"Download": True Story of the Internet; on Discovery Channel

YachtForums · 03-08-2008, 07:10 PM

Worth watching...

YachtForums · 03-09-2008, 05:26 PM

So... are you still using Internet Explorer? WHY???

The answers are probably rude, but I'll venture a guess...

You're too lazy to try something better?
You've reached the upper limits of your brains capacity, therefore you avoid learning anything new?
You use Internet Explorer because you like living dangerously, flirting with malicious spyware that exploits IE's vulnerabilities.
You think slow web browsing is "quality" time.

In the immortal words of Bill Gates... "what are you, an idiot?"

Get Firefox!

brian eiland · 03-09-2008, 08:29 PM

I must preface this posting with a warning

....you are taking to a somewhat computer illiterate person who came to this technology late in life.

I believe I downloaded this Firefox software at one time in the past but then had trouble opening a number of files that I had saved that required Explorer to open them. Could that be true?

I think it sort of took over my computer and started changing a lot of things?? Its been awhile, so the memory of has faded.

If so how do I avoid that?

K1W1 · 03-09-2008, 09:33 PM

Hi,

Firefox is good except for the very occasional site that only seems top be setup for IE. Examples of these can be found sometimes when using sites with forms in them.

KCook · 03-10-2008, 12:58 AM

Err, I did download Firefox, and do use it frequently. However, I have NOT experienced any big advantage over IE. In fact IE has one real advantage, my resident spyware blocker works only with IE. Which of course is not the fault of Firefox. Just the way the cookie crumbles in the real world.

bi-polar Kelly

AMG · 03-10-2008, 09:13 AM

Are you still on a PC...?

Kevin · 03-10-2008, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by K1W1

Hi,

Firefox is good except for the very occasional site that only seems top be setup for IE. Examples of these can be found sometimes when using sites with forms in them.

The only cases I know where Firefox doesn't work is sites that oblige you to give up a great deal of security and privacy. Funny... those only work with IE.

brunick · 03-10-2008, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMG

Are you still on a PC...?

hehehe

best part of that pic: "alla rättigheter förbehålls"
but why mac/windows? i'm programming my own os

Loren Schweizer · 03-10-2008, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brunick

hehehe

"alla rättigheter förbehålls"

= "all the rat's furballs"?

KCook · 03-10-2008, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brunick

hehehe

best part of that pic: "alla rättigheter förbehålls"
but why mac/windows? i'm programming my own os

You would have loved the language "Forth"

Kelly
(C and VB survivor)

brunick · 03-10-2008, 12:30 PM

er -almost

...(for all those who don't know: "all rights reserved", swedish)

kelly: i'm informatics student, don't try to tell me c and vb are the hard languanges

)

JCB-Va · 03-10-2008, 08:50 PM

Safari? Firefox? IE? You guys must be nuts, Opera is the way to go. I run it on my PC, Macbook Pro, and FreeBSD desktop running KDE....oh and my Blackberry 8830.

Ju52 · 03-11-2008, 02:00 AM

What browwser do you like?

same question: what is the church you are going every sunday?

Ok

I'm working as an IT security officer ... in the last time firefox and all of it's childs had a lot of vulnerabilities .. more than IE!
In Firefox you can add a lot of ADDINS .. all secure??

.. and stop the mare about MACs are more secure

.. so stop the war!

For any browser you has to update quickly and on time.

... do not go to all the red light sites and other warez sites,
this gives a lot more security

[ if you have no sex you do not need condoms

]

at last .. use a good virus scanner with the latest pattern!

for more information look at http://www.us-cert.gov and you will see where the war is.

Cheers

Gerhard

Arniev · 03-12-2008, 01:19 PM

Overall, FIREFOX seems to be the browser with the least number of vulnerabilities. There was a major issue a few weeks back, as discovered by Firefox. An immediate fix was issued. Firefox's "Automatic Update" function ensures all Security Updates get to users as fast as possible.

IE has far more vulnerabilities, owing perhaps to the fact that more people use it. Most updates are available only on the Second Tuesday of the Month (including Critical Updates), except when the updates are deemed to be extremely critical. IE's Automatic Update feature should also be turned ON.

Firefox code is not as robust as IE's, so it loads faster.
Addons as recommended by Mozilla and Microsoft should be the only ones used for their browsers to avoid problems.

PropBet · 03-12-2008, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arniev

Firefox code is not as robust as IE's, so it loads faster.
Addons as recommended by Mozilla and Microsoft should be the only ones used for their browsers to avoid problems.

I'm sorry, i just need to jump in here and make a correction. (IMO, constructively of course, YMMV)

Firefox code is far more robust than IE. It loads faster because it's cleaner code. No piggy bloated code, loaded with a bunch of crap and overhead. It's loads faster because it follows a well thought out programming architecture, the development plan is aimed at scalability, extensibility, security, and functionality. For these are the primary reasons in which is it so successful and such a superior browser to IE.

I come from a long history of software development, and cringe when I hear people use the word 'robust' and 'microsoft' in the same reference.

Regarding the OP. It was a fantastic show.
Lots of familiar faces and drinking buddies.

Again, I mean no offense to your post, I just felt the compelling desire to throw in a different perspective from someone who's 'been around the block'.