Federal Government warns about Internet Exploer bugs

[miketwalker]

I've been using Firefox and Thunderbird for about a month or 2 (also because Brandon introduced me)... and I absolutely love it! Only thing I wish they would add would be an ftp setup like IE has, I still have to have IE installed when doing stuff in FTP.

[SuperDave]

hah all you windows people, its all about Apple Safari for mac OS X. i switched from a pc to my mac 6 months ago, i'll never go back. no popups for me, and everysingle web page i go to loads up better than IE for mac. plus safari has some great features that IE doesnt have.

[evulish]

Originally Posted by SuperDave

hah all you windows people, its all about Apple Safari for mac OS X. i switched from a pc to my mac 6 months ago, i'll never go back. no popups for me, and everysingle web page i go to loads up better than IE for mac. plus safari has some great features that IE doesnt have.

Aww yeah! Safari rocks!

And whenever I do use Windows.. I use IE. Am I the only person that doesn't actually have any problems with it? Jeez

[Cory]

I use MyIE2. Visually it is almost identical, but it tabs windows, blocks popups, etc. I love the tabbed windows, and I have literally *never* gotten a popup. Even with the Google toolbar, I would still get popups, so I'm happy

Cory

[Elyse Holguin]

i was turned to firefox right after midwest regional when i was having problems with ie. amazingly enough, a close friend outside of the FIRST/CD community turned me on to it. and in response to kyle's gaim comment, i agree that it does rock. however, i dislike not being able to direct connect with it, so still use aim as well.

[Ryan M.]

Originally Posted by Billfred

I'll jump onto the bandwagon...I've been with Firefox since it was 433--erm, Firebird.

Hasn't let me down yet.

Same here.

Thunderbird is great. For you Outlook Express types out there, you won't have any trouble using Thunderbird.

And, thanks for the GAIM link. I just might use that...

[Venkatesh]

I've been using Firefox for quite some time as well (all the way back to the name Phoenix). I have just recently started using Thunderbird, and it is wonderful.

Btw, at all of the federal agencies I have seen, Netscape is the most common browser. At a Veteran's hospital I volunteered at, everybody is still running Netscape 3.0. And some even use Netscape Composer to write documents.

[Ryan M.]

Originally Posted by miketwalker

I've been using Firefox and Thunderbird for about a month or 2 (also because Brandon introduced me)... and I absolutely love it! Only thing I wish they would add would be an ftp setup like IE has, I still have to have IE installed when doing stuff in FTP.

What FTP features does IE have that Firefox doesn't?

Besides, you could always get a dedicated FTP client, such as FileZilla (the client, not the server. )

[Stefan]

or you could you smartFTP seeing how its ultra pwnage as well. also note IE is the worst thing to use as an ftp client too slow and time consumeing for me.

[MrToast]

Safari!

In fact, Apple just announced on Monday Safari RSS, which will have a built in RSS engine, so you don't need a second app to get all of your news fast. Woooord.....

Paraphrase the government:
Peecees suck. Get a Mac.

Sounds good to me.



MrToast

[Andy Baker]

Geeez... now you guys tell me. I'll switch from IE tonight.

Andy B.

[Rob Colatutto]

I had Pheonix as well, what a great browser that was just a few too many bugs. I use Firebird still since its really never given me any problems. But yes, a Mozilla web browsing product is deffinately the way to go.

[Raven_Writer]

I've been using Phoenix/Firebird off-and-on. I do like IE a little bit.

Thunderbird is a decent e-mail client, but to me it's the same as the new Outlook.

I honestly prefer AwesomeBrowser (I believe it's called). It's a pretty good browser.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Cory

I use MyIE2. Visually it is almost identical, but it tabs windows, blocks popups, etc. I love the tabbed windows, and I have literally *never* gotten a popup. Even with the Google toolbar, I would still get popups, so I'm happy

The problem with MyIE2, CrazyBrowser, Avant, and others is that they embed the IE engine in a different frame. Thus, you get many of the features of Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, or Netscape, but you also get all the security holes that come along with IE. Thus when the Federal Goverment warns to move away from IE, they mean all browsers that embed IE.

Outlook and Outlook Express also embed IE, so you should also move to an alternate e-mail program. Thunderbird has already been mentioned. Eudora is another standalone e-mail program. Mozilla, Netscape, and Opera all have their own built in mail programs also.

[Ryan F.]

I like Mozilla Firefox, which I've been using for about half a year now. It's like internet explorer without all the annoying parts. I like the tabs, compact browser...etc.