Why Microsoft Internet Explorer sucks?

Microsoft has a horrible track record of releasing buggy software with numerous security holes. In fact, a study completed in 2005 proves it:

There were only 7 days in all of 2004 in which Internet Explorer could be considered vulnerability-free. Firefox and Opera, the two following most popular browsers, were protected for 307 and 300 days, respectively. 7 days vs. 300+ ? Ouch.

Internet EXplorer crashes constantly. It has happened to you, as well as everyone else that uses it, multiple times. In fact, it only takes ONE short line of code to crash Internet Explorer.

If you're brave and using Internet Explorer, click here. Internet Explorer WILL crash. Because that's what it does.

Microsoft believes it to be above all web standards and tends to play by its own rules. Now, this doesn't directly affect you as a user, but for a web developer it means creating a website takes twice as long to make. That means they spend less time making it GOOD and more time just trying to make it work.

And that means a worse web experience for you.

It would make sense for IE to support formats that everyone else does. For example, the newest picture format (PNG) and the latest style standards (CSS 2.1) are NOT well supported by IE. In fact, the brand spanking new IE 7 supports only 54% of CSS 2.1, whereas Firefox and Opera have 93% and 96% compliance.

So if you visit a site that uses these, it's just not going to work right.

Explorer's error messages don't tell you anything about the problem. It just dies and takes Windows with it.

Unlike Firefox and Opera, IE does not allow other people to openly develop on it. The great thing about Firefox and Opera is that they both have a large community developing additional features for its browser.

The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), part of the Homeland Defense group, recommended against it's use because of its potential use as a target for terrorists.

What better place to attack than the virtual infrastructure?

Since IE and Windows are so closely connected, a crash of IE will often render Windows unstable and buggy.

Additionally, uninstalling and reinstalling IE is an incredibly difficult task, which is often necessary after it's been destroyed by malware and spyware hacks.

Malicious programmers will focus their efforts on targeting Internet Explorer because:

It's easy to take advantage of the security exploits of Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer users tend to be less web-educated and tech-savvy and may more easily fall into traps

It's what most people use, so they'll hit the most people with their software.

So if you switch from Internet Explorer, you'll protect yourself, your computer, and your private information from malicious hackers.

Why use a program that constantly crashes, provides huge security risks, and causes general system instability when there are great alternatives like FireFox and Opera out there?

Consider taking the time to try FireFox - it will even import all of your bookmarks and settings from Internet Explorer. FireFox is designed to accommodate former Internet Explorer users, so you won't have to learn how to use a new browser, but you will find new features that will make the web far more pleasant!

Click the Firefox logo if you need to download the FireFox browser.