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LennonCook · 06-17-2004, 02:10 AM

Firefox doesn't get as much spyware as IE, and Spyware Guard (see one of the numerous anti spyware threads about) protects it even further (aswell as catering to IE). Opera is also good like this, and I think that AOL's Navigator may be aswell (well, except for the spyware it contains itself). The main thing that makes this so is that most Spyware is targeted primarily at IE, and acts through popups. Both Firefox and Opera block popups while browsing.

The Fallen One, firefox is exactly the opposite of communism: it is open source. You can download the source code, you can modify it however much you want, you can recompile it, and it is legal. It allows different skins, and both tabbed and Windowed browsing - it is about user choice. And it is complient to the standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium, meaning that it works quite well with most well-built websites (those that use the W3C's standards as guidelines, rather than forcing users to use a particular browser) - and the number of well-built websites is increasing.

[ 06-17-2004, 02:11 AM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]

06-17-2004, 02:10 AM	#6
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 38 Posts: 5,452	Firefox doesn't get as much spyware as IE, and Spyware Guard (see one of the numerous anti spyware threads about) protects it even further (aswell as catering to IE). Opera is also good like this, and I think that AOL's Navigator may be aswell (well, except for the spyware it contains itself). The main thing that makes this so is that most Spyware is targeted primarily at IE, and acts through popups. Both Firefox and Opera block popups while browsing. The Fallen One, firefox is exactly the opposite of communism: it is open source. You can download the source code, you can modify it however much you want, you can recompile it, and it is legal. It allows different skins, and both tabbed and Windowed browsing - it is about user choice. And it is complient to the standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium, meaning that it works quite well with most well-built websites (those that use the W3C's standards as guidelines, rather than forcing users to use a particular browser) - and the number of well-built websites is increasing. [ 06-17-2004, 02:11 AM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]