Innocence, on Oct 9 2009, 05:41 PM, said:
We already had this discussion, where I think I called you stupid and we didn't talk to eachother for like three days.
That being said, the reason Firefox is better than IE are as follows:
Adblock- Removes roughly 75% of ads across the internet. Anything that it doesn't catch, you right click on and pick adblock annnnndd it's gone. Also handy for forums where people will spontaneously imglink goatse. You can use adblock to not load any images with a certain URL, including the use of wildcards.
Noscript- What len said. Malicious code is like the Vietcong, just sitting in the grass waiting to jump out and stab you if you even enter the website. Drive-by downloading is a really common way of getting malware onto a PC and without a solid block against it there's really nothing you can do.
I started using Chrome, it's fast, but it doesn't have a good adblock or noscript, so I switched back.
As for IE, most of the IE is shit stems from IE6, which still holds roughly 25% of the browser market. It's complete and utter shit, and if you are using it, you should be shot without trial. It doesn't support basically any new developments in the world of HTML/CSS. It still has security holes in it, which have been fixed in 7 and 8, but most people using it are computer-inept (They don't know to upgrade), stupid (same reason), or businesses (upgrading to new things can cause problems, they don't like that) so they won't upgrade.
I stay away from IE like the plague, but I think you're using 7 (Or maybe 8, if you've kept windows update on.)
Edit: But really, if you ARE using IE6, upgrade IMMEDIATELY. The internet will thank you and I won't have to come to your house with a rifle.\
Edit2: I just noticed on the browser numbers I looked at, Firefox has the newer version with a higher market share than an older version, IE is the other way IE goes 6->7->8, firefox is 3.5->3.0