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Originally Posted by minstrel
Gotta disagree with you there. First, because IE is not a piece of crap, although it seems it's fashionable to say so. Second, because the reason people use it isn't simply because they don't know any better: I have both installed... I continue to use IE out of preference.
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I'm not sure if it's fashionable or not, at least you can make an informed decision about your choices though which I don't think the average user can.
I've thought ie was junk basically since ms started using it to run windows which I feel is where most of it's security vulnerabilities can cause some serious damage, additionally it doesnt conform to any real standards correctly(other than those that ms like) and I don't like the way microsoft tries to force developers to do things their way when it's not necessary (Things like certification and security) which as a result can cause extremely high expenses for small developers.
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Originally Posted by minstrel
Firefox is not without it's own bugs, or security vulnerabilities for that matter.
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Very true, there are bugs in a LOT of software, and as far as development goes firefox is still just a baby. I'll be very interested to see what it's like if it makes it to version 6 ;)
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Originally Posted by minstrel
There was a time when early versions of IE were pretty horrible and Netscape in those days was far superior but those days are long gone, IMO.
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Also true but I don't think Netscape stood much of a chance after what microsoft did but thats not really important.