Comments on: Microsoft: Firefox/Chrome are Insecure, Difficult to Use, and Unreliable http://cybernetnews.com/microsoft-firefoxchrome-are-insecure-difficult-to-use-and-unreliable/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:53:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bob http://cybernetnews.com/microsoft-firefoxchrome-are-insecure-difficult-to-use-and-unreliable/comment-page-1/#comment-150547 Bob Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:41:40 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16855#comment-150547 If you want to use Firefox to view your work's webpages, I would highly recommend the add-on "IE Tab". It allows you to render pages using IE's rendering engine, therefore maintaining website integrity, while being able to use the more stable and secure web browser. This would only work of course if you are allowed to install Firefox in the first place :P If you want to use Firefox to view your work’s webpages, I would highly recommend the add-on “IE Tab”. It allows you to render pages using IE’s rendering engine, therefore maintaining website integrity, while being able to use the more stable and secure web browser. This would only work of course if you are allowed to install Firefox in the first place :P

]]> By: Minivann http://cybernetnews.com/microsoft-firefoxchrome-are-insecure-difficult-to-use-and-unreliable/comment-page-1/#comment-148550 Minivann Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:21:28 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16855#comment-148550 There is just so much there to mock that I don't know where to start. The security one was pretty good. I've been primarily a firefox user for a long time now, and I've seen report after report of IE vulnerability and exploit that I happily could just ignore. I can't help but think the figures quoted for how much more malware is detected has more to do with malware that targets IE vulnerabilities and the average newb IE user's less than safe/smart browsing practices. Also a recent experience with malware at the office makes me think that they are smoking something by saying IE is more secure. Chrome was the only browser that wasn't affected by the malware. The boxes that didn't have Chrome were seriously screwed. IT took several days to get the problem solved. I was able to find the solution and get it fixed myself through Chrome. The IE add ons really intrigued me, as I haven't really touched anything IE in many, many moons. The one that really stuck out to me (especially in light of the comment of IE does "out of the box" what many of the firefox add ons do) was an IE spell check add on. I wonder why there isn't a firefox spell check add on. Oh yeah, it does it "out of the box". There is just so much there to mock that I don’t know where to start. The security one was pretty good. I’ve been primarily a firefox user for a long time now, and I’ve seen report after report of IE vulnerability and exploit that I happily could just ignore. I can’t help but think the figures quoted for how much more malware is detected has more to do with malware that targets IE vulnerabilities and the average newb IE user’s less than safe/smart browsing practices. Also a recent experience with malware at the office makes me think that they are smoking something by saying IE is more secure. Chrome was the only browser that wasn’t affected by the malware. The boxes that didn’t have Chrome were seriously screwed. IT took several days to get the problem solved. I was able to find the solution and get it fixed myself through Chrome.

The IE add ons really intrigued me, as I haven’t really touched anything IE in many, many moons. The one that really stuck out to me (especially in light of the comment of IE does “out of the box” what many of the firefox add ons do) was an IE spell check add on. I wonder why there isn’t a firefox spell check add on. Oh yeah, it does it “out of the box”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cybernetnews.com/microsoft-firefoxchrome-are-insecure-difficult-to-use-and-unreliable/comment-page-1/#comment-148527 Anonymous Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:41:17 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16855#comment-148527 I have yet to find any real 'facts' behind the security of any browers, the closest thing is the NSS labs report, where IE8 blows the others away. I constantly hear 'so-and-so' is more secure, 'IE8 is a big security risk', but the fact is I have seen no evidance of either of these statement.. it's a friggin browser, it displays html.. there's not a lot of difference between any of them. and guess who has the Market Share? And guess who is most used in corporate offices around the world?.... I love to bash on products and companies as much as the next guy, but I'd really like to see some facts on all this... I have yet to find any real ‘facts’ behind the security of any browers, the closest thing is the NSS labs report, where IE8 blows the others away. I constantly hear ’so-and-so’ is more secure, ‘IE8 is a big security risk’, but the fact is I have seen no evidance of either of these statement.. it’s a friggin browser, it displays html.. there’s not a lot of difference between any of them. and guess who has the Market Share? And guess who is most used in corporate offices around the world?…. I love to bash on products and companies as much as the next guy, but I’d really like to see some facts on all this…

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/microsoft-firefoxchrome-are-insecure-difficult-to-use-and-unreliable/comment-page-1/#comment-148423 Ryan Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:07:47 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16855#comment-148423 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-148308" rel="nofollow">M1ke wrote:</a><blockquote>I try to be nice to Microsoft as I appreciate all they’ve done for personal computing but this page just takes the biscuit</blockquote></div> I agree. If they are going to try and put down the competition they need to do it in a humorous way like Apple's Get a Mac ads. Otherwise people will lose respect for them when they try to point out some of these "facts". <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-148358" rel="nofollow">Anonymous wrote:</a><blockquote>Not that I like IE8, I am a big FIrefox fan. Sadly though the company I work for you are required to use IE. If you use Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc. The pages will not load properly and data cannot be entered.</blockquote></div> My work is the same way. No other browsers play nice with all of our internal pages, and IE8 doesn't even work on some of them. So I have a feeling that some improvements to our pages might be in our future, and hopefully that means better browser compatibility. M1ke wrote:
I try to be nice to Microsoft as I appreciate all they’ve done for personal computing but this page just takes the biscuit

I agree. If they are going to try and put down the competition they need to do it in a humorous way like Apple’s Get a Mac ads. Otherwise people will lose respect for them when they try to point out some of these “facts”.

