The ONLY reason Firefox and the Mac browsers are "safer" is simply because they are not used extensively enough for hackers to bother with them! If and when they come into broader use they will suffer the same security issues as Microsoft IE.
Why should a hacker spend any time hacking only 7 percent of web browsers (Firefox & Mac) when he can spend the same amount of time and hack into 93 percent of everyone's computers?
Oh yeah? Well my Firefox can kick your IE's butt! LOL
It really is a nice browser with a fuller feature set (not just the tabs.. people go ga-ga over the tabs). The extentions are what make Firefox awesome. Well.. that and the fact that it ain't Microsoft. ;)
Yes, let's completely ignore the quality of the code and design principles that were involved because we know that all programs inherently equal...
Sounds like the IT version of the post modernist view that all truth systems are ultimately equally valid and invalid.
"The ONLY reason Firefox and the Mac browsers are "safer" is simply because they are not used extensively enough "
That is a lie, and you guys know it. IE is tied into the complete operating system, no way any other browser has that many vulnerabilities.
Who cares why? I just want safe more hassle-free computing. The rest is theoretical esoterica: interesting to debate, irrelevant when choosing a computer/browser.