Browsers | Silicon Shecky

Coming off the heels of IE, Firefox and Safari getting hacked at the recent Pwn conference this week, I have to sit back and wonder what has happened to the browsers out there. Why must they all be hunks of junk?

IE has more security holes than swiss cheese, we all know that. Even IE8 is turning into a security nightmare. Safari is, well, and apple product that is ok, but doesn’t seem to be fast enough, nor does it have great windows support. Chrome is a bland browser based off the firefox core (does Google not know how to program its own thing from scratch) that reall does not make it easy to keep track of my RSS feeds.

Then there is my beloved Firefox, which is becoming the bloated hunk of junk that it was never supposed to be. Seriously, I can open up to my iGoogle home page, and it takes forever to be able to do anything. At least IE I am able to start navigating within 30 seconds of opening the browser. Firefox takes 2 minutes minimum (yes I’ve timed it). Then there is the fact that it has a huge memory hole that just keeps sucking up memory for as long as you have it open. this is a major issue that the Firefox community needs to address, because when you have multiple programs open, and your web browser causes you to have to reboot, well, this becomes a pain for business.

I’ve tried opera, but wasn’t real impressed with it either. I don’t know, maybe I’m asking too much from a browser. Somewhat Secure, fast, and easy to use with a few nice features. Oh yeah, and you better be able to run the WOT addon.

IE8, still not ready for everyone to use due to compatibility issues with many websites out there. Microsoft says, “We are not pushing IE8 out there yet.” Everyone breaths a sigh of relief.

At least until today. If you run updates, you should take a close look at the high priority updates. Yeah the ones that get pushed down through Automatic Updates. You will see IE8 there. Sounds like a push to me. Yet Microsoft is still claiming that they are not pushing it out.

Now I don’t know about you, but if I saw it in the Optional Software updates, I would believe them, but with it in High Priority? Come on, we all know that usually we just let the high priority updates get installed, because they are usually the most critical of the updates, and if you are set up to autoupdate, it will get pushed down and installed unless you are set up to check what updates have been downloaded for install.

To use a phrase from a segment on a sports show I listen to.. Microsoft, Who Ya Crappin?

Web Browsers Suck

IE8 not being pushed? Only if you work in PR.