Originally posted by: BFG10K
IE 4 was crap, especially on DOS based platforms. I didnt play with NT4 much.
I never used IE on DOS but I know on NT4 it was a rock.
Well on win9x (DOS) systems, it was pretty bad.
And one of my reasons for not using something cannot be my boycot?
There's a big difference between asking "which browser do you prefer?" and "which browser is better?". A boycott is a valid reason for the first question but it's not a valid reason for the second question.
If you gave me a piece of software written by the same people that wrote wu-ftpd, I would laugh at you. For the same reason I avoid Microsoft software. Does it make the software worse? In my opinion, yes. And what is better is all based on opinion. Its my opinion, and I wont argue it any more in the thread.
Is DOS 3.3 on the Apple IIe better than Windows XP because it's not made by Microsoft? Of course it isn't. Likewise Mozilla isn't automatically better than IE simply because it's not made by Microsoft.
I avoid software with what I consider a poor history. Windows fits in this category, IMO.
Thats all. When Microsoft can port their software to more than 2 platforms, Ill consider using it more.
NT4 versions exist for x86, PPC, MIPs and Alpha.
Win2k came out 2 years ago. Its supported on 1 architecture. ie 5 was released for: DOS x86, WinNT based systems x86 (maybe others for NT, dont know), ppc Mac OS 9, PPC Mac OS X. Thats not all that large of a base there. Mozilla is supported on DOS x86, WinNT based systems x86, PPC Mac OS 9, PPC Mac OS X, FreeBSD (x86 atleast, maybe alpha), Linux (variety of platforms), Amiga, BeOS, etc. Portable code is usually a sign of cleaner code.
i have had IE5 crash on me trying to access a ftp site...
Are you sure it wasn't just taking a long time to connect so it wasn't repainting the window? Slow FTP connections sometimes cause that but it doesn't mean the browser has crashed.
I have had problems like this, and when I brought up the task manager IE trying to hit the ftp site had a (Not Responding) next to it, meaning to me it crashed.
Another thing, if IE was so unstable then Windows use in general would also be unstable because almost everything made by Microsoft draws from the same HTML rendering engine that IE draws from. You'd constantly have problems with Office, Outlook Express, online help, etc.
Obviously that doesn't happen.
Ive had mroe blue screens trying to install SP2 for Win2k than I want to admit