I know, you both think I’m crazy.
When you use Firefox, or Chrome, etc. you are simply using a ‘mask’ that is put over the face of Internet Explorer.
If you doubt me, try to remove IE from your computer.
If you are successful, you will no longer be posting anything anywhere.
I never installed IE. I don’t have anything resembling IE on my computer.
Oh, I don’t think you’re crazy, FRiend. I just wasn’t sure what you meant. Now I do.
Since that’s the case, I don’t know what to do. Suggestions?
Yes, there are browsers that use the IE rendering engine rather than roll their own. Firefox actually has a plugin you can to allow this as well (though I don't really know why you would.) Other browsers, like Opera and Firefox are completely separate programs that do not use the IE engine at all by default.
Personally, I think we'd all be better off if everyone just completely abandoned all microsoft products entirely, but what you said is untrue. Yes, it's difficult, if not impossible to actually remove IE from a windows system. That is by design, as microsoft makes extensive use of proprietary crap to destroy its competition by leveraging vendor lock-in as much as they can get away with. However, what you stated is simply not true.