Don't worry darkpheonix, you're not alone, there are plenty of people who don't use ie...like me Firefox (v0.8) is the best browser i've used by far...it displays about 99% of pages i visit without a problem, for the other 1 or 2% i just open up ie up for it. I honestly can't see how someone can pass up firefox (or at least not be anticipating it's 1.0 release, as atm it still has a few bugs) the the tab system, the minimalist feel, the ease of use, security...and most of all the plugins. things like cookie culler, so you can save forum cookies and delete all the other junk. session saver (tabbrowser is actually better) so if the browser crashes or you have to restart or duck out for a second all you have to do is restart your browser and all those pages will still be there. middle click mouse button to close tabs, and in a blank space to reload a tab you closed by mistake. and of course, where would i be without my precious foobar controls sitting next to the sickle in the top right corner. Has sped up my brosing ten fold, crashes much less, i get zero spyware, whereas with ie i get heaps...whats not to like, a couple of crappy sites, pfft takes me all of 5 seconds to open up ie and paste the address into it. As for people saying microsoft are just slow, and the standards aren't important, well, thats just rediculous, Microsoft try to steal everything by grabbing marketshare and then changing things to use their hacked/propietry versions "insert standards/software/code here" so that everyone will have to use their software, even though MS didn't create the **** thing in the first place. (Java was a perfect example of them trying to do exactly this) Now i don't have a problem with Microsoft bundling IE or whatever in their OS, but didn't they actually tell the courts that they couldn't remove ie from the shell? hmm, i thought lying to courts was a crime, most people/companies get fined/jailed don't they? strange that this hasn't happened to Microsoft.... Sorry if i'm sounding anti MS, it's just that, to think that they aren't doing things like "following standards" because they have other things to worry about is rediculous, they are doing it on purpose...it's much much easier to follow standards than to create your own 99% of the time, yet Microsoft decide to create their own 99% of the time...go figure.
