Coffeehouse - The switching dilema

crispybit — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:25:21 GMT

I totaly agree with you, the reason why IE 'looks' so bad to others is cause A) it's THE pinicle of browsers so of course its gona be targeted and B)IMO it's just easy to hate because EVERYONE uses it. As for all of these other browsers, just mere specks to what IE is and will be. Similar to the platform wars, Windows VS Linux (IMO Apple isn't even there), With what MS has put out Ex. Windows ME, of course people are gona question the quality of MS's products, but with XP (SP2 included) and Longhorn I think MS is realy heading the right direction. Being the pinicle, there will ALWAYS be attacks, holes, exploits, etc. but when some hole in the wall OS steps up to the plate and faces off with LH or even (if there will be one) XP Refresh, that OS is just going to be seen as useless junk.

Coffeehouse - Feeling a bit cheated with XP SP 2

crispybit — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 22:11:57 GMT

The way I see it; SP2 is a security oriented update, if some application breaks because it's using some API call or w/e that is unsecure just to save the programmer x lines of code or the end user 2 or 3 clicks. I say let it break, this way MS can force programmers to start writing better quality programs (yes even their own programmers) while also making the system the program its running on more secure. As for the 'hassle' of having to click a info bar to install an activeX control or having to say yes allow this program to connect to the internet, big deal, people have complained and complained a lot over the years of "This is unsecure" or "My system always crashes". MS has (for the most part) fixed the stability factor with switching to the NT kernel and with SP2 has started down the right path for fixing the security issues.

Keep up the great work guys!

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