Eeor3 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I use IE7, its a standard and that's the only reason. I have no issues with security that everyone talks about. The 2 things I don't like about FF is that even when you opt to not be asked for confirmations, it still gives you the dialog any way and the way pages are not reading HTML properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyougi Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I use IE7, its a standard and that's the only reason. I have no issues with security that everyone talks about. The 2 things I don't like about FF is that even when you opt to not be asked for confirmations, it still gives you the dialog any way and the way pages are not reading HTML properly. Firefox is rendering HTML the way it's supposed to. IE7 is a standard on the Windows platform. W3C conformity is a prioraty for every browser besides Internet Explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageJoe Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 IE doesn't support our coding, IE doesn't support us. FF all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 That was so lame Joe, but I disagree. I prefer IE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageJoe Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Well its true if Microsoft becomes a monopoly, which it pretty much is, it will force its code languages upon us, forcing us to use them or other outdated software systems. EX: Microsoft doesn't like a particular coding language that is used by most alternative OS/software, so it makes it incompatible with its OS/software, therefore the majority of the world no longer supports it either. So Microsoft does't have to go with the best, just what makes it more money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyougi Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Well its true if Microsoft becomes a monopoly, which it pretty much is, it will force its code languages upon us, forcing us to use them or other outdated software systems. EX: Microsoft doesn't like a particular coding language that is used by most alternative OS/software, so it makes it incompatible with its OS/software, therefore the majority of the world no longer supports it either. So Microsoft does't have to go with the best, just what makes it more money. They already do it. .NET against Sun's Java. Microsoft does not focus on conformity because conformity is a threat to their market share. People are afraid that other browsers do not render HTML correctly, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechTroll Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Well its true if Microsoft becomes a monopoly, which it pretty much is, it will force its code languages upon us, forcing us to use them or other outdated software systems. EX: Microsoft doesn't like a particular coding language that is used by most alternative OS/software, so it makes it incompatible with its OS/software, therefore the majority of the world no longer supports it either. So Microsoft does't have to go with the best, just what makes it more money. They already do it. .NET against Sun's Java. Microsoft does not focus on conformity because conformity is a threat to their market share. People are afraid that other browsers do not render HTML correctly, etc.  None of the web browsers: IE, Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape (still out there...), Opera, etc. Render/support HTML "properly." The fact is that each browser handles html and corresponding technologies such as javascript, vbcript, cascading styles, etc a bit different and none of them are 100% true to the published standards.  A webpage/website generally appears better in one browser vs. another simply because someone used the technologies in such a way that the browsers happen to interpret them somewhat different. If all web designers were to follow the published, public standards then most webpages would looks about the same in most web browsers. Firefox seems to come a bit closer to following the standards but so many people have tied themselves to the Microsoft wagon that it often seems that IE is the defacto standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druser Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Because firefox is more secure and standards compliant, I think you should use it. IE supports ActiveX, the most spyware is installed through that system. Internet explorer is less compliant to the w3c standards then firefox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyougi Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Because firefox is more secure and standards compliant, I think you should use it. IE supports ActiveX, the most spyware is installed through that system. Internet explorer is less compliant to the w3c standards then firefox You should use Opera if you care about security. Opera is less used, which makes it safer than Firefox. Opera is also about as compliant as Firefox, also incorporating a few of IE's css properties that FF doesn't support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druser Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Because firefox is more secure and standards compliant, I think you should use it. IE supports ActiveX, the most spyware is installed through that system. Internet explorer is less compliant to the w3c standards then firefox You should use Opera if you care about security. Opera is less used, which makes it safer than Firefox. Opera is also about as compliant as Firefox, also incorporating a few of IE's css properties that FF doesn't support. Â I've tried opera, but there where a bunch of sites that couldn't be loaded by opera. Is that problem solved right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyougi Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 I've tried opera, but there where a bunch of sites that couldn't be loaded by opera. Is that problem solved right now? I was being a bit sarcastic. What I was saying was that security isn't really be a factor in picking Firefox, since there are other browsers that are more secure. As for sites not loading, I've never encountered a site I couldn't load on one browser, that I couldn't load on another, besides maybe stupid IE-only sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arunsonnet Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 I like ff coz of its cool addons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageJoe Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Yes the add-ons are great, but IE just sucks. So many flaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyougi Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 IE just sucks. So many flaws. I haven't seen any flaws in IE7 other than the interface and half-assed rendering engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomshaka - Body Snatcher Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 these are flaws enough For me firefox rox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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