grelmar - 3:59 pm on Feb 4, 2005 (gmt 0)

Market Share = Exploits:

Tend to agree, but with two caveates:

1. Because IE is so strictly tied to the OS, it creates a straight pipe into a serious vulnerability anytime someone can exploit it. Having the browser detached from the OS is a layer of security for the PC as a whole.

2. Spend some time skulking around the seemier areas of the net, and you'll realise that there is currently a big race on to exploit FF. Because FF is in the news so much lately, a lot of the high end hackers are working hard at creating not only a proof of concept, but releasing something "in the wild", for the bragging rights of being first. A lot of these people are motivated by vanity. Being the first to release a FF browser hijack would gain whoever did it some instant headlines and credibility in those circles.

As for all the rest:

Well, I've been using FF for over a year now, and there's simply no going back. But that's just my personal preference. Some people, I've moved over to FF. Others, I've left well enough alone because based on their level of computer expertise, comfort levels with software they know, etc., for them, IE remains the better product. FF still has some glitches. They're glitches I'm more than willing to tolerate for the benefits of the software. For some, the reverse would be true.

On the 6 sites I'm babysitting right now, strangely enough, a "get FireFox" button seems to have crept on the pages.

Weird, must be some kind of virus.;)