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Re: Your opinion on Windows XP SP2 [Re: Le_Canard]
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ToiletDuk said:
gema said:
firefox


Oh yes, without a doubt! However, there are some individuals who insist on using Internet Suxplorer....


whats so much better about firefox?


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Re: Your opinion on Windows XP SP2 [Re: barfightlard]
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For one thing it's safer. It won't run ActiveX controls which, when maliciously used, can really mess up your computer - at least so I understand. It's also less bloated, runs a bit faster, and isn't a much of a resource hog as IE. It's also a lot more functional, thanks to the extensions feature. I especially like the tabbed browsing feature, which, as far as I know, IE lacks.
Be that as it may, you still need IE to get the updates for Windows. I'm not exactly sure why that is.
Of course, FF is far from perfect. They still have some bugs to work out...

Edited by Le_Canard (02/04/05 08:23 PM)

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Re: Your opinion on Windows XP SP2 [Re: Le_Canard]
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1640069,00.asp

But I did expect to see some improvement. Boy, was I wrong. Yes, some things are better, but there are also a slew of new, exciting security concerns.

For example, it's possible in some situations for a worm to spoof the WSC (Windows Security Center) into making it appear that your system is fine and dandy when it's actually been turned into, say, a spam-producing zombie from heck.

Or, worse still, there's the hole that enables would-be attackers to use Internet Explorer's drag-and-drop feature to trick users into allowing various malware programs onto their PCs.

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Re: Your opinion on Windows XP SP2 [Re: newuser1492]
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Yes, IE is chock full of security holes isn't it? And so is Outlook. They're both pieces of crap IMO, really. I've never used Outlook ever, and IE is only good for getting Windows updates, and that's it...

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Re: Your opinion on Windows XP SP2 [Re: Fliquid]
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I tweaked the hell out of XP before installing SP2. It was some pre sp2 tweak GUI.

I had no problems with SP2. I used sygate pro instead of the windows firewall. I don't think I'd trust it anyways.


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Re: Your opinion on Windows XP SP2 [Re: barfightlard]
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bellylard said:
whats so much better about firefox?


everything.

firefox is
customizable
more secure
wide selection of extensions and themes
has hundreds of available search engines
renders sites more correctly and often faster than IE
constantly updated (the latest version of IE is now 3 years old)
greater support (great mozilla forums: forums.mozillazine.org )
opensource
tabs (tab browsing is the shit)
adblocking (never see an advert again)
popup blocking.

you can do a hell of lot more with firefox than with IE - because it is opensource and widely popular, if there is something you want your browser to do, chances are someone else has already found a way.

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Re: Your opinion on Windows XP SP2 [Re: Vvellum]
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Firefox does, in fact, rule.


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Re: Your opinion on Windows XP SP2 [Re: nunciate]
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yes, you can't really beat it...especially if you love to customize

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Re: Your opinion on Windows XP SP2 [Re: abhi]
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Windows Firewall, that thing does suck big time.
I use Zonealarm, the free version.

Still haven't installed SP2 btw..  :grin:


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