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Hi Sigurd,
No gunfire coming from this direction so have no fear.
As you have been using I.E for a long time you will know it has had more than it's fair share of bugs and viruses and vulnerabilities. A lot of this is because the mass of non computer literate computer users are using I.E. making it the richest ground for successful attacks by the crim types.
You will also know some versions of it have been downright awful I.E 5 & 6 were both pretty bad. But that's the worst of a bad bunch ...
Because at no point in time has there not been at least one browser offering a better experience.
Everything "new" in I.E. now is old in other browsers.
And when I say better I mean faster, more convenient, more features ... safer, SAFER (yes I said that twice - one of the key reasons knowledgeable folk avoid it).
I'm not saying everyone who uses I.E is stupid or anything like that. Maybe you never came across good reasons to try another? Maybe just unaware of the downsides of I.E. and the fantastic upsides other clients offer.
Firefox as mentioned above is a good example. With it's good code and plenty of add ons it is fast and offers a tailored and secure browsing environment. Everyone has their fave add ons .. mine are:
noscript - which allows me to choose the scripts which run and which don't meaning greater security, speed and less advertising.
cooliris - best image search tool I know - builds a 3D image wall of picture or video results full screen that you can drag along and back seeking those images you want/need.
fasterfox - when you get to the end of a google page of search results (or any such) it automatically loads the next page underneath the first and keeps going so you can scroll through many pages easily. It does a load of other stuff.
fast Dial (aka Chrome) - sets a panel of often used bookmarks, you can load them up with user logos from userlogos.org, if you like, and set it as your homepage - then each time you open a new tab you are presented visually with your top sites all one click away.
Anyway that's my little firefox add on list which means my firefox is doing the stuff I want and rpmstl's is doing as he wants :)
One example but the point being there has always been a better browsing experience available.
That is why Microsoft tied the browser in with the OS nice and tight and forced Netscape out of business - and are suffering in court still to this day for their actions.
Which is another reason - and the only non technical one - why many knowledgeable users don't use I.E. - because it has the bad smell of corporate monopoly at work all over it.
But it's really about the browsing experience. Why take a second class browser when you can get a first class for free?
Crazy B