Those two seem like complete idiots. Note however that we have no proof of their bugs since they won't disclose.

Larry, if you only need IE for one site then you can just get an 'open IE for this page' button to easily launch it?

The link you posted displays perfectly in Opera 9 by the way, so perhaps it is a Firefox gimmick.

And of course, if you're worried about security then it's a better choice anyway:

IE - 106 security advisories, 19 remain unpatched, highest unpatched severity is "extremely critical" (5/5).


Firefox - 36 security advisories, 3 unpatched, highest unpatched severity is "less critical" (2/5).

Opera 9 - 1 security advisory, none are unpatched.

And just because Opera 9 hasn't been out that long:

Opera 8 - 15 security advisories, none unpatched.

It is a mystery why people use anything else.

[ 10-03-2006, 11:39 AM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]

I hated the interface - especially the tabs. I used opera only for a few days a year ago at a friend's comp when my PC was off. Everytime I opened a new page it would open a new tab, rather than new window, which for me was annoying and put me off opera. I suppose it is possible to change this in settings, but I just didn't bother and downloaded Firefox. Never had security issues with firefox either.

I'll be getting something else now since firefox is starting to annoy me too. Too slow and getting "server not found" too often. I've checked the opera 9 screenshots and the interface seems better, so if there is a way to disable multi-tabs altogether I might go for it. But I've been hearing good things about IE7 from everyone who's used it so I might go for that...

Without having heard the conversation, Larry, it sounds like you got the "I don't know it so don't use it" speech. Firefox does allow you to open up permissions on specific sites, so it's a question of knowledge (or lack thereof).

Besides, didn't they say they supported FF on the site? Or am I just dis-remembering?

ZFR, you are the first person I know of who is actually annoyed by the tabs. I find them the best intarweb invention ever, most handy they be.
Plus, Firefox will not allow itself to be opened more than once, which means, you can have 51234252 Firefox windows, and they'll all use the memory of just one. The same cannot be said for IE.
So seriously, FF>IE.
And I've never seen FF be any slower, or open less pages than IE. Sure, some morons still design websites with just IE in mind, but for every that kind of moron, you have one kind of idiot who designs pages strictly for Firefox, so it evens out. And as opposed to IE, you can actually train Firefox to open IE-only pages through liberal use of about:config.

<font color=skyblue>No, I was referring to another site to show how some sites that know they do, will say so. </font>

Shamrock, I heard that Opera is really slow. Is this true?

I'm using Firefox, and not only has my general surfing experience been great, I've only ever ran into one problem, 7-8 updates ago, so personally I'm satisfied.

I may give Opera a try, but I moved from IE to Fireox so I'm not really interested in such a major change again yet.

In response to Memnoch's linked article,

Backpedal

Cheers.

With regards to Firefox, I do admit that it is far from perfect( by my wants at least), but it has satisfied me thus far.

Most of the features I wish it had, are relatively minor, and not patience-breaking.

Re the security bug, it looks like those two idiots have back-tracked.

In my experience, it flies. The browser speed comparisons site seems to offer a fairly thorough comparison.

[ 10-04-2006, 05:11 AM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]