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*Mr. Belvedere* · 01-10-2004

(sigh) People of cdfreaks, do i have to keep explaining why IE is so popular amongst the more gullible netizens?

The main popularity issue of IE comes from one thing only : It's pre-installed when you buy a pc. Yes. You buy a pc, you get some form of Windows on it and therefore you have IE. The normal user doesn't need more, so he (where i type he i mean he,she,it,aliens,borgs,fluffy animals and a couple of swedes) will not download.

The main compatibility issue of IE comes from one thing only as well. It can handle ANYTHING. It doesn't handle it good, but it can handle scripts, active-x, java, flash, you name it. It can even handle INCORRECT HTML.

This last one is the most important one here. More than 90% of all websites DO NOT follow the standard international rules of HTML. As with any decent program, you should get an error when something doesn't apply to protocol. Mozilla does, Opera does, FireFox does, Arachne does, but not IE. IE ignores everything and can read any crap HTML. IE can even use .ASP, .NET and all other fun things Microsoft reinvented. It's so "inventive" it can be used as a filescanner, mailer,msn notifier and so forth.

This is also the fundamental problem of IE. Because it accepts and reads anything, it also automagically installs dangerous scripts and is very susceptible to malicious plugins (Auto Dailers, Porn scripts, toolbars, you name it).

So, there's three things you can do :

1 : Learn how to browse (as in "learn how to drive a car")
2 : Protect IE (www.windowsupdate.com)
3 : Use another browser.

01-10-2004	#30 (permalink)
Mr. Belvedere CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Cthulhu Ninja Zombie Posts: 14,662	Why it doesn't matter what browser you use. (sigh) People of cdfreaks, do i have to keep explaining why IE is so popular amongst the more gullible netizens? The main popularity issue of IE comes from one thing only : It's pre-installed when you buy a pc. Yes. You buy a pc, you get some form of Windows on it and therefore you have IE. The normal user doesn't need more, so he (where i type he i mean he,she,it,aliens,borgs,fluffy animals and a couple of swedes) will not download. The main compatibility issue of IE comes from one thing only as well. It can handle ANYTHING. It doesn't handle it good, but it can handle scripts, active-x, java, flash, you name it. It can even handle INCORRECT HTML. This last one is the most important one here. More than 90% of all websites DO NOT follow the standard international rules of HTML. As with any decent program, you should get an error when something doesn't apply to protocol. Mozilla does, Opera does, FireFox does, Arachne does, but not IE. IE ignores everything and can read any crap HTML. IE can even use .ASP, .NET and all other fun things Microsoft reinvented. It's so "inventive" it can be used as a filescanner, mailer,msn notifier and so forth. This is also the fundamental problem of IE. Because it accepts and reads anything, it also automagically installs dangerous scripts and is very susceptible to malicious plugins (Auto Dailers, Porn scripts, toolbars, you name it). So, there's three things you can do : 1 : Learn how to browse (as in "learn how to drive a car") 2 : Protect IE (www.windowsupdate.com) 3 : Use another browser. __________________ I might be evil. Want to make dvd movie backups? Take the 5-step or the 2-step process. Fun, fast and free!