Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 19th Jan 2007 22:55 UTC
A store owner in a bad neighborhood must balance safety against commerce. Too many locks and bars will keep away customers with the crooks. Based on Microsoft Watch reader feedback, Internet Explorer 7 sacrifices too much usability in the interest of safety.
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RE[2]: Good news for Firefox and other alternatives
by mallard on Sat 20th Jan 2007 13:11
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"It would be interesting to see because overnight Firefox would become the number 1 target for the baddies. And they already have frequent security updates, so we know that FF has holes aplenty that would be quickly exploited were MS to adopt FF. "
But then MS would be responsible for security updates for the MS version of FF (even if they just included the official version, it would still have to be integrated with Windows Update).
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2006-07-04
"Seriously, I think MS should have just thrown in the towel and moved to include Firefox as its default browser. "
It would be interesting to see because overnight Firefox would become the number 1 target for the baddies. And they already have frequent security updates, so we know that FF has holes aplenty that would be quickly exploited were MS to adopt FF.
Not saying that FF is bad, but I don't know how it would fare if it were the number 1 target.
Edit: Wilcox is well known for MS bashing, so consider the source when reading his articles.
Edited 2007-01-20 00:04