Internet Explorer under FireFox

Internet Explorer is still the most widely used browser. 

For some time now we have been worried about the way Internet Explorer performs especially in terms security. With the latest fright facing Internet Explorer 7 this is even more reason to stay away from Internet Explorer. We highly recommend using Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera. Whichever you are most comfortable with but please do yourself a favour keep well away from Internet Explorer.

If the security issue that Internet Explorer 7 is facing at the moment is not proof enough to convince you that Internet Explorer 7 is very unsecure we have added a few causes for concern both from a technical and programming point of view:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-078.mspx

Technical view point

Internet Explorer is an integral part of the Microsoft operating system. In fact Internet Explorer happens to be a key element in the operating system core. The two marry up and you cannot have one without the other. We should think of them as husband and wife! If a bug attacks Internet Explorer potentially that could lead to crashing your entire operating system. Worst case scenario: a clean install is your only option. However, on the other hand if this very same bug affected Firefox or any of the other third party browsers since they are add-ons and not actually part of the operating system, the cure is simply uninstalling and reinstalling it again. The choice is yours! That is if you can still find your product key or CD. After all, long gone are the days when your computer came with a CD - nowadays everything comes pre-installed and if you are not technical and never made a recovery disk then we think your only option would be off to the shop or perhaps off to our PC Clinic.

Programming point of view

Most programmers would agree with Internet Explorer is a total nightmare. It would be beneficial if Microsoft took the time to look at some of the other browsers, review their codes and form some agreement with them that would enable Microsoft to set a standard so that coding would be much simpler and straight forward. Maybe then this could assist programmers in creating more secure sites with less vulnerability for hackers
Being in the web business means we have to constantly keep checking Internet Explorer for bugs every time we write a piece of code. To top things off Microsoft had to go and make Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7 behave completely different to each other so now instead of concentrating on fixing bugs for just Internet Explorer 6 you have to also do the same for Internet Explorer 7 – e.g. when writing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), you have to write one for Internet Explorer 6, one for Internet Explorer 7 and another for all other browsers – it would be useful if you could have one CSS rather than having to write three!

VERDICT: Internet Explorer is extremely frustrating!!