using something other than IE wouldnt have helped a bit either.

 

[Mikoyan]

I use firefox, until it becomes unstable. Then I use IE.

 

[Gogf]

I use Firefox, and it doesn't become unstable.

 

[Ankka]

I use Safari.

Firefox on the old windoze 98SE comp.


IE at school beause that's the only one available there.

 

[Detlef Richter]

I only use IE the whole day.
And as fred and Turner_727 sayed, without any safety problems.
If you have problems, buy an hardware firewall (Linux based) with DMZ and you are nearly safe.

 

[Dell19]

I use IE usually.

 

[Wolfe Tone]

I only use IE to get into my Gmail account. Other than that I avoid it like the plauge.

 

[MarineCorps]

I thought G mail worked with most internet browsers?

I use IE but not by choice. The AOL browser uses IE and in order to be online I have to have the AOL browser open.

 

[Wolfe Tone]

It doesn't appear to work with Opera, or at least I can't get it working.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I usually use firefox for browsing but keep IE as my default browser as its quicker to open local html files via double click. Its also good to see what a majority of people will see when you are working on a site. I have never found that browsers differences live up to the exxagerations of their fans. One year mozillas better the next year IE and back and forth. I imagine most IE developement is being reserved for the Longhorn release so I don't expect much from it until then. The pop up blocker in PS 2 even suprised me. I wonder how many times a variation of this thread will show up.

 

[Thrawn]

I use IE, and am perfectly safe doing so. Never a virus, never a trojan.

It's a fact that ie has more security holes than the other non-ie based browsers. Doesn't mean I could give you a site that attacks ie though, I don't know of any. One of my friends once gave me a url that crashed my pc and forced me to reboot. I doubt the the same thing would've happened in other browsers.

It's also a fact that ie is lacking when it comes to meeting web standards. Why else do you think that some pages only work properly in ie?

 

[citizen001]

It's a fact that ie has more security holes than the other non-ie based browsers. Doesn't mean I could give you a site that attacks ie though, I don't know of any. One of my friends once gave me a url that crashed my pc and forced me to reboot. I doubt the the same thing would've happened in other browsers.

It's also a fact that ie is lacking when it comes to meeting web standards. Why else do you think that some pages only work properly in ie?

better to be safe than sorry!