Federal Government warns about Internet Exploer bugs

[Adam Y.]

I just read today that the Federal Government says that most people should switch over to another browser. They say that Internet Explorer has too many bugs that makes it easy to steal information. I thought I would post this since I have never heard of this happening before.An article

[Marc P.]

I've been using FireFox for quite some time. No pop-ups, no spyware/adware, and not nearly as many vulnerabilities as Internet Explorer. It also renders pages a bit faster than good ole' IE.

It's very painless to install, and can import all favorites from IE. I highly recommend it.

[Bharat Nain]

Originally Posted by Marc P.

I've been using FireFox for quite some time. No pop-ups, no spyware/adware, and not nearly as many vulnerabilities as Internet Explorer. It also renders pages a bit faster than good ole' IE.

It's very painless to install, and can import all favorites from IE. I highly recommend it.

Ditto. Firefox rocks. I use IE only for certain websites and certain situations, but overall it has always sucked. I havent had IE as my main browser since about 2 years now. You will love the switch

-Bharat

[MattK]

I have been using Firefox for about a week and I love it! Its so much faster then IE.

only 1 problem-
When I click on a link in Outlook it launches both IE and Firefox. Anyone know how to fix this?

[scuba_sm]

Originally Posted by MattK

I have been using Firefox for about a week and I love it! Its so much faster then IE.

only 1 problem-
When I click on a link in Outlook it launches both IE and Firefox. Anyone know how to fix this?

Did you set both as your default browser? If you did, it might launch both.

I've got to say, I switched to Firefox about 6 months ago, and I've only used IE to open IE web pages (which are getting rarer and rarer..... ) I love it, especially tabbed browsing. Not to sound like too much of an add, but I like the ability to change themes, and add extensions to it, to customize it.

[Stefan]

Yeh ive ben useing firebird since it was phenoix and that was a while ago. Firebird is ownage and is the only browser accessable via shortcuts on any comp on my network. However i hope when it hits 1.0 they make a new red book of mozilla entry it will be only fitting anyways.

and as for extensions anyone who does any thing with websites should look into the web developer extension its the best thing in the world.

[Clark Gilbert]

I've also been using it since the days of Pheonix and I just love FireFox. I'm also big into using Thunderbird as I've picked it up and enjoyed it for the last month or so. I'm pretty much 100% free of Outlook, IE, and Trillian now. My new best friends are Thunderbird, FireFox, and GAIM. Gotta love the free stuff

[rowe]

we should submit this thread to mozilla, i bet theyd b happy. . oh and ditto on everything said about firefox, i love it.

[MattK]

Just started Using Thunderbird- works well. I like it.

[Billfred]

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

Hasn't let me down yet.

[JAH]

I haven't tried Firefox or Mozilla but I've been using Opera. I love it, tabbed windows, a stylish look, and it only opens requested pop-up windows. I highly reccomend it. You can get it off download.com.

[MattK]

Originally Posted by JAH

I haven't tried Firefox or Mozilla but I've been using Opera. I love it, tabbed windows, a stylish look, and it only opens requested pop-up windows. I highly reccomend it. You can get it off download.com.

I used that awhile back... they claimed it was the "fastest browser on earth" or something. I never really took to it.

Firefox on the other hand I am getting to love more and more.

The nice part is- its not that un-like IE (GUI wise) and it just works better.

[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.

[Denman]

what is sooo wrong with the humble ie?
everyone hates it because it is a microsoft product, yet without microsoft where woudl we be in computing? no games?! no decent os ! etc etc
(note that microsoft sponsoring us has no effect on my opinion)