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Nice post 
1) Agreed, but most of IE's vulnerabilities are (as you said) because it is integrated into windows. I also believe that, because IE is more used (heck, default thing...), it's more interesting for malware writers to target IE. If OF would have 80%+ of the market share, I think more vulnerabilities would be found, simply because it's more interesting for malware writers to find them.
2) Aye.
3) Though HTTPXMLRequest is still not fully supported in Opera. You know about the Acid2 test? It's nice. I hope for IE users, and the web as a whole, that IE7 will pass this test.
4) IE7 will, but it's still in beta.
5) ActiveX is ugly. 'nuff said.
6) Older versions of IE are also available on Mac. I believe they stopped at IE5, but I might be wrong.
7) In this article I read, FF is slower than IE. Of course, because IE is integrated into Windows, this can be expected for the cold and warm starts. There are some footnotes about that and other things. Read it, it's an interesting page.
8) Yup, its Open Source-ness and extensions are a great plus for Firefox.
1) Agreed, but most of IE's vulnerabilities are (as you said) because it is integrated into windows. I also believe that, because IE is more used (heck, default thing...), it's more interesting for malware writers to target IE. If OF would have 80%+ of the market share, I think more vulnerabilities would be found, simply because it's more interesting for malware writers to find them.
2) Aye.
3) Though HTTPXMLRequest is still not fully supported in Opera. You know about the Acid2 test? It's nice. I hope for IE users, and the web as a whole, that IE7 will pass this test.
4) IE7 will, but it's still in beta.
5) ActiveX is ugly. 'nuff said.
6) Older versions of IE are also available on Mac. I believe they stopped at IE5, but I might be wrong.
7) In this article I read, FF is slower than IE. Of course, because IE is integrated into Windows, this can be expected for the cold and warm starts. There are some footnotes about that and other things. Read it, it's an interesting page.
8) Yup, its Open Source-ness and extensions are a great plus for Firefox.
