Game_boy said:
*~Onna76~* said:
jlauro said:
Older versions of IE do it less. Onna, are you on IE 7?
There is a registry setting to fix it, but I don't feel like looking it up. |
As a matter of fact "I am" and I don't see any reasons why I should change, use IE ever since I got a computer and am more then pleased about it. At least I don't download all kinds of stuff from the Internet, maybe that has to do with the security problems on your computers. Or ever thought of running an adaware on your PC? It's so easy to blame MS for all of this while people who're collecting junk on their computers but don't even know about it. |
You don't need security programs if you don't run Windows. Period. Even if you download random stuff. Windows is totally insecure and costs money too. Why would you pay money for less features and bad design? If you're "happy with IE", you shouldn't be. Don't you want absolute security, no adverts of any kind ever, faster browsing, the open recently closed tabs button, in-line search, portability, standards compliance, freedom of software and freedom from Microsoft's near-monopoly on computer software? |
While I agree that you don't need security programs if you don't run Windows, just having a bit of knowledge about what you are doing can also make it fine to run without them on Windows. I haven't run an antivirus on my system for at least 4 or 5 years, and even before then, I can't remember the last time I had a virus. While its default setting are rather open, it isn't difficult to secure Windows. Then again I may be overestimating how easy this stuff is anyhow, I am a Computer Science postgrad :P
For the topic at hand, go with Firefox. While I won't repeat what everyone else has said, the extentions alone are worth it in my opinion. I wasn't even aware that VGChartz had ads until a few weeks ago when I came here from a PC at uni (which was running firefox, but with no extensions).
