[vox-tech] Firefox - Web driving me batty

[R. Douglas Barbieri]

Bill Kendrick wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 10:28:49AM -0700, Ken Herron wrote:
> 
>>(1) The browser used by probably 90% of all web surfers doesn't support 
>>tabs, or even something like middle-click to open in a new window.
> 
> 
> Wow, sucks to be them. :)

It's also just plainly foolish to use Internet Explorer, unless you like 
remote sites installing tons of adware junk on your computer without 
your permission. I can give an example: a co-worker and I were talking 
about who wrote a particluar song. He did a quick google for the name, 
then clicked on the first link, which boasted the lyrics to the song. He 
clicked on the link, and we were both looking at the page. Suddenly the 
browser window maxmized, the window decorations disappeared (even the 
task bar) and pop-up messages were asking if the user was sure he wanted 
to install "1800adware", "adblocker" and a bunch of other stuff I lost 
track of. Even when my coworker declined, it kept popping up the same 
installation questions over and over again. He finally managed to kill 
the setup junk (by hard resetting his machine), but it was too late. On 
reboot we found several icons on his desktop, several new "Program 
Files" folders and loads of "Run" key registry entries. It took him the 
rest of the day to purge that junk off his system.

I turned to him and said, "repeat after me--I will *not* use Internet 
Explorer to surf the web." And he reluctanly repeated it. I got him to 
install Firefox and he's happy now.

So, it *really* sucks to be them. :-)

-- 
R. Douglas Barbieri
doug at dooglio.net
http://www.dooglio.net
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