Firefox, Internet Explorer and Cattle
My "Anti-Rant" Rant
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First off, this rant does not apply to all users of any one browser or OS. If your normal, you know who you are and should have no problem reading this.
War on crime, War on drugs, War on terror.... Browser Wars?!?! WTF
I use and prefer IE. I also have Firefox, and use it sometimes. I still prefer IE. But I don't feel the need to preach it across the internet with fanatical zeal flaming anyone who disagrees. "Better", to me, is what I like best. IE and Windows have been around long enough, I believe, for their collective faults and benefits to be common knowledge. So if I don't mention any of them, it is not due to any bias , it is simply not relevent to the topic of "radicals" surfing the web. So if you feel the need to reply to this post, great, you needn't reply with any technical details, white papers, pro/con lists.
I can understand some of the excitement of Firefox. The customize thing is cool, but that hardly makes IE a dinosaur considering six million developers contributed to an opensource project 7 years ago and came up with a plain vanilla web browser that you can add plug-ins to, and even without ActiveX, we start to hear about "vulnerabilities" as it gains popularity. New kid on the block had his first "Patch" released. GASP! It was to fix "several vulnerabilities found". Think it will be the last? I read a quote about "not being able to code against user-flaws".
"If the browser had no holes, the user will be asked to punch out an opening. And the user will comply by happily clicking something."
If your all fired up about FireFox because it's new, or you can customize it . . . cool, it's a neat browser. Maybe you hate Microsoft, Bill Gates(what that has to do with your browser I am still not sure) but cool, enjoy your rebellion. And I'd be happy to share your excitement over your new browser if your mature enough to leave it at that. It's not religion, it's a Web Browser. And you are not the omniscient Christ of the World Wide Web, your just another of the 6 billion people in this world with an opinion.
If your worried about security, learn to secure your PC as best you can whatever browser you think is "best". If you don't think it should be your responsibility to become aware then don't make it your responsibilty to try to make me aware of your ignorance. I'm sick of hearing about the MS conspiracy, the browser wars, how MS is at fault for all the security issues out there, Windows users being called "MS drones" (Linux cannot be better than sex man, get real, get a life, get a grip), Microsoft=Nazism, Bill Gates=AntiChrist, blah-blah-blah. It's gotta be a joke, right? Are people even aware of the things they say anymore? It reminds of those bad auditions from American Idol. You know, the people who honestly think they sound great while glass is breaking and dogs are running in circles howling for miles around. Hypocrites. Think a minute about your wild claims and then consider your own actions.
Firefox is a cool "new" (ahem) browser. The features are cool... er, I mean the features you can add are cool. I myself use it on occasion. I still prefer IE and I'm looking forward to IE7. Not because I admire Bill Gates, I didn't swear a satanic blood oath to Microsoft and I am aware that Windows is not the only computing environment. It's what is known as personal choice. You know that democracy thing? Individualism? Kind of Ironic how the ones labeling an individual a drone if he or she rejects their "gospel" are the very ones who most closely display the characteristics of a herd animal. That mob mentality. Friggin' sheep in wolves clothing. Go graze on some grass and stop pretending to be so ferocious. Is it the Anonymity of the web that makes it so prevalent? I mean, do you pull up to a traffic light and start yelling at the driver next to you about how crappy his car is and the manufacturer sucks and what a freak he is for driving it and yours is way better and has more options? OR did I hit on something? Are you tooling around town embarrassed in such a piece of crap car that you suddenly feel powerful cause you think your viewing the internet through a "better" browser than the majority of other users. Then let me remind you, wether you can afford a Mercedes or not, whatever browser your using... it was free. Anyone can get it if they wanted it .
You like FireFox? Cool, shutup and go browse with it. Umm, isn't that why it was made? Not to convert humanity to some browser cult.
You Like Internet Explorer? Cool, pipe down about it and go download some music or something.
Normal people find what they like, use it happily where they like, try and share it with their friends and family and those they meet. Then there are those who have lost their grasp of reality. Sad part of it is, they are often the loudest voice. Hush now angry sheep and go "browse"
So , I thought I'd rant a little.
