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Post by The Dark Knight on Jun 25, 2005 11:14:13 GMT -8
Firefox. For sure.
I've had a lot of problems using Internet Explorer and browsers based on IE like Maxthon, Avant and MyIE2.
Bleh.
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Post by Renegade on Jun 25, 2005 11:16:28 GMT -8
And that's exactly why people continue to get tons of spyware, & they wonder why their computer is slow. But you don't have to use IE just because it's there, & without knowing about other browsers, you can't say it's the best. Try FireFox, I'm sure you'll like it. As an IE user, it may take a little getting used to, so give it time & learn the features. IE doesn't give you spyware by itself. If you visit sites with malware on (warez sites, for example), or download things from Kazaa without even bothering to run a virus scanner, then yes, you'll find a significant increase in the amount of problems you have with your PC. However if you stick to some fairly easy web safety techniques, IE is not a security risk. So yes, if you're driving in a warzone, you should drive a tank rather than a sports car, because the tank will keep you safer. But if you'd never driven into any warzones in your sports car, why would you change to a tank? As I already said once before in this thread, FF also had a big security scare recently which was every bit as bad as the flaws found in IE. As FF becomes more popular, more flaws will be found in it, and more people will target it for malware. And as it so happens, I have tried a number of web browsers, including FireFox, and none of them impressed me enough to make a permanent change away from IE. Why would I need a web browser that tells me the weather anyway?
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Post by cellDamage on Jun 25, 2005 11:23:46 GMT -8
i use IE a lot.. mainly cos its the default and im too lazy to change to firefox.. make firefox with a normal IE screen n i'll use it! till then i'll stay being lazy.
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Post by gotenks992 on Jun 25, 2005 12:07:34 GMT -8
It has to be Firefox it is easier to use than IE and don't have to openm so many windows!
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Post by Lane Rendell on Jun 25, 2005 12:09:49 GMT -8
Mozilla Firefox. I find it faster, more stable, pop-up free (no 3rd party add-ons needed either), follows Web Standards more closly, less prone to malicious scripts (ActiveX mainly), and some other details Exactly what he said. I use FF, because I dislike ActiveX.
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Post by Punk19 on Jun 25, 2005 12:12:18 GMT -8
Since I use Internet Explorer you guys know what I'll say. IE is the best.
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Post by It's me again on Jun 25, 2005 12:24:47 GMT -8
I wouldn't say that I love FireFox just because of its safety, but I have linux and I think I can worry less about safety, although there are some security threats, it'd be a rare target from the way I see it.
I use both Windows and Linux, and with windows, I use FireFox just because it makes me feel safe at points (i do alot of searching the web, and get viruses with IE more than I do FireFox.) and the speed is just.. Much faster. With IE, speed seems like the biggest problem I have.
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Post by kapt on Jun 25, 2005 12:30:09 GMT -8
I use IE. I have tried several other Browsers including Firefox, and Maxthon. Beings that I am stuck with dial up here, I stick with IE because it just runs better than the rest. MAybe if I hada faster connection then FF may be different. But then again, if I had a faster connection, IE would run faster than it does now. So I think I'll just stick with what was intended to be used on this machine in the first place
On a side note, I though these type of threads weren't going to be allowed here anymore
Kapt~`'-
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Post by Oranjy on Jun 25, 2005 12:33:08 GMT -8
And that's exactly why people continue to get tons of spyware, & they wonder why their computer is slow. But you don't have to use IE just because it's there, & without knowing about other browsers, you can't say it's the best. Try FireFox, I'm sure you'll like it. As an IE user, it may take a little getting used to, so give it time & learn the features. IE doesn't give you spyware by itself. If you visit sites with malware on (warez sites, for example), or download things from Kazaa without even bothering to run a virus scanner, then yes, you'll find a significant increase in the amount of problems you have with your PC. However if you stick to some fairly easy web safety techniques, IE is not a security risk. So yes, if you're driving in a warzone, you should drive a tank rather than a sports car, because the tank will keep you safer. But if you'd never driven into any warzones in your sports car, why would you change to a tank? As I already said once before in this thread, FF also had a big security scare recently which was every bit as bad as the flaws found in IE. As FF becomes more popular, more flaws will be found in it, and more people will target it for malware. And as it so happens, I have tried a number of web browsers, including FireFox, and none of them impressed me enough to make a permanent change away from IE. Why would I need a web browser that tells me the weather anyway? I love that post.. I do aggree with what your saying...speaking as a Firefox user I see many people claim that it has been built much safer and therefore has less security flaws. This is partly tru but many just say that 'cause they were told that by some techie or read it somwhere. Well the reality is that IE was build as a very sturdy solid overall browser by the peeps at microsoft. They have the money and therefore the ability to create stronger secuirty features. They did do this to some extent, theire problem was that weren't quick enough and still arn't to ralise patches to newely discovered flaws, instead waiting for something like service pack 2 to add in a few measly features and a pop up blocker. Dont' get me wrong, the reason for all these flaws in the broser is not because they built it badly, but becuase it is the dominant browers used by over 90% of the people, it is therefore the prime target for malicious hackers, spyware, adware, trojans and other nasty things to be build to attack IE users so they can get to the majority quickly. If it were the other way round and FF was now the majority then just the same amount of secuirty holes would be found has in IE, as this would be the prime and therefore targeted browser.