Anonymous wrote:
Not that I like IE8, I am a big FIrefox fan. Sadly though the company I work for you are required to use IE. If you use Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc. The pages will not load properly and data cannot be entered.

My work is the same way. No other browsers play nice with all of our internal pages, and IE8 doesn’t even work on some of them. So I have a feeling that some improvements to our pages might be in our future, and hopefully that means better browser compatibility.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cybernetnews.com/microsoft-firefoxchrome-are-insecure-difficult-to-use-and-unreliable/comment-page-1/#comment-148358 Anonymous Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:07:06 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16855#comment-148358 Not that I like IE8, I am a big FIrefox fan. Sadly though the company I work for you are required to use IE. If you use Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc. The pages will not load properly and data cannot be entered. HOwever I still find that MS claiming that their browser is more secure is a joke of all jokes. Not that I like IE8, I am a big FIrefox fan. Sadly though the company I work for you are required to use IE. If you use Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc. The pages will not load properly and data cannot be entered.

HOwever I still find that MS claiming that their browser is more secure is a joke of all jokes.

]]> By: Gravity http://cybernetnews.com/microsoft-firefoxchrome-are-insecure-difficult-to-use-and-unreliable/comment-page-1/#comment-148340 Gravity Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:49:11 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16855#comment-148340 LOL. Microsoft cant stop their new marketing strategy on hitting other internet giant, why cant they accept that internet explorer is not the sole leader in the internet market and Firefox is the next big thing!! Shame... LOL. Microsoft cant stop their new marketing strategy on hitting other internet giant, why cant they accept that internet explorer is not the sole leader in the internet market and Firefox is the next big thing!!
Shame…

]]> By: mrcool10 http://cybernetnews.com/microsoft-firefoxchrome-are-insecure-difficult-to-use-and-unreliable/comment-page-1/#comment-148332 mrcool10 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:39:34 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16855#comment-148332 <em>not compatible with websites</em> You've got to be kidding me. If anything's "not compatible," it's IE. Remember all those "Optimized for IE (version number) at (resolution)" sites? Whee... Lol not compatible with websites

You’ve got to be kidding me. If anything’s “not compatible,” it’s IE. Remember all those “Optimized for IE (version number) at (resolution)” sites? Whee… Lol

]]> By: Dooitze de Jong http://cybernetnews.com/microsoft-firefoxchrome-are-insecure-difficult-to-use-and-unreliable/comment-page-1/#comment-148319 Dooitze de Jong Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:04:03 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16855#comment-148319 Not Normal, Microsoft says that always, but if it true? I think not. Not Normal, Microsoft says that always, but if it true?

I think not.

]]> By: Christopher http://cybernetnews.com/microsoft-firefoxchrome-are-insecure-difficult-to-use-and-unreliable/comment-page-1/#comment-148318 Christopher Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:44:02 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16855#comment-148318 [cross-posted from Firefox Facts] One word - HA! As funny as the fact chart is, my favorite is on the myth busting page. It says "Myth #3: Firefox is a richer, more adaptable browser than Internet Explorer." The "truth" is that "Internet Explorer 8 has much more functionality than other browsers.... Did you know that there are more than 1,700 Internet Explorer 8 add-ons available at the Add-ons Gallery" I knew this wasn't true, so I went to the Firefox addons site to find out how many they have, and I found this: "153,906,262 [individual] add-ons in use" Explain that, Microsoft! [cross-posted from Firefox Facts]

One word – HA!

As funny as the fact chart is, my favorite is on the myth busting page. It says
“Myth #3: Firefox is a richer, more adaptable browser than Internet Explorer.”

The “truth” is that “Internet Explorer 8 has much more functionality than other browsers…. Did you know that there are more than 1,700 Internet Explorer 8 add-ons available at the Add-ons Gallery”

I knew this wasn’t true, so I went to the Firefox addons site to find out how many they have, and I found this:

“153,906,262 [individual] add-ons in use”

Explain that, Microsoft!

]]> By: Johan http://cybernetnews.com/microsoft-firefoxchrome-are-insecure-difficult-to-use-and-unreliable/comment-page-1/#comment-148316 Johan Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:27:17 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16855#comment-148316 And on the 8th day God created marketing! And on the 8th day God created marketing!

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