Re: Federal Government warns about Internet Exploer bugs
 

thank God for Firefox...
Hehe i love it! it's awesome...
www.mozilla.org
--Dori

Re: Federal Government warns about Internet Exploer bugs
 

I'm thinking of using firefox, but I am currently OK

I've used Netscape for about 3 years now, ever since IE started screwing up my cable internet. I am posting from Purdue University right now (Stewart Center computer lab) and I am using Safari on a Mac. I LOVE Macs. They look so sleek, and have exceptional performance and apps (such as sherlock and safari).

I think Microsoft deserves every bit of the blame. It is a third-rate browser which slows everything down, freezes the computer on a regular basis, and pops up unwanted ads.

Re: Federal Government warns about Internet Exploer bugs
 

I'd be willing to bet a lot of the probelms you are complaining about are due to various pieces of malware (spyware, trojans, viruses, etc) on your computer. A clean, updated install of windows 2000/xp is really pretty stable, including internet explorer. I suggest you download Spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html) and run it regularly (you can set it to run periodically).

It's arguable that it's Microsoft's fault that it's so easy to pollute IE/windows with this junk, but I suspect if Firefox/Netscape (they run mostly the same software) become more popular, you will see a lot more malware targeting them.

Re: Federal Government warns about Internet Exploer bugs
 

That's a genuine argument, but not necessarily the case. The Apache web server hosts 60-70% of websites versus about 25% for Microsoft IIS. However, IIS is still hacked more then Apache. Better software is doesn't depend on small numbers to be secure.