YMMV, I believe, too. Personally, I've not seen the substance. I get frustrated with technology pretty easily if it doesn't work the way I do. And, when that happens it comes off the PC fairly quickly. I treat my computer as something critical to my well being. If I feel an application is just taking up space, instead of providing value to me, I don't keep it there. I've downloaded FF so many times, and removed it within a day of installation.
As for security -- I've never been hijacked, or scripted. No Maxthon here. Again, I'm a software minimalist. Maxthon adds features that I'll never use. I just want to work. I might agree with the view of FF, if it weren't for Opera. Opera kind of puts the whole hype versus value to rest. Just my opinion. -----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day I think the success of Firefox has gone way beyond hype at this point. And, I have posted here multiple times on my comparisons of IE memory use vs. Firefox; the majority of those tests have been negative to IE. I wasnt looking to get into YABA, but while FF only gets better, IE only gets worse. Its only saving grace in the past few years has been add-ons like Maxthon. Security-wise, I can point you to plenty of sites that will exploit the hell out of IE but cant to FF. I dont appreciate the Mac-zealot style of hype that FF users promote - but the hype has substance. On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Rod Trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nah, I just don't like to use things based on hype. > > I know, I know. Hype pretty much runs the industry these days (ex. iPhone), > but following the crowd gives me a bad feeling. > > Plus, I've never had much luck with Firefox, so I don't see the benefit. > It's slow, eats away at memory, etc. > > Now, Opera, on the other hand. No hype. Great product. That's the only > 3rd party browser I would recommend. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:53 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > Because Rod doesn't like anyone to use anything non-Microsoft. It > scares him. ;-) > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Martin Blackstone > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Why? Seriously. Why? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:55 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day >> >> Don't do it. >> >> Like sheep to the slaughter. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:53 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Firefox 3.0 Download Day >> >> Today is supposed to be the official release day for Firefox 3.0 and >> Mozilla are trying to set a record for the number of downloads. The >> Firefox home page is slightly out of date but the full 3.0 download is >> here for those that are interested: >> >> ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0 >> >> >> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> >> >> >> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> >> >> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> > > > > -- > ME2 > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
