IE considered Harmful
Although Internet Explorer was one of the first HTML renderers to add support for CSS, they have not added any new support for CSS since 2001. While their support was comparable in 2001, other web browsers (such as Firefox and Opera) have been adding better support with fewer bugs. With Mozilla and Opera's support, designers will be able to code faster and easier. It will allow designers increasingly more stunning and dynamic layouts. But with Internet Explorer's current buggy incomplete support and no updates in years, this is a thorn in the side of webmasters. Do the web a favor and stop using IE. (Read More...)
Ashitaka-san, IE Report
“Light years ahead ”
When compared to browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox is light years ahead. Microsoft will need to do some serious footwork to catch up to the usability and functionality of this browser. Seriously.
For instance, you can load extra functionality such as more precise ad blocking, mouse gestures, website registration bypassing, dictionary, user agent switching, complete page and listbox/textbox searching, text zooming, UI tweaks, and the list goes on. There are so many possibilities I can't go into them all here. (Read More...)
Adam Doxtater, Mad Penguin.org
"Breath of Fresh air"
We've been using Firebird on both Windows XP and Apple Computer's Mac OS X for a couple of weeks now. The more we use it, the more we like it, and the less we feel the need to launch Explorer.
Firebird is a breath of fresh air compared to Explorer. Tabbed browsing, popup blocking, and a search bar built-in will definite make Internet Explorer feel old. (Read More...)
Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes.com
How Mozilla's Firefox trumps Internet Explorer.
I usually don't worry about PC viruses, but last week's Scob attack snapped me awake.
Scob didn't get me, but it was enough to make me ditch Explorer in favor of the much less vulnerable Firefox browser.
The problem is that hackers continue to find and exploit security holes in Explorer. Many of them take advantage of Explorer's ActiveX system, which lets Web sites download and install software onto visitors' computers, sometimes without users' knowledge. ActiveX was meant to make it easy to add the latest interactive multimedia and other features to sites, but instead it's become a tool for sneaking spyware onto unsuspecting PCs.
Firefox eschews ActiveX and other well-known infection paths. You can
configure it to automatically download most files when you click on
them, but not .exe files, which are runnable programs. I thought this
was a bug before I realized Firefox was saving me from myself, since
.exe files could be viruses or stealth installers. (Read More...)
Paul Boutin, Slate @ MSN
