IE7 taking over Firefox...

[Andromeda]

An even bigger IE hole is that the browser is directly tied to the operating system, and so an attack on IE means an attack on Windows itself. Microsoft is taking a halfway measure against this in the next version of IE. In Vista, but not in XP, there will be a "protected mode" that isolates IE from the operating system and other applications, so IE won't be able to write to a file without a user's consent.

Does all this mean that IE will be superior to Firefox? I guess not..But to squash Firefox, it doesn't have to -- it just has to improve its security, and add a few extra features. It looks like IE 7 is on the road to doing that. Given that the beta of Firefox 1.5 doesn't add many big new features, aside from handling auto-updates better, this could mean that IE will start to take back the ground it's lost to the Open Source browser.

 

[oliciv]

An even bigger IE hole is that the browser is directly tied to the operating system, and so an attack on IE means an attack on Windows itself.

This means nothing in terms of security. http://www.firefoxmyths.com

Does all this mean that IE will be superior to Firefox?

It has been for a long time

Given that the beta of Firefox 1.5 doesn't add many big new features

It made it slower, and made more and more people look for an alternative... so I guess it improved those peoples' browsing experience :lol:

 

[JYM]

well IE still is more popular than firefox... with the releast of IE7 , which will be standard on the new vista, I'm quite sure it will become more popular. However, as for functionality.. I'll stick with FF.

 

[Rowan W]

I originally switched from IE6 to Firefox purely based on security reasons, but even when I tried to use IE6 again I realised how badly the interface was designed, I realised how few features it had, I realised how buggy it was in every aspect.

Firefox 1.5 did not introduce a plethora of new features, because it already has just about everything it needs. If you want more you can download the appropriate plugins, Firefox was never meant to have every feature under the sun, it's just a good solid browser. FF 1.5 runs perfectly fine on my home and work computers, and the only problems I've had are the occasional memory leaks, however it's worth re-launching the browser every few hours.

IE7 will definately have better security, but it will remain a target and take all of the flack for the other browsers. The more users MS take back the better, I just hope they fix the damn standards support and numerous bugs. I won't be using it but most of my clients will be.

I've never heard a good argument about why IE is superior to Firefox, except that FF might underperform on some computers.

 

[Maverick]

I wouldn't say that IE is superior to Firefox but it's still and will remain the most popular browser for some time and the simple reason for this is that is comes pre-packaged with most new computers and laptops.

 

[LeetPCUser]

Beta sux.

 

[PolurNET]

Beta sux.

Then IE7 is not officially released yet, correct? Guess it will come final by the time Vista is out

Didn't like the look from the new screenshots, although it might take some time to get used to the new layout. At least they've added the current firefox features such as tabbed browsing

 

[Tree]

FireFox will be always preferred by developers because it is open-source. IE has a bad rep and isn't exactly secure.

While the majority of people may use IE, the people who matter on the internet will use Fx (FF for you uneducated people).

 

[faisj]

I mostly use Firefox but some site I have to watch with IE

 

[user-7256]

That "lockdown" thing is the same thing as locking your Windows workstation... you can't do anything without (admin/authorized user) consent, right?

All a spyware program or virus/trojan/etc has to do is disable the write lock and there you have it... another hole

Unless IE is open source, FireFox will ALWAYS be better. It has special develooper tools IE doesn't and will continue to grow in usage more than IE.

http://IEvsFF.mattsprojects.net

 

[Luc]

as long as Windows is bundled with IE, IE will always be the more popular browser and 80%+ of the world will use it. the average computer user doesn't even know how to find an alternate browser, not to mention download and install it.

microsoft takes its time doing things, but eventually it gets things right. I think XP is a great OS compared to the previous versions and even the free linux operating systems.

 

[oliciv]

Unless IE is open source, FireFox will ALWAYS be better.

:lol:

That actually made me laugh out loud :lol:

Now repeat after me: Simply being open source does not make something good.

 

[stscac]

An even bigger IE hole is that the browser is directly tied to the operating system, and so an attack on IE means an attack on Windows itself.

This means nothing in terms of security. http://www.firefoxmyths.com

Does all this mean that IE will be superior to Firefox?

It has been for a long time

Given that the beta of Firefox 1.5 doesn't add many big new features

It made it slower, and made more and more people look for an alternative... so I guess it improved those peoples' browsing experience :lol:

I'll give you the fact that IE is getting better... slowly.

But that's it.

Think about it.

-Steve