The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro has a nifty article today called "Six Steps to Safer Surfing" where he writes,
Step five is a big one: Download the free Mozilla Firefox Web browser (www.mozilla.org) and use that instead of Microsoft's Internet Explorer whenever possible. Firefox is not only simpler and more convenient than Internet Explorer, it's also much more secure -- since it's not hooked so tightly into Windows, it can't act as a transmission belt for viruses. And by not running Microsoft's ActiveX software, Firefox blocks a common route for spyware.Go Rob! Go Firefox! Posted by asa at December 19, 2004 02:58 PM
Google will find it without the registration malarkey.
Step 5.5 - Install Thunderbird to replace Outlook Express.
These clueless hacks still haven't got it.
Posted by: Phil Randal on December 19, 2004 03:13 PMThere are two great articles at the Seattle Times on the "new browser wars":
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002124782_ie20.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002124777_btmozillaman20.html
Posted by: Rafael on December 20, 2004 05:47 PM