Browser Reviews

[pjk]

I typed up some browser reviews, if you're interested in seeing what the top browsers are, please check it out at:
http://www.cleancomputerhelp.com/browser-reviews-1

Comments are appreciated.

 

[Stefan]

Why would anyone want to download Firefox 1.0.7? Btw, that animal, that's a fox, right? Cause I recently read a news article that called it a red bear.

About the Avant Browser: you say I can get version 10.2 there but it's version 11. Btw, your "review" text is pretty much copied from their website. Though you did leave out their "Avant Browser is the fastest web browser on Earth" without providing any reason for doing so.

Haven't looked at the others yet.

 

[AvGalen]

That animal is not a fox, it is a firefox. AKA red panda: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Panda

Personally I like IE7 RC1 (I love unfinished software) and Opera (mostly because of its text-zoom feature, CTRL+Enter logins and lack of "daily" security updates)

 

[MasterofRubix]

in sense that red panda of yours does kinda look like fox.


Personnaly i still prefer to use basic internet explorer, it has everything i need and "daily security updates" arent really a problem if you have high-speed internet.

 

[pjk]

Stefan: People are people, they may download any version they like, there are pros and cons to each. As far as Avant, yes, on many, I copied sources off their site to get they information. As time passes, I plan on adding details for each browser, updating with newer versions, allowing users to post comments and rate browsers, etc.

 

[deKeijzer]

I think you should link to the latest firefox..
btw opera`s extra features are all found in firefox add ons..

* Tabbed browsing
* RSS reader
* Download manager
* Mouse gestures
* Note pad
* Blocks pop-up ads
* Can search Amazon.com and eBay straight from the browser
* Can search several search engines at once
* Can save all open windows as a session
* Can drag a picture to save it
* Can fit page to browser width
* Built-in password manager
* Chat/e-mail/voice interaction

And I have never encounterd a website that IE could and FF could not render, so the 'large surface area' isn`t a complete truth.
IE is less secure because it is the main browser, generally used by less experienced PC users. (this is the truth actually, look at % at a webmaster forum)
So crackers have a bigger chance at succes by attacking the main browser.

 

[pjk]

I do need to update it with all the recent changes, I will soon. The "large surface area" is actually true. IE isn't less secure because of the number of people that use it, that has nothing to do with it. IE is made with more features, while FF is made with less.

 

[Johannes91]

Originally posted by PJK+Nov 26 2006, 10:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (PJK @ Nov 26 2006, 10:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>IE isn't less secure because of the number of people that use it, that has nothing to do with it.[/b]

No, that's exactly why it's less secure. deKeijzer explained it very clearly, why don't you get it?

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IE is made with more features, while FF is made with less.[/quote]You just keep saying that, but could you tell what are the features that IE has but FF doesn't have? And why would that affect the security of a browser?

 

[AvGalen]

ActiveX?

 

[Erik]

Firefox rulezzz B)

 

[pjk]

Originally posted by Johannes91@Nov 27 2006, 04:22 AM

No, that's exactly why it's less secure. deKeijzer explained it very clearly, why don't you get it?

You just keep saying that, but could you tell what are the features that IE has but FF doesn't have? And why would that affect the security of a browser?

How does the amount of people that use a product affect it's security? Yes, it opens it up because more people are using it, but that doesn't make the browser itself less secure. ok at it this way, for example:
Say 1 person downloads the latest version of IE
Saw another person downloads the latest version of FF

Which one would be more vulnerable to an attack, and why? I want to see your side of this point.

When downloaded, the original copy of IE has more features than an original version of FF. FF offers their features as "add-ons" while IE puts the features into the browser to begin with and allows users to remove them as needed, rather than add them like FF. The amount of "features" that something has, the "larger the surface area" that something will be. The larger it is, the more spots there are on it to be attacked.

 

[Stefan]

Yah yah... didn't want to make a new thread.

What is a browser? I'm a little bit shocked...

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[Owen]

Haha, I feel smart now.

 

[pjk]

Yah yah... didn't want to make a new thread.

What is a browser? I'm a little bit shocked...

[video]

I'm actually not surprised at all. Considering how many people use computers and the internet, most people know little or nothing about how any of it works. The thing I find sad and that most people don't even question it, or even wonder how it works. It leaves a great potential for the people who do.

 

[Stefan]

Yeah, actually I find this enlightening. Sheds a light on how apparently most people use computers and the web. And I can somewhat understand. Also puts a discussion I once or twice had into perspective...

Someone I know calls me:
"Hi Stefan, I have a computer problem, can you help?"
- "What's the problem?"
"Blah blah blah..."
- "Ok, start a browser"
"A what?"
- "A browser"
"I don't know what that is"
- "Yes you do, I've told you several times and you use it every day"
"I don't know it, just tell me what to do"
- (rage...)

 

[Dene]

This is not surprising at all. Why should you know the jargon as long as you can use it? There's no reason whatsoever.

 

[pjk]

This is not surprising at all. Why should you know the jargon as long as you can use it? There's no reason whatsoever.

It's not jargon. It is a fundamental piece of how you browse the internet. People don't know the different between a search engine and a browser, that is sad. But as I said before, the thing I find sad and that most people don't even question it, or even wonder how it works. People today are so vulnerable because they don't think.

 

[TheMachanga]

I'm surprised someone didn't mention Mario.

 

[r_517]

i had an online survey 4 years ago when most people were using IE5/6. i remember one question was what browser do you use and why do you like it. most people in the survey thought that a browser is exactly equal to Internet Explorer.

even now, there are still more than 35% internet users in China who uses the obsolete IE6 as their only or main browser according to Microsoft's survey recently. Most companies who offers online services such as internet banking of almost every bank in China, alipay(a Chinese version paypal), online bill service, online phone service etc require users to use IE6 (or even IE5) as the only supported browser.

on the other hand, Google/Firefox has poor compatibility especially with Discuz!, a forum package that more than 90% of Chinese forums are based on that.

 

[Tall5001]

wow i watched that what is a browser and people can be really stupid!!! its sad that people dont even know what a browser is and the difference between a browser and a search engine is!

Also i want to say that there is no Google Chrome review up there!