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| Thread ID: 56873 | 2005-04-17 11:20:00 | I.E. vs Firefox | bk T (215) | Press F1 |
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| 345962 | 2005-04-17 11:20:00 | Is Firefox more 'secure' than I.E. ? Have used Firefox for a couple of days now and found it is certainly faster (in loading) than IE. Otherwise, they are quite similar. What are the pros and cons of these 2 browsers? Cheers |
bk T (215) | ||
| 345963 | 2005-04-17 11:23:00 | I would rather use Opera . The tabbed browsing is better, the RSS feeds are easier, the password feature is better, than FF . And the voice feature is good . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 345964 | 2005-04-17 11:36:00 | pros of firefox is that you dont get any of the trojans and viruses when you browse the net. there are lot of threads already on this topic. |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 345965 | 2005-04-17 11:39:00 | Well that depends on where u go and what u get. Having something other than IE, doesnt mean you wont get trojans or malware either. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 345966 | 2005-04-17 12:01:00 | To answer your question bk T, yes it is more secure . It's not completely immune to spoofing of malware so the usual cautions still apply by and large . I use FF and find it suits my need just fine, you might want to have a look at some of the other offerings out there, pick what suits you best . IMO, the IE skins are no more than mutton dressed up as lamb, although most have pop up blocking and some have tabs, they still retain the same shakey base . Of course even if you don't use IE, it's still luking in the background on a Windows system, so all the old vulnerabilities ramain to some extent with OE and Outlook, Office app's, ActiveX and the OS itself, do youself a favour and change your email client as well (I've ditched MS Office now as well, next on the list, yesss that's right) . On the bright side, you are giving yoursefl a better chance if your not using IE to browse the net with . |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 345967 | 2005-04-18 07:46:00 | i like the selection of extentions you can get with firefox. but some sites dont work with FF so you might need IE for them | Prescott (11) | ||
| 345968 | 2005-04-18 08:58:00 | Well it appears that contrary to popular belief, IE is More Secure Than Firefox (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) which is interesting, if provocative, news. Cheers Billy 8-{) Long-term & satisfied IE user |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 345969 | 2005-04-18 09:04:00 | i like the selection of extentions you can get with firefox. but some sites dont work with FF so you might need IE for them hmm and one of those browsers actually publishes all its source code (and so anyone can inspect it)..... |
gibler (49) | ||
| 345970 | 2005-04-18 10:00:00 | well when programs are open sourced they seem to get there flaws found out sooner and fixed instead of waiting MS to do it which can take months to fix a hole in IE | plod (107) | ||
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