Dear IE, I'm Leaving You For Good

[Zulu Elephant]

Inspired by this thread - and the constant rants by various people who, frankly, know a lot more about computers than me - I am (as of a few hours ago) now using Firefox.

I can't really tell much of a difference (except for the tabs...but why not just open a number of IE windows) - what is the difference for someone who doesnt really do anything advanced with their browser - just looks at web pages?

[Asher]

The main thing is it's far more secure.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
I still use IE.

Works well for me.

IE is scary as far as security is concerned!

You should switch to Firefox ASAP.

[Ben Kenobi]

I've disabled most of the scripts.

[Blake]

(except for the tabs...but why not just open a number of IE windows)

The good thing about tabs is they don't clutter up your taskbar. Like you go to a site like Apoyton Off topic, hit every eye catching topic with the middle mouse button so each loads in a new tab, then read through each one at leisure. It's simply a whole organized than having to use a whole new window for each thing you want to load in the background.

I have met a few people vehemently opossed to tabs and they claim that the way WinXP (and some *nix windows managers) stacks windows in the taskbar is just as good - but it isn't. You can't change between websites anywhere nearly as quickly. I think in reality they are just scared of non-M$.

[Dis]

one thing I don't understand.

all browsers are free. Who cares who uses what?

Why does microsoft care if people use Internet Explorer? They offer it for free.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Zulu Elephant
Inspired by this thread - and the constant rants by various people who, frankly, know a lot more about computers than me - I am (as of a few hours ago) now using Firefox.

I can't really tell much of a difference (except for the tabs...but why not just open a number of IE windows) - what is the difference for someone who doesnt really do anything advanced with their browser - just looks at web pages?

there isn't much of a difference, that's why I like it. The differences are behind the scenes (security). I still don't like the text box cursor, but oh well. And I have to click outside the text box to scroll the page down. But I've adapted.

I really don't care for tabbed browsing. I find it annoying actually. But not annoying enough for me to ditch Firefox and go back to Internet Explorer.

[Asher]

The text box cursor is fixed, and will be part of Firefox 1.1

[Zulu Elephant]

And I have to click outside the text box to scroll the page down

Yeah I noticed that. Gradually getting used to it

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Alex
This is all cool and interesting, but the fact is that Microsoft doesn't give a **** to those who are jumping out of its boat. There are simply lots and lots of people still using IE. And this won't change.

(Boy, I'm pessimistic today, ain't I?)

here are our numbers for the month of november

	MS Internet Explorer   65.7 %

	Mozilla                24.6 %

	Opera                   3.2 %

	Netscape                2.1 %

	Unknown                 1.6 %

	Safari                  1.4 %

	Lynx                    0.7 %

	Konqueror               0.1 %

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Zulu Elephant
I can't really tell much of a difference (except for the tabs...but why not just open a number of IE windows) - what is the difference for someone who doesnt really do anything advanced with their browser - just looks at web pages?

these are features i use all the time

- quick google search without loading up google.com
- quick find in a page
- (finally!!) accurate printing (with preview), no matter the width of the page

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Combat Ingrid
Are there any issues like certain sites (internet banks for example) won't work properly with it? Otherwise I guess I should go ahead and try it.

The only thing IE good for is Windows Update now.

If your bank's website doesn't work with other browsers, such as Firefox, complain. Otherwise they have no incentive to fix it.

[Zulu Elephant]

Originally posted by MarkG

- quick find in a page

hey hadnt noticed that one

[Asher]

[Harovan]

There are people browsing with Lynx??!?