Browser Wars
My recent rant against Javas\Script left me wanting to use the Internet with all JavaScript disabled. Other than banking, email, blogging, YouTube, and just about every other site I use regularly it worked. I had to cave in and enable JavaScript by default.
However, I'm trying a new strategy where I disable JavaScript in one browser and use it solely for surfing the Internet. For sites I use routinely I have a different browser with JavaScript enabled. It is a pain switching back and forth but easier than disabling and enabling JavaScript within either browser. Plus there is a simple queue to alert me if I am active on the "safer" browser or not. It's not the greatest idea out there, but the free availability of some strong performing Internet browsers makes this a very viable strategy.
Long live the browser wars that keep bringing us free software! These competing platforms also serve to disrupt viral attacks by creating a spectrum of technical differences. It makes for a disorganized, inefficient Internet but there is a silver lining. The organic development of the market creates opportunities and somewhere out there is an option that is better at something you need than the other options out there. The only problem is knowing what is available (a task most users will not undertake) and upgrading (which is not possible for many computers hooked up to corporate networks under licensing agreements).
However, I'm trying a new strategy where I disable JavaScript in one browser and use it solely for surfing the Internet. For sites I use routinely I have a different browser with JavaScript enabled. It is a pain switching back and forth but easier than disabling and enabling JavaScript within either browser. Plus there is a simple queue to alert me if I am active on the "safer" browser or not. It's not the greatest idea out there, but the free availability of some strong performing Internet browsers makes this a very viable strategy.
Long live the browser wars that keep bringing us free software! These competing platforms also serve to disrupt viral attacks by creating a spectrum of technical differences. It makes for a disorganized, inefficient Internet but there is a silver lining. The organic development of the market creates opportunities and somewhere out there is an option that is better at something you need than the other options out there. The only problem is knowing what is available (a task most users will not undertake) and upgrading (which is not possible for many computers hooked up to corporate networks under licensing agreements).
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