Posted on 07/18/2011 8:39:44 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
ShadowAce:
Tech Ping Please.
Swordmaker:
Since Safari was mentioned I thought I’d ping you as well, but not really a direct apple topic. Your call if you want to ping the apple list.
It sounds like IE is the browser for those stupid enough to click on every link and popup that presents itself on the screen.
Curious that they used the most recent version of IE against an older version of Firefox. Firefox 5.0, the current version, is reputed to have improved security features.
This sounds like another Microsoft sponsored test from these people.. similar to their LAST test that said somethign similar. Just because a company calls themselves the “leading trusted independent authority” don’t make it so. These guys are shills for M$. I’m sticking to Google with Adblock and Noscript add-ons. I’ve not had a single problem for years with this combo.
Firefox 5 came out a couple of weeks ago and the article said they ran the comparison in April. You can’t compare what isn’t there yet.
It says at the end. FF 5 was still in beta at the time of the test.
So, 95% of Internet users...;)
ZING!
If you can’t win in one category, find a category you can rank #1!
Done!
probably because the test was set before they could get firefox 5. Isn’t FF5 fairly new? But the article does address that and says ff5 uses the same engine for this feature.
I resemble that remark!!! [smile]
To echo Oddball from Kelly's Heroes ...
"Oh, man, I just ride in 'em. I don't know what makes 'em work ..."
They suck at brainwashing the ecosystem, so the had to find something else.
Got any proof or are you just saying that to make IE inferior in your mind?
But even if they are shills it still doesn’t dismiss their findings.
Rule #1 of the internet is that you never, ever download an application that a web-site says you should, such as those pop-ups that say your computer has been infected with a virus.
That's social engineering. The claims here are that IE9 is the best at blocking a socially engineered application after you've clicked the "Yes" button to have such an application "scan your computer for viruses".
So, the "New and Improved" IE9 is supposed to save stupid people from themselves.
My two cents on this issue:
I am a firm believer that the best way to protect your computer and yourself from viruses, malware, phishing scams and other general internet nastiness, is to think twice before clicking on ANY unknown link.
This even includes email from trusted friends and family, especially the sort of email that has a chain of addresses a mile long (I never click on anything in these messages). This general rule also applies to any email from a bank, any website where you might have an account (Hotmail, Google, Yahoo, etc.), your favorite web store, or ANYTHING else that informs you that you need to update your information by clicking on a link from the email.
By being sensible and careful, along with using a good anti-virus/internet security software package, you have a much better chance to avoid these problems.
I wonder whether they were actually blocked, or if they just hadn’t opened by the time the test concluded. 19 days isn’t a lot of time for ie to open many pages.
IE isn't inferior in my mind, it is inferior in fact. Anyone can cherry pick results to make a report say anything they want, especially with the testing is sponsored by the guy who you determine is the best. Ask any serious web programmer and you'll find it fairly consistent that IE does not
1 - comply with standards
2 - is highly inefficient with rendering Javascript
3 - tries to set their own standards in order to make others comply with them.
Here's a related article which is a little less biased than the press release.
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