Switch to Firefox
Today, I loaded this website into Internet Explorer 6.0. It was a surprise to say the least. I knew that IE6 was not standards compliant, but had no idea that fact could so adversely affect the rendition of this site.
That alone is reason enough to switch to Firefox, a standards compliant browser. Another reason is the still unpatched recent problems with the Microsoft product.
As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft plans on Tuesday to release five security bulletins with fixes for flaws in Windows and Office. ZD Net reports:
At least one of the alerts is deemed "critical," Microsoft's highest risk rating, the software maker said in a notice posted on its Web site on Thursday. It tags as critical any security threat that could allow a malicious Internet worm to spread without any action required on the part of the user.
One of Tuesday's bulletins will be for its Internet Explorer Web browser. It will include a comprehensive update with multiple fixes, including one for the publicly known "CreateTextRange" vulnerability, Microsoft said. It did not specify what other issues its additional Tuesday patches will repair, or how many flaws will be tackled.
The switch to Firefx is painless, but if you really wish to stick with Explorer, be sure to download the fixes on Tuesday, and if you have Windows XP, download Internet Explorer 7.0 when it becomes available.
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