Why I dumped Internet Explorer for Firefox, like many others have
The Firefox browser has surpassed 25 million downloads, giving itself 10% of the market.
I am one of its recent converts! I dumped Internet Explorer for Firefox last week. So far I like it!
Why? I like Internet Explorer, but it’s too big and complicated. As I've written before, big and complicated leads to more security issues - there's simply more to be attacked or go wrong.
Equally importantly, Internet Explorer is a big target for hackers because it has most of the browser market. I got hit by some nasty spyware last week that seemed to come in through Internet Explorer, despite running up to date antivirus software and two different spyware programs! This stuff was nasty - 3 different spyware programs couldn't kill it and I eventually had to do "surgery" on Windows manually. Who knows what nasties may be left behind, and I'll probably have to reformat and rebuild my harddrive to be sure it's clean.
In probably related news, Microsoft has announced it’s releasing the next version of Internet Explorer, IE 7, early than previously expected.
I am one of its recent converts! I dumped Internet Explorer for Firefox last week. So far I like it!
Why? I like Internet Explorer, but it’s too big and complicated. As I've written before, big and complicated leads to more security issues - there's simply more to be attacked or go wrong.
Equally importantly, Internet Explorer is a big target for hackers because it has most of the browser market. I got hit by some nasty spyware last week that seemed to come in through Internet Explorer, despite running up to date antivirus software and two different spyware programs! This stuff was nasty - 3 different spyware programs couldn't kill it and I eventually had to do "surgery" on Windows manually. Who knows what nasties may be left behind, and I'll probably have to reformat and rebuild my harddrive to be sure it's clean.
In probably related news, Microsoft has announced it’s releasing the next version of Internet Explorer, IE 7, early than previously expected.
posted by Ted Demopoulos at 11:50 PM
Comments on "Why I dumped Internet Explorer for Firefox, like many others have"
-
Anonymous said ... (Monday, May 30, 2005 6:10:00 PM) :
post a commentWelcome to the club of happy browsers!
Firefox is the best browser and just passed a 60 million download mark!