[CedarDave]

My advice is simple: Boycott IE. It's a cancer on the Web that must be stopped. IE isn't secure and isn't standards-compliant, which makes it unworkable both for end users and Web content creators. Because of their user bases, however, Web developers are hamstrung into developing for IE at the expense of established standards that work well in all other browsers. You can turn the tide by demanding more from Microsoft and by using a better alternative Web browser. I recommend and use Mozilla Firefox, but Apple Safari (Macintosh only) and Opera 8 are both worth considering as well.

[KoRn]

"My advice is simple: Boycott IE. It's a cancer on the Web that must be stopped. IE isn't secure and isn't standards-compliant, which makes it unworkable both for end users and Web content creators."

Microsoft all too often takes a 'our way or the highway' approach. For the most part, such a philosophy slows the growth of technological advancement because it tends to put people in a little box. The greatest advancements in IT happened when people worked together, allowing for cross platform operability.

A perfect example of this is a Cisco Router, or any other piece of networking hardware. If networking hardware were all like Microsoft OSs, you couldn't use a non-Cisco router or switch with a Cisco switch because they wouldn't communicate. Sure, with using Cisco and non-Cisco, you may miss out on some advanced features that Cisco may offer. It will all function well nonetheless, regardelss of the manufacturer.