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Originally posted by punkworld
Wrong. Very wrong even.
One of the main problems of IE is allowing ActiveX controls. ActiveX controls are a major security risk. Mozilla does not allow ActiveX controls, and thus the single biggest cause of exploits is gone.
Aside from that, Mozilla is open source... meaning a large community tries to exploit it before it is officially released and searches for flaws, and those exploits and flaws are fixed before you ever get to use it. So, there's less chance of large mistakes in versions that get released.
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I have active X turned off in IE... and I like choices.
I tried firefox because so many people have mentioned it recently but apart from the bookmark and tabbed browser features.. I found it very poor.
It's not compatible with many scripted sites and is way too sensitive to poorly coded sites so I have to keep using IE for some stuff even if I do use Firefox.. But worst of all, it renders HTML pages differnt to IE.. much more differnt to IE than netscape 6 did... and anyone who is in business cant afford to view the web differntly to the way 90% of your customers do.. and I dont mean just your sites... you need to see all the web the same way your customers do.
By the time this browser works properly IE will have a tabbed browsing version that is better anyway is my bet.
*Edit.. PS.. I am still testing it and using to view this board right now... Try using the message post form here with it and then with IE and then try and tell me how great Firefox is!