Report: Internet Explorer 9 Doesn't Suck

[YouEatLard]

IE protects users better then any other browser? Right. You can tell me the sky is hot pink with neon green swirls too, but it doesn't mean I'll believe it. Finding insecurity in IE takes about as much time as it does for me to look out the window to double check the color of the sky too.

IE is the number one browser in... well atleast the U.S. So what are people going to be spending the most time exploiting?

 

[jklinders]

Let's perform a smell check here.

Hmmm, company has been funded by Microsoft.
Testing involved competing browser versions that were out of date.
Company refused to submit data for peer review.
Focus of study was on one very narrow field of interest.

Smell check complete.

Rating is week dead fish in a pool of sulfur.


All joking aside this is a pretty crappy study by a company with a pretty sketchy record when it comes to browsers. As with any other information on the internet it's buyer beware.

 

[Cain_Zeros]

Firefox 4!? That's way out-of-date we are on FF6 now.

Still, the add-ons for IE9 just suck. Good for testing but bad for every day usage.

I was just about to point that out. Although at this point I think they're going to a whole new version number for small updates. I could be wrong though.

 

[Superior Mind]

I've got to say, I hate the Internet browser elitism thing. Probably 'cause I still use the punching bag that is IE. Really though I can't be arsed using a new browser, I don't have any problems with IE and I'm used to the layout.

I can accept that other browsers may be better, I'm just sick of people looking down on me because I still use IE. "Oh look at the primitive peasant and his IE, have you never heard of Firefox?" Hey fuck you pal, I was building computers before you knew where the 'on' button was.

Basically I'm okay with anyone who hates IE just don't chastise me because I don't happen to hate it.

 

[mad825]

I was just about to point that out. Although at this point I think they're going to a whole new version number for small updates. I could be wrong though.

There has been quite a few security updates. Anyhow, this study does not prove that IE9 is good but does show it has one nice feature. The browser itself can still have many security flaws allowing malware/hackers to damage the computer.

 

[ThisNewGuy]

I have to admit that IE9 is a vast improvement to IE8. Still IE9 remains to be lagging behind in integrating new technologies, and that's because Microsoft is planning full HTML5/CSS3 integration for IE10, which requires the user to upgrade to Windows 7.

And it's this practice of purposely making a product worse just so that people who don't know any better would be forced to upgrade that I have a problem with. So Chrome/FF all the way! (and Opera too)

 

[Mcupobob]

Opera user here and never changing. IE is dumb, firefox is a little to bulky for me. As for chrome, I don't trust google with any of my information. Plus it has ads all up in the browser which I found really annoying.

Also this study sound like BS to me. I have never gotten a virus since I've switch to Opera, unlike I would with IE.

 

[Kingjackl]

I never got all the hate people have for IE. I use IE 8 and I'm perfectly happy with it. I've tried Chrome and IE 9 and they both felt...I 'unno, not right. IE 8 to me just feels comfortable.

That said, a browser is a browser. Does it really matter how you recieve content if the content is pretty much the same anyway?

 

[Luke Cartner]

If this was any company but nss labs this might mean anything.
These guys said the same about IE 8, and have a history of producing Microsoft brought and paid for reports.
http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200912/3268/Can-you-trust-the-NSS-Labs-report-touting-the-benefits-of-IE8

If labs which dont have history of getting most of their funding from microsoft and dont use a tiny sub set of urls specifically that IE blocks then this might actually mean something...

But until then treat it like the microsoft slideware it is

 

[FlipC]

Dear Microsoft ,

There'd be no need to prevent people from leaning on your wall if you hadn't made it out of tissue paper in the first place.

 

[OldNewNewOld]

Well, since it asks whether or not to block almost everything, ofc it will block malware.
But I don't need a browser which will block everything or nothing. No real middle ground.

Also, the simplicity of Chrome is just to much for IE to handle.

 

[AngryFrenchCanadian]

They'd need to send me a whore-a-day to get me to start using Internet Explorer.

And a 6-pack of the finest imported beer.

 

[Woodsey]

They'd need to send me a whore-a-day to get me to start using Internet Explorer.

And a 6-pack of the finest imported beer.

And some Hubba Bubba.

 

[Trippy Turtle]

So all it does is make sure people aren't stupid enough to download dodgy files? Chrome is way better.
EDIT: Come to think of it I haven't had an anti virus in a year and my laptop is going fine. I run a scan every few weeks/months though.

 

[cidbahamut]

The first thing that came to mind when reading this article was that IE must have had that horrible configuration it comes with when you install Windows Server 2008. The configuration in which you can't really do anything on the web. So yeah, if you lock the browser down and make it practically inoperable then sure it's gonna block stuff by virtue of not really being able to perform its intended function.

 

[honestdiscussioner]

I'm guessing they just did the bare bones of Firefox and chrome. No add-ons specifically designed for security, like noscript for Firefox. That's sort of like saying, "Wow, the Model-T has way more protection from wind elements and weather than a Honda Insight when it doesn't have those extras like windshield and a frame".