Re: browser wars RNZ 11.30am

[David Lane]

I was impressed by Nigel Horrock's segment - without dumbing things down 
too much (Linda Clarke's intro to the segment involved explaining that a 
"browser" was thing you type web addresses into and get to see pictures 
and text and stuff, so it would've been easy for him to keep it 
stupid...) he was suitably grave about the shortcomings of Microsoft's 
"compromises" on security for the sake of "ease of use" and enthusiastic 
about Mozilla and others as alternatives...

The only thing I thought was missing was a statement that IE is easily 
and regularly exploited by malicious worms/spyware/adware on nearly 
every user's computer (based on my experience, at least) - he mentioned 
better usablility of Mozilla with tabbed browsing, ease of install, and 
even the fact that it was open source (although I don't think he used 
that terminology, just that it was developed by volunteers).

If he is similarly able to elucidate in future weeks (assuming he has a 
regular slot replacing the remarkably generic and non-controversial 
status-quo supporting and therefore uninteresting Paul Reynolds), then 
maybe there's hope - in addition to Simon Morton's occasionally 
outstanding Digital Life...  Cheers,

Dave
Jason Greenwood wrote:
Hi is NOT FOSS freindly - I have had some dealings with him in the past. 
He is pro MS all the way. He is editor or Netguide Magazine for those 
that don't know.....

InfoHelp wrote:
Nigel Horrocks has replaced Paul McGovern as IT commentator on 
National Radio (101FM, c675AM). He seems better informed about FOSS, 
and this morning will debunk the insecure Internet Explorer.

It should be good,
Rik


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