Dept. of HS/CERT recommends users to not use Int. Explorer

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2004-07-03 12:43am

Link to yahoo

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-07-03 01:00am

Saw it an LedMAO.

Thanks CERT and DHS.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2004-07-03 12:28pm

Already switched to Mozilla.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2004-07-05 07:58pm

Well there are stubborn individuals on this board who refuse to switch at all costs, such as the one who complains that Mozilla is too netscapish, even with the IE theme...

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Specialist · Post by **Specialist** » 2004-07-05 08:13pm

I just only switch a few days ago because it was too netscapeish

I've been using Firefox every since. The only reason I haven't switch back is the IE theme and shortcuts

Kazuaki Shimazaki · Post by **Kazuaki Shimazaki** » 2004-07-05 11:28pm

... other than a complement of sites that only work on IE, is the MHTML thing. I like saving some webpages to disk, and MHTML files are "neater" than a normal HTML and an associated folder for all the pictures. I'm not sure if MHTML is less efficient (in terms of being a disc space hog like Word produced HTML files are supposed to be), but the one-file-has-it-all ability is something I wish is replicated in Firefox...

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-07-05 11:54pm

Kazuaki Shimazaki wrote:... other than a complement of sites that only work on IE, is the MHTML thing. I like saving some webpages to disk, and MHTML files are "neater" than a normal HTML and an associated folder for all the pictures. I'm not sure if MHTML is less efficient (in terms of being a disc space hog like Word produced HTML files are supposed to be), but the one-file-has-it-all ability is something I wish is replicated in Firefox...

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Jon · Post by **Jon** » 2004-07-06 12:03am

Anyone would think there was some kind of problem with Internet Explorer.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-07-06 12:12am

I still use IE since some sites work on IE only. On Linux I have Netscape.

PainRack · Post by **PainRack** » 2004-07-06 01:04am

Other than the sites that still work on IE bit, I still use IE sometimes as flashget doesn't work well with Mozilla....

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-07-06 01:15am

It's about time they did something useful.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-07-06 01:18am

There are indeed certain IE-only websites out there. You can credit the success of Microsoft's "embrace and extend" strategy for this problem. My solution is generally not to give business to those websites, and I have indeed bought from a different vendor in order to avoid an IE-only website in the past.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2004-07-06 01:23am

I'm switching right now. IE just spreads its legs for every bit of bullshit adware out there.

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2004-07-06 01:37am

I switched over a few months back after one infestation too many and I'm really happy with Firefox. The tabbed browsing is a nice addition.

GySgt. Hartman · Post by **GySgt. Hartman** » 2004-07-06 05:54am

Darth Wong wrote:There are indeed certain IE-only websites out there. You can credit the success of Microsoft's "embrace and extend" strategy for this problem. My solution is generally not to give business to those websites, and I have indeed bought from a different vendor in order to avoid an IE-only website in the past.

There are even sites that check if you use IE and then tell you to get a better browser if you don't because their site only works with IE.
That's why I like Opera. Just tell it to "identify as MSIE" and you can access the page - although I only do this with pages I really need to use.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2004-07-06 06:09am

See! The DHS IS useful for something!

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2004-07-06 09:30am

The Duchess of Zeon wrote:See! The DHS IS useful for something!

The broken clock is right twice a day...and they're still lagging one behind the clock.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-07-06 01:04pm

GySgt. Hartman wrote:There are even sites that check if you use IE and then tell you to get a better browser if you don't because their site only works with IE.
That's why I like Opera. Just tell it to "identify as MSIE" and you can access the page - although I only do this with pages I really need to use.

There are some extensions to do that with Firefox as well.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-07-06 01:13pm

phongn wrote:
GySgt. Hartman wrote:There are even sites that check if you use IE and then tell you to get a better browser if you don't because their site only works with IE.
That's why I like Opera. Just tell it to "identify as MSIE" and you can access the page - although I only do this with pages I really need to use.
There are some extensions to do that with Firefox as well.

Any links to those extensions for regular Mozilla?

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2004-07-06 02:27pm

Specialist wrote:I just only switch a few days ago because it was too netscapeish

I've been using Firefox every since. The only reason I haven't switch back is the IE theme and shortcuts

No, it was a subtle reference to a board member who also uses a minidisk player *hint* *hint* (that was not so subtle, since it's recent).

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