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The ONLY reason Firefox and the Mac browsers are "safer"…

Who cares why? I just want safe more hassle-free computing. The rest is theoretical esoterica: interesting to debate, irrelevant when choosing a computer/browser.

Who cares why? I just want safe more hassle-free computing. The rest is theoretical esoterica: interesting to debate, irrelevant when choosing a computer/browser.

Fool's gold. The problem is that the hype surrounding FireFox's supposedly better security has exceeded the reality -- and it's only going to get worse as its browser market share increases. Browsers are security bug farms. Your wishes for "safe more hassle-free computing" are just that: wishes. Get ready to start patching. FireFox et al are going to see a steady stream of fixes from now on. So much for safe and hassle-free. But at least you won't have M$ to kick around, eh? You can blame a bunch of guys in their parents' basements, instead.