Starts out good--why does there have to be yet another wank against IE at the end? IE8 is the most secure browser right now. But you know, nothing is 100% secure. Ever. EVER. Use whatever browser you like and stop trying to convert people. Just browse smart, periodically use something like AVG, just in case, and hey, no problems. The only problem I had in years of PC use was a nefarious ad via dA that gave me a trojan, and I found out within a day and took care of it.Subeta wrote:Posted by Keith at 06:58 pm
Just a note for those of you IE users, today IE8 was released, with improvements to every aspect of the browser.
If you are using IE6 or IE7, I suggest you upgrade.
Really, though, I suggest you download Firefox or the new gorgeous Safari. Both are still much better browsers
So, really, define "better." It's not security. What is it, comfort? Looks? Plug-ins don't actually count--unless it's something that Firefox includes on its own, it can't count for Firefox's reputation. I mean, if you use Firefox for Adblock, that's perfectly fine, but it's not Firefox that designed it, it doesn't come standard, Joe Shmoe doesn't know it exists, so it can't really end up as a tick in Firefox's column.
I've used multiple browsers, and lately, I use nothing but Chrome. I hated Safari so much it was ridiculous. It was good on the Mac back when browsers all sucked on the Mac; I don't know about now (on the Mac--I have tried it on my PC, because I don't think you can have an opinion about something without trying it). I have to say that I'm pretty damn unimpressed by Apple's own spiel about its browser: "Whether on a Mac, PC, iPhone, or iPod touch, Safari continuously redefines the browser." It does? Seriously? How do people say these things with a straight face? Whether you like the browser or not, it's still a browser. It's not being redefined.
But it's all about comfort, really, when it comes down to it. I don't like the look or feel of Firefox. It's a very personal thing, and it has no bearing on anyone else. I do like the look and feel of IE (7 and 8; I pretend 6 doesn't exist anymore) and Chrome. So, no, to me, because it's entirely subjective, Firefox and Safari are not "better browsers" and I'd like my pet site to stop telling me I'm wrong, because it's childish.
You know what you should really be doing? Patch Adobe Acrobat or Reader if you have it. How many people even heard about the critical security problem that could make you lose control of your system if you even looked at a bad pdf, which can be embedded, so you wouldn't even know it from the URL? I've found (anecdotally) that very few people were aware of this problem. If you opened any strange PDFs in the past few weeks, you might want to run a scan, just in case.