War on crime, War on drugs, War on terror.... Browser Wars?!?! WTF
I use and prefer IE. I also have Firefox, and use it sometimes. I still prefer IE. But I don't feel the need to preach it across the internet with fanatical zeal flaming anyone who disagrees. "Better", to me, is what I like best. IE and Windows have been around long enough, I believe, for their collective faults and benefits to be common knowledge. So if I don't mention any of them, it is not due to any bias , it is simply not relevent to the topic of "radicals" surfing the web. So if you feel the need to reply to this post, great, you needn't reply with any technical details, white papers, pro/con lists.
I can understand some of the excitement of Firefox. The customize thing is cool, but that hardly makes IE a dinosaur considering six million developers contributed to an opensource project 7 years ago and came up with a plain vanilla web browser that you can add plug-ins to, and even without ActiveX, we start to hear about "vulnerabilities" as it gains popularity. New kid on the block had his first "Patch" released. GASP! It was to fix "several vulnerabilities found". Think it will be the last? I read a quote about "not being able to code against user-flaws".
"If the browser had no holes, the user will be asked to punch out an opening. And the user will comply by happily clicking something."
If your all fired up about FireFox because it's new, or you can customize it . . . cool, it's a neat browser. Maybe you hate Microsoft, Bill Gates(what that has to do with your browser I am still not sure) but cool, enjoy your rebellion. And I'd be happy to share your excitement over your new browser if your mature enough to leave it at that. It's not religion, it's a Web Browser. And you are not the omniscient Christ of the World Wide Web, your just another of the 6 billion people in this world with an opinion.
If your worried about security, learn to secure your PC as best you can whatever browser you think is "best". If you don't think it should be your responsibility to become aware then don't make it your responsibilty to try to make me aware of your ignorance. I'm sick of hearing about the MS conspiracy, the browser wars, how MS is at fault for all the security issues out there, Windows users being called "MS drones" (Linux cannot be better than sex man, get real, get a life, get a grip), Microsoft=Nazism, Bill Gates=AntiChrist, blah-blah-blah. It's gotta be a joke, right? Are people even aware of the things they say anymore? It reminds of those bad auditions from American Idol. You know, the people who honestly think they sound great while glass is breaking and dogs are running in circles howling for miles around. Hypocrites. Think a minute about your wild claims and then consider your own actions.
Firefox is a cool "new" (ahem) browser. The features are cool... er, I mean the features you can add are cool. I myself use it on occasion. I still prefer IE and I'm looking forward to IE7. Not because I admire Bill Gates, I didn't swear a satanic blood oath to Microsoft and I am aware that Windows is not the only computing environment. It's what is known as personal choice. You know that democracy thing? Individualism? Kind of Ironic how the ones labeling an individual a drone if he or she rejects their "gospel" are the very ones who most closely display the characteristics of a herd animal. That mob mentality. Friggin' sheep in wolves clothing. Go graze on some grass and stop pretending to be so ferocious. Is it the Anonymity of the web that makes it so prevalent? I mean, do you pull up to a traffic light and start yelling at the driver next to you about how crappy his car is and the manufacturer sucks and what a freak he is for driving it and yours is way better and has more options? OR did I hit on something? Are you tooling around town embarrassed in such a piece of crap car that you suddenly feel powerful cause you think your viewing the internet through a "better" browser than the majority of other users. Then let me remind you, wether you can afford a Mercedes or not, whatever browser your using... it was free. Anyone can get it if they wanted it .
You like FireFox? Cool, shutup and go browse with it. Umm, isn't that why it was made? Not to convert humanity to some browser cult.
You Like Internet Explorer? Cool, pipe down about it and go download some music or something.
Normal people find what they like, use it happily where they like, try and share it with their friends and family and those they meet. Then there are those who have lost their grasp of reality. Sad part of it is, they are often the loudest voice. Hush now angry sheep and go "browse"
So , I thought I'd rant a little.
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