Comments on: Browser campaign slams IE

Taking a marketing page from Apple, standards advocates use "real people" to promote alternatives to Microsoft's browser.

Amen!

Been there, done that, life is sweet without $mall$oft.

Amen!

Been there, done that, life is sweet without $mall$oft.

[technewsjunkie]

"Innovation" stops after market locked up

Why should Microsoft invest any further in it's browser (another idea it stole)? It locked up the browser war/market and it no longer had an incentive
(no competitor can compete with the Windows DISTRIBUTION advantage) to improve it's product.

This is a classic sign of a monopoly that is not good for consumers.

[technewsjunkie]

"Innovation" stops after market locked up

Why should Microsoft invest any further in it's browser (another idea it stole)? It locked up the browser war/market and it no longer had an incentive
(no competitor can compete with the Windows DISTRIBUTION advantage) to improve it's product.

This is a classic sign of a monopoly that is not good for consumers.

[wrwjpn]

Nothing New

Why is everybody complaining? Most web sites are designed for IE. Try going to most banking sites and connect with non IE browsers. For this reason I do not do any online banking. I know that IE is pure crap and is a security risk. I own four different computers running Mac OS X, Win2K, Linux, and FreeBSD. Take a guess which requires the most handling and rebooting and updating.

I use alternative browsers, and any site that says IE required I don't visit. I don't do business with those sites online or offline.

Just my way to let the world know that IE should go the way of the dinosaurs.

Bill

[wrwjpn]

Nothing New

Why is everybody complaining? Most web sites are designed for IE. Try going to most banking sites and connect with non IE browsers. For this reason I do not do any online banking. I know that IE is pure crap and is a security risk. I own four different computers running Mac OS X, Win2K, Linux, and FreeBSD. Take a guess which requires the most handling and rebooting and updating.

I use alternative browsers, and any site that says IE required I don't visit. I don't do business with those sites online or offline.

Just my way to let the world know that IE should go the way of the dinosaurs.

Bill

Did anyone else...

Did anyone else almost choke on their tongue with this statement? "And security backed by the processes and engineering discipline employed by Microsoft."

Robert

Did anyone else...

Did anyone else almost choke on their tongue with this statement? "And security backed by the processes and engineering discipline employed by Microsoft."

Robert

Weaning the masses from IE

IE's market dominance has nothing to do with any intrinsic merits. I don't believe a sane browserless person would opt to install IE on his/her system. But the fact is that IE is pre-installed on most PCs and the majority of users can't be bothered to install an alternative (and go through the hassle of importing bookmarks, addresses and the like).

It is the average user's apathy (and ignorance) that gives inferior products such as IE, WMP, Word etc. the lion share of the market.

IMHO, the challenge MS-alternatives face is not technical (it seems not that difficult to come up with something better than a MS product) but psychological in nature.

Yuki

Weaning the masses from IE

IE's market dominance has nothing to do with any intrinsic merits. I don't believe a sane browserless person would opt to install IE on his/her system. But the fact is that IE is pre-installed on most PCs and the majority of users can't be bothered to install an alternative (and go through the hassle of importing bookmarks, addresses and the like).

It is the average user's apathy (and ignorance) that gives inferior products such as IE, WMP, Word etc. the lion share of the market.

IMHO, the challenge MS-alternatives face is not technical (it seems not that difficult to come up with something better than a MS product) but psychological in nature.

Yuki

non IE browser MOZZILLA FireFox

Just downloaded and used the Mozzilla Firefox browser. Can I tell you how much better this browser is over Internet Explorer 5.0. IT'S light-years ahead. It does everything that IE does, but about 4 times faster. I've got a cable broadband connnection and it creep'ed along with IE. Not so with Firefox. It blazes along. I think it's because IE gets loaded up with viruses and other ad ware that makes IE a target that isn't worth having anymore. I realize that there are websites that are catering to IE, but this Firefox really smokes compared to IE. Oh by the way, I use adaware by lavasoft to "cleanse IE and windows daily, which it did ok. But there were some coolwebsearch crappo that infiltrated through and aren't cleansed by adaware or stopped by norton. Why is it so difficult to stop these darn malware or adaware programs. It should be illegal for them to do this.

[tojan3]

Speed up Mozzilla Firefox

If you want to make it even faster, read this manual: http://www.mozzilla.pl/speed-up-firefox.html

non IE browser MOZZILLA FireFox

Just downloaded and used the Mozzilla Firefox browser. Can I tell you how much better this browser is over Internet Explorer 5.0. IT'S light-years ahead. It does everything that IE does, but about 4 times faster. I've got a cable broadband connnection and it creep'ed along with IE. Not so with Firefox. It blazes along. I think it's because IE gets loaded up with viruses and other ad ware that makes IE a target that isn't worth having anymore. I realize that there are websites that are catering to IE, but this Firefox really smokes compared to IE. Oh by the way, I use adaware by lavasoft to "cleanse IE and windows daily, which it did ok. But there were some coolwebsearch crappo that infiltrated through and aren't cleansed by adaware or stopped by norton. Why is it so difficult to stop these darn malware or adaware programs. It should be illegal for them to do this.

[tojan3]

Speed up Mozzilla Firefox

If you want to make it even faster, read this manual: http://www.mozzilla.pl/speed-up-firefox.html