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Maybe look at it this way....

If you just KNOW you are going to get SHOT, and you have the choice between two pieces of uniform to wear, are you going to shoose the sweater vest or the Class 3 Armor Vest?

You're right, neighter will protect you if you take a point blank to the temple, but it's better safe than sorry... right?

I understand why people who browse websites use internet explorer... it's free, it's built into your computer (permanently) and it's been our defacto window to the net for several years.

There are other options out there... one that is proven to be much more secure and in MY opinion, provides a better browsing experience all around. From a web-developers point of view, if I could send a bill to Microsoft for all of the countless hours I've had to create "workarounds" and "IE Sepcific" code, lets just say it'd put a dent in Gate's fortune.

All that said, I am in touch with the fact the we will never fully see the demise of Internet Explorer. However, I think that if enough people migrate to Firefox or other browsers, Microsoft will take notice and bind IE to the same coding standards... They tried to this with IE7 but failed miserably... not without valid reasons of course, but the issues that prompted this entire thread remain... For most of those who encounter Firefox, IE is not the preferred choice.

Mike.