On 1/9/20, DoctorBill <[email protected]> wrote: > DoctorBill wrote: >> DoctorBill wrote: >>> I originally (back in the Jurassic Age) went to SeaMonkey because I was >>> told that Internet Explorer was dangerous......full of ways for >>> Viruses and >>> Malware ('holes') to get into my system. That was MANY years ago ! >>> >>> Is that STILL a true statement today with Windows 10 (and even in Win >>> 7) ? >>> Has Microsoft fixed it by now ? >>> >>> I like SeaMonkey - but I am getting tired of GOOGLE and the bad entry >>> window >>> business and spoofing and all that. >>> >>> DoctorBill >> . >> Wow - I did a Google Search using the title for my Post here. >> Many many postings on the unsafe use of MicroSoft's IE. >> MicroSoft ! Why haven't they fixed this problem ? ! >> After all these years with uncounted programmers around at MS >> to work on it....... >> That's like PURPOSEFULLY leaving the front door unlocked ! >> >> DoctorBill > . > I guess I am answering my own query ! > From: > telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/02/08/stop-using-internet-explorer-warns- > microsofts-security-chief/ > "Microsoft's own security chief has warned millions of people who > continue to use Internet > Explorer as a default web browser are placing themselves in "peril". "
Apparently you missed this bit "Microsoft has in recent years encouraged users to adopt its more modern web browser, the Microsoft Edge, which was released in 2015." In other words, they've given up on Internet Explorer and want you to switch to Edge. Then they gave up on Edge and created a version based on chrome: https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/4/18125238/microsoft-chrome-browser-windows-10-edge-chromium https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-is-microsofts-chromium-based-edge-really-different-from-chrome/ Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
