Alternatives to Firefox?
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Eric Melech
, Mar 23 2005 11:56 AM
#1
Posted 23 March 2005 - 11:56 AM
#2
Posted 23 March 2005 - 04:04 PM
Eric Melech,
[quote[but I'm not comfortable using a browser that will most likely be the target for next-gen spyware as it's fast becoming the most popular browser out there.[/quote]
A great thing about Firefox, unlike IE, is that when a security hole is found, it is almost immediatley fixed. As spyware advances to target Firefox, Firefox will advance to stop it
Some other good browsers though are Opera and Slimbrowser.
[quote[but I'm not comfortable using a browser that will most likely be the target for next-gen spyware as it's fast becoming the most popular browser out there.[/quote]
A great thing about Firefox, unlike IE, is that when a security hole is found, it is almost immediatley fixed. As spyware advances to target Firefox, Firefox will advance to stop it
Some other good browsers though are Opera and Slimbrowser.
#3
Posted 24 March 2005 - 09:26 AM
Opera is great - mail and chat client included.
Not all sites will open in Opera though, but all the ones that I need do
Not all sites will open in Opera though, but all the ones that I need do
#4
Posted 25 March 2005 - 01:17 PM
#5
Posted 26 March 2005 - 03:22 PM
The Mozilla Suite browser, Navigator, is very good once you get used to it. It has a lot in common with Firefox (or should that be the other way around, Navigator being the sort of 'parent') such as quite a lot of extensions mostly associated with Firefox can be installed, it can be tweaked for speed like Firefox too. Finally, you can download it as just a browser without the rest of the Mozilla suite.
#6
Posted 01 April 2005 - 04:37 PM
I don't think Firefox is rivalling Internet Explorer's dominance just yet, be great if it was
Curious logic though, I'm just beginning the migration to Linux, an unpatched system may last longer in staying clear from hacks than an unpatched windows system running internet explorer - but all operating systems are vulnerable.
Applying the same logic, one could stay away from Linux, because if it ever does get to challenge Microsoft's dominance of the market, that too will then be targetted by hackers and the like.
Sure, some hackers target Microsoft as an anti-corporate thing, many are just criminally minded or plain ignorant as to the devastating effect their 'work' has on the I.T. community.
Join the quite revolution - check out Linux, ditch internet explorer, resign yourself to the fact that there is no such thing as a safe computer - unless it is buried 6 foot under ground in a concrete bunker and is absolutely not connected to the outer world.
daveB - LinuxWannabee
Curious logic though, I'm just beginning the migration to Linux, an unpatched system may last longer in staying clear from hacks than an unpatched windows system running internet explorer - but all operating systems are vulnerable.
Applying the same logic, one could stay away from Linux, because if it ever does get to challenge Microsoft's dominance of the market, that too will then be targetted by hackers and the like.
Sure, some hackers target Microsoft as an anti-corporate thing, many are just criminally minded or plain ignorant as to the devastating effect their 'work' has on the I.T. community.
Join the quite revolution - check out Linux, ditch internet explorer, resign yourself to the fact that there is no such thing as a safe computer - unless it is buried 6 foot under ground in a concrete bunker and is absolutely not connected to the outer world.
daveB - LinuxWannabee
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