I use FireFox and a browser developed by a friend at the moment and I am happy using them. I have Windows XP Home SP1 and have refused to download SP2 as I have only heard tales of faliure and problems. The main extra feature of the security centre is useless to me as I already have numerous AV and firewall software. Also it supposedly wreaks havok with Norton, which I have installed. Does anyone know any more about this problem?

only what you jsut said ive heard it from a friend that it messes up programs so i still haven't downloaded it. as for norton i really do not like it at all try aVast fire scan it is free but it kicks ass! ( stick with 98se )

those who think that firefox is slow you can improve the speed ... i really dont remember where is the topic but there are a few lines of code to increase the speed if you have broadband and it really works ... im fine with firefox ... i think is easier to use and have more advatanges ... but i still using sometimes IE because some website that manage confidential information dont trust in firefox, mozilla and all that stuffs ... theria arguments "that browsers are not testes for this seciruty level" ... so i think that we'll never get rid off of IE ... lets hope IE 7 bring us a better performance

I don't know all that much about it, but as far as I understand if you use wireless internet you really should update to SP2 because it enables you to have greater security. especially if you have a home network on a wireless router.

and as far as SP2 interfering with your Firewall, that is because SP2 has a firewall but you can disalble it or adjust the settings accordingly so that it wont interfere. I use Norton, for ex, and my lil manual that comes with it covers how to deal with that...

windows has its problems anyway... I don't see a reason not to update to SP2.

Even if IE had these, I would consider FF since FF fixed many bugs in IE and FF is more secure, fast, and customizable. Also, because IE is made by Microsoft and their products are pretty much in the age of the dinosaurs.

you all have to remember Firefox came out roughly the same time xhtml coding was becoming main stream and with css becoming alot better as well. So they had a big advantage with that

Although Im suprised microsft hasn't mad eany attempted to make sure people can't download ff or opera on to Windows OS. Even though i made a post about it a few days ago of a FF being on the microsoft site.

but you have to remember though Microsoft is assuming everyone upgrades their os everytime they put out a new OS for their computers and of course it's a smart business decision to stop producing updates and resources to out of date software as well.

I know what you meen, and if you would like to use IE 6, but still have tabs then you can use the Windows Live Toolbar. It adds tabs to IE6, the only broblem is that to use it you have to leave the toolbar out, which i personally don't care for, so i use firefox.

It doesn't affect a lot of people with only being compatible with XP or newer as many people use Windows XP nowadays, however, I feel sorry for those people who like using IE and have got an older operating system.

I can understand the reason behind this though. In order for the browser to be as secure as it could possibly me, it needs to work on a stable and secure operating system and have the ability to use functions within an operating system that help secure the computer over the internet.

Looking on the bright side for XP users, it could have been that Microsoft were only creating a browser for their new operating system being launched in the near future, Windows Vista. It's good that it supports XP.

We should be lucky enough that Internet Explorer 7.0 is compatible with Windows XP as Microsoft can just make it compatible with Vista and force you to buy them! IE 7.0 has a really good interface and the best thing is that they give you a larger interface for viewing webpages than other browser, and they minimise the use of the huge toolbar at the top which look very professional.. I'm currently using the RC1 version and it works very well! I simply love it!