Brandon Paddock

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If you're truly concerned about strict CSS implementations... why don't you run IE in strict mode? Oh... because then half of the web pages you visit wouldn't display properly. Kind of like using Firefox. And whose fault is it that IE is so forgiving? You do know that it was made that way because that's how Netscape did it, back when Netscape ruled the web?

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Actually, it's not. If you do your code right, it shouldn't be a problem. Test your code with Firefox first, and then check if it works with IE, instead of the other way around. IE forgives bad coding, while Firefox is a little less forgiving. Furthermore, Firefox supports alpha blended PNG's, which IE doesn't, and that's one

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All the other stuff might be debatable to a degree, but IE's intergration with the OS is not debatable. You get through IE, you get the computer (not all the time, but there is more of a chance)

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MS dropped IE support on the Mac because Apple made an IE-clone called Safari Safari is based on Konqueror/KHTML, the IE clone for *nix.

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I don't see how the Windows shell making use of IE is a security problem. IE itself doesn't have any more reign over the system than any other application. If you're running as an administrator, any program (including FireFox) that is exploited can wreak havoc on your system. It's like running with root privileges on a *nix box. You just shouldn't do it.

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I just tried it in plain old IE. It says "Internet Explorer has blocked this site from using an ActiveX control in an unsafe manner" in the Information Bar.

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Cross Site Scripting vulnerability, which doesn't effect Firefox of course, but affects all IE, even patched IE's. Doesn't work against me (running Maxthon on XP SP2). Just shows "Script Error!" in the status bar when I click on the link. <Fon

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This is 100% NOT TRUE, and you know it.. Maxthon is nothing more than a buggy cheap IE shell browser, and as such, is vulnerable to the entire internet, just like IE is. A mere hour of web browsing with IE is all you need to have a half dozen pieces of spyware/adware installed on your PC. Maxthon i

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Also, this article has a very misleading last paragraph. It implies that the only change made to IE in SP2 is the by-default blocking of activeX controls. However, countless changes were made to the browser itself, along with its APIs, to harden them against attack. That's why the IFRAME exploit, which affected earlier versions of IE, did not affect SP2. They also took many security enhancements from Windows Server 2003, particula

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I tried FireFox and couldn't stand its rendering. And not just the pages that it messes up, but the way it loads EVERYTHING one item at a time, like IE 2.0 and old Netscape browsers did. It gives me a headache. I use Maxthon and love it. I've never had a single piece of spyware/adware on any of my computers, nor have any of my clients who all use IE.

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Several developers on the project have said that Intel's EM64T support is "minimal." And basically that Intel half-assed 64-bit memory addressing without really adding anything new.

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Beesley - "Electing Kerry will hurt the small businesses big time!" How's that work? Small businesses have suffered the most under Bush's fiscal irresponsibility. And if we continue this deficit spending, it will only get worse. Ask any economist (except those on the Bush payroll) what happens when you have a huge deficit and national debt... It reduces saving within the population, curbs investments, and eventually leads to a higher rate of inflation which has a drastic eff

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Desktop Sidebar (www.desktopsidebar.com) - one of the best desktop apps I've found recently and it has great support for skinning and plug-ins. Trillian - There are LOTS of GREAT Trillian skins, but they're only to be found on the Trillian user forums, for the most part. It would be great to have a better organized place to find them.

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"Now anyone who has Master Apprentice access or above or a WinCustomize Subscription can not create their own WinCustomize Personal Page." Should that say, "can now create?"