or if you want the Chrome-like browser without Google stalking you round everywhere SRWare Iron it's Chrome without the data miningOriginally Posted by SpankMe
And the actual Firefox link is Here
God's Evil Twin
or if you want the Chrome-like browser without Google stalking you round everywhere SRWare Iron it's Chrome without the data mining
And the actual Firefox link is Here
Science Is But An Organized System Of Ignorance"Pornography: The thing with billions of views that nobody watches" - WhiteManBehindADesk
Watchful Old Bird
now that's just nasty
Weapons of Mass Acceleration
Yeah I noticed it seemed to auto-fill any online forms I fill in.... makes me wonder exactly what is is recording. I run IE simply because I neither know of or particularly understand the benefits of these other things like firefox or whatever it is.Chrome ... data mining
Forum whore
I think I'l stick with this one
http://www.doogle.org/
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God's Evil Twin
1st benefit of ANY other browser is they work. If it helps any IE data mines too just they do it for Bing, and anyone with a choice should NEVER use IE, NEVER!
Science Is But An Organized System Of Ignorance"Pornography: The thing with billions of views that nobody watches" - WhiteManBehindADesk
Tearing Choppa a new A'Hole
Sneaky bastard............
Vote David Bain for MNZ president
Forum whore
I have downloaded Firefox. I was just looking at bikes on trdaeme and it wouldnt let me change the search from Hawkes Bay to NZ. I then run it with IE8 and it worked fine
Any ideas why?
And its running IE8 with add ons off now, dont know how to change it back to how it was originaly ( 2 hours ago)
Dale Kerrigan: If there's anything Dad loved more than serenity, it was a big two stroke engine on full throttle!
Weapons of Mass Acceleration
Okay, so can some computer whizz explain in plain english what is wrong with IE and what is the best safest browser to use and why?
I have only ever used the standard stuff that my computers came with (and likely little of that) so have nothing to compare it to and don't have the I.T. knowledge or experience to really know what difference it makes and if that difference is really material for a standard computer user.
Eyes that shine burning red
My browser advice.
If your browsing experience is ok for you i.e. you don't think you have any problems, then don't change it.
I have IE6 still installed on my work PC, but use FF for KB. Will try IE6 and see what it looks like.
Forum whore
I converted to Firefox mostly for tabbed browsing, but now IE has that too. I stick with Firefox now because I know it, and computer geeks don't launch into a rant 'cos you're still using IE.
Forum whore
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneratio...jump-ship/7988
God's Evil Twin
There is many things wrong with IE from the fact it (like most MS products) fails to comply with standards & thus can render websites incorrectly (yes I know they have got better with IE8 but still far to go) to its security flaws as pointed out above and everything in-between.
As for a secure browser that is a hard one
Given Google is offering $20,000 USD for anyone who could corrupt their browser in the 1st day of security hacking event Pwn2Own as no-one did last year you could consider Chrome/SRWare Iron the "safest" (given SRware deal in security I would rate Iron over Chrome) but I would have no probs with Firefox, Safari, or Opera either
At the end of the day any browser running things like flash can be compromised, the old "only as strong as the weakest link" reigns true, IE also has an extra "weakest link" of ActiveX.
Science Is But An Organized System Of Ignorance"Pornography: The thing with billions of views that nobody watches" - WhiteManBehindADesk
Hardcore Biker
Ultimately it comes down to personal preference, and there isn't a huge amount of difference between the various browsers, although there is some.
IE tends to be slower than most of it's competitors to patch security vulnerabilities as MS have a fairly long QA cycle, but it also tends to be the best supported in terms of complex systems that work better with some browsers than others, it's also not overly fast.
Firefox is a great deal more configurable to your specific needs than other browsers due to it's robust extensions system, and is OSS, but isn't particularly quick.
Opera is fast and feature rich, and some tend to like it's GUI better than the alternatives.
Chrome takes the cake in terms of outright speed, and the majority of it's source is available as Chromium - basically they take Chromium, add some branding, an auto-update, some usage tracking and Flash, and call it Chrome (Or in the case of Iron, SRWare take Chromium, make various patches to enhance privacy and security, and call it Iron).
So yeah, it pretty much comes down to a question of what you are most comfortable with - Personally I use Firefox, partially out of habit - I've been using it since back when it was called Phoenix, but mostly because with the help of a few extensions I have it set up exactly the way I like it, and I dislike certain things about the alternatives.
Pretty much the upshot is that if you're happy with your current browser, you should probably stick with it, although if you are on IE and are concerned about security, you could try Iron/Chrome, Firefox, or Opera, and if you find them just as pleasant to use as IE, they're probably a slightly better choice.
Handroid Uppercut!
Site looks awesome in 'links' - that's the fastest and most secure browser available FYI (OK, maybe 'lynx' is more secure). I'm posting using it and even managed to upload screen shots
Eyes that shine burning red
That is some ugly shit right there
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