Third Party Internet Browsers

[Grazza]

Use3D said:

ActiveX/Java controls off.

I fully agree.

IE now safe to use.

I hope so!

Use ActiveX/Java only on trusted sites.

Mmm sort of... There aren't any sites I *really* trust though. Personally, I only ever enable Javascript temporarily, when I need to use a site that specifically requires it for something that is important to me.

[DOOM Anomaly]

AirRaid said:

Am I the only person who doesn't get swamped with spyware? I use IE... I don't really take any major precautions... and my PC is always fine.

Same for me.

[wildweasel]

Lüt said:

It might be tolerable if you have a 2GHz+ computer with 512+ MB RAM, otherwise don't even consider it. I have never appreciated IE so much in my entire life.

Not true - I'm running Firefox 1.0PR on Win98SE on a 933 MHz and 512 MB of RAM, and it's faster than IE has ever been (and that's with 25 extensions, too).

[gatewatcher]

I've been using firefox since .6, and I have nothing but good to say about it.

[S1lent]

I don't really get swamped with Spyware because I have a ton of anti-spyware/virus stuff. I payed too much for this computer for it to get bugged :)

[Sephiroth]

unless you have something wrong with your system there really should be no reason mozilla or firefox don't work. i have never had it cause an major fuckups on any system i have installed it on.

honeslty i don't really think IE is bad or terrible. The only real reason i grabed mozilla for windows is because it has a built in pop-up blocker and tabs. it is more secure in the sence people just havn't found the holes in it.

I really mainly got it for linux because it has more support than konqueror for stuff like flash.

[S1lent]

Personally I think that FireFox offers the most without all the bugs of Mozilla. A lot of the stuff on Mozilla is a waiste of space IMO

[Sharessa]

Firefox is what I use. I haven't experenced any loading problems with Firefox (with one exception CAUSED BY LÜT) and my computer is just a 700 mhz Celeron wit 356 MB of RAM. IE goes 5x slower on it. That's the main reason I switched. I could care less abotu security considering my firewall is tighter than a dolphin's asshole.

[fodders]

UK browser business Deepnet Explorer today trumped global competitors Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Netscape and Firefox, with the claims that its new Phishing Alarm and enhanced pop-up killer made Deepnet Explorer the first known browser to pass Secunia’s new online phishing vulnerability test.

http://www.net4nowt.com/isp_news/news_article.asp?News_ID=2540

[Reisal]

DD_133 said:

I very very very much agree. Firefox > All others

I third that!

[læmænt]

IE doesn't even run on my computer.