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Post by Ghorta™ on Jun 25, 2005 12:39:27 GMT -8
Shoot if you have The Internet 2 you can download 100 movies in five minutes. It's freakin crazy how fast it is. The only way you can use it is at Universities and such though.
"In just 2 minutes and 41 seconds, it pulls down more than 500 megabytes of Linux code from servers at Duke University, a task that would normally take hours."
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Post by Oranjy on Jun 25, 2005 12:43:52 GMT -8
Shoot if you have The Internet 2 you can download 100 movies in five minutes. It's freakin crazy how fast it is. The only way you can use it is at Universities and such though. Which is what?
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Post by Ghorta™ on Jun 25, 2005 12:45:08 GMT -8
Shoot if you have The Internet 2 you can download 100 movies in five minutes. It's freakin crazy how fast it is. The only way you can use it is at Universities and such though. Which is what? www.internet2.edu/"There's nothing obviously different or magical about Alan Crosswell's computer. The dirty, beige machine sits idle in a nondescript office at Columbia University, where Crosswell directs the school's computer network. Then he lets it loose. In just 2 minutes and 41 seconds, it pulls down more than 500 megabytes of Linux code from servers at Duke University, a task that would normally take hours. Next, Crosswell shows me a violin master class held via videoconference. The DVD-like resolution creates an immediacy that you don't get with choppy streaming video, and the better-than-CD audio allows both the teacher in Canada and the student in New York to hear every nuance."
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Post by Oranjy on Jun 25, 2005 12:48:11 GMT -8
www.internet2.edu/"There's nothing obviously different or magical about Alan Crosswell's computer. The dirty, beige machine sits idle in a nondescript office at Columbia University, where Crosswell directs the school's computer network. Then he lets it loose. In just 2 minutes and 41 seconds, it pulls down more than 500 megabytes of Linux code from servers at Duke University, a task that would normally take hours. Next, Crosswell shows me a violin master class held via videoconference. The DVD-like resolution creates an immediacy that you don't get with choppy streaming video, and the better-than-CD audio allows both the teacher in Canada and the student in New York to hear every nuance." Thats sounds awsome although confusing & techie... a long time 'till that comes to our house . I mean teh website..
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Post by Ghorta™ on Jun 25, 2005 12:52:37 GMT -8
www.internet2.edu/"There's nothing obviously different or magical about Alan Crosswell's computer. The dirty, beige machine sits idle in a nondescript office at Columbia University, where Crosswell directs the school's computer network. Then he lets it loose. In just 2 minutes and 41 seconds, it pulls down more than 500 megabytes of Linux code from servers at Duke University, a task that would normally take hours. Next, Crosswell shows me a violin master class held via videoconference. The DVD-like resolution creates an immediacy that you don't get with choppy streaming video, and the better-than-CD audio allows both the teacher in Canada and the student in New York to hear every nuance." Thats sounds awsome although confusing & techie... a long time 'till that comes to our house . I mean teh website..Actually they're in the process of making it nation wide. I know right as it comes out it's going to be at least 5-10 thousand dollars for a computer with it. One University computer cost at least 50,000. And thats because it has big freakin hard drives on it.
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Post by It's me again on Jun 25, 2005 12:53:27 GMT -8
On a side note, I though these type of threads weren't going to be allowed here anymore
Kapt~`'-Maybe not Kpat~`'-
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