Is Firefox Really That Good?
As anyone who has learnt software engineering will know, software is inherently buggy. Anyone who touts using Firefox instead of IE on the premises of better security, better features, etc. basically failed to appreciate the strengths of each.
Too many geeks are embarking on the task of sowing disinformation on IE to get people to embrace Firefox. Firefox is only perceived to be more secure because it does not yet have a sizeable following. Why should a hacker spend effort to hack a low adoption tool when more fame and bragging rights can be achieved against a larger audience? In actual fact, even with the lower adoption rate of Firefox today, critical flaws are already being reported. Also, the many "fantastic" features of Firefox amount to nothing but plugins that only the more technologically inclined are going to download and install. How many people are but lay users who do not bother with getting plugins or whatsoever when all they want is a browser to surf the Internet.
Internet Explorer is unquestionably not a perfect piece of software but to the bulk of end users, it does adequately address their basic needs. Between IE or Firefox, there is no difference since both satisfies their role as browsers. However, IE does have the significant advantage that as a commercial software, it is technically well supported and already has a wide adoption while Firefox has the advantage that it appeals to people who are anti-Microsoft and looking for an alternative.
Too many geeks are embarking on the task of sowing disinformation on IE to get people to embrace Firefox. Firefox is only perceived to be more secure because it does not yet have a sizeable following. Why should a hacker spend effort to hack a low adoption tool when more fame and bragging rights can be achieved against a larger audience? In actual fact, even with the lower adoption rate of Firefox today, critical flaws are already being reported. Also, the many "fantastic" features of Firefox amount to nothing but plugins that only the more technologically inclined are going to download and install. How many people are but lay users who do not bother with getting plugins or whatsoever when all they want is a browser to surf the Internet.
Internet Explorer is unquestionably not a perfect piece of software but to the bulk of end users, it does adequately address their basic needs. Between IE or Firefox, there is no difference since both satisfies their role as browsers. However, IE does have the significant advantage that as a commercial software, it is technically well supported and already has a wide adoption while Firefox has the advantage that it appeals to people who are anti-Microsoft and looking for an alternative.
Comments