Viking: Ditched IE, got Opera and faster browsing
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-09-28 03:18:23
I finally installed an alternative browser - Opera. And WOW how fast the pages loads!
I don't know if Opera is fast or IE6 is slow but the difference is huge. To do anything with IE takes 3 times longer time. Could it perhaps be the 3'd party security software? There are thousands of thousands of entries in IE restricted zone. Is this slowing down IE? Perhaps. And the Norton anti-phising is perhaps slowing drink IE. But Opera got it's own anti-phising feature and it doesn't make Opera slow. IE is a vulnerable browser but with all the tweaking and 3'd party security software (Spybot etc) I query if it perhaps is more secure than Opera. Because few 3'd party security programs work with Opera. Thoughts?
I finally installed an alternative browser - Opera. And WOW how fast the pages loads!
I don't know if Opera is fast or IE6 is slow but the difference is huge. To do anything with IE takes 3 times longer time. Could it perhaps be the 3'd party security software? There are thousands of thousands of entries in IE restricted zone. Is this slowing down IE? Perhaps. And the Norton anti-phising is perhaps slowing down IE. But Opera got it's own anti-phising feature and it doesn't make Opera slow. IE is a vulnerable browser but with all the tweaking and 3'd party security software (Spybot etc) I wonder if it perhaps is more secure than Opera. Because few 3'd party security programs work with Opera. Thoughts?
Opera is on a whole other level when it comes to security as compared to IE. There isn't too much security software for Linux yet it is far more secure than Windows. Opera: ZERO unpatched vulnerabilitiesIE6: TWENTY ONE unpatched vulnerabilities. There's just no comparison. IE6 will never be as secure as Opera. This post has been edited by brandon: 11:28pm Thu Nov 15 2007
I also have WinPatrol and some other things that are not directly helping IE. With the help of all these security tools I'm not so sure if IE is insecure compared to Opera or other browsers. Or is it really? In IE I have disabled everything I don't need. Most users have no idea how to do that and they are of course much more vulnerable. Opera doesn't have "restricted zones" or what? Or maybe it doesn't need to give dangerous websites restrictions. More thoughts?This post has been edited by Viking: 12:15am Fri Nov 16 2007
IE6 without any security programs are very vulnerable. But with my IE6 I have:
1. IE-SPYAD - Puts an enormous number of webistes in the restricted zone.2. No Flash - It can disable flash and a large number of ActiveX3. Spybot S&D - Imunization + a lot more to the restricted zone4. SpywareBlaster - More immunization and entries to the restricted zone5. CookieWall - Against (tracking) cookies6. Symantec anti phising for IE (feature in NIS)7. Symantec ad block (feature in NIS)8. And I have manually tweaked both XP and IE made it much more secure than standard settings.
I also have WinPatrol and some other things that are not directly helping IE. With the help of all these security tools I'm not so sure if IE is insecure compared to Opera or other browsers. Or is it really? In IE I undergo disabled everything I don't need. Most users have no idea how to do that and they are of course much more vulnerable. Opera doesn't have "restricted zones" or what? Or maybe it doesn't be to give dangerous websites restrictions. More thoughts?
I numbered your list to make it easier to pick apart.1. Opera isn't vulnerable to pretty much anything IE is vulnerable to.2. Quick preferences. F12.3. Not needed.4. Not needed.5. Tools > Delete Private Data6. Anti-phishing tool built-in. Firefox also has it built-in.7. alter click > Block content8. No security tweaks are needed for Opera. XP on the other hand many are needed.
If you add the MVP Hosts register to your system the ads are 99% blocked as well as known 'bad' sites: This takes compassionate of "Restricted Zones." That's just another way of making a 'Hosts' file if you use the built-in 'phishing' filter you will get a warning about masquerading sites. For cookies. I set my preference(Tools>Preferences>Advanced) to "accept all cookies," and "Delete all cookies on exit." Then for cookies I want to keep (like here) I open Tools>Quick Preferences>Edit site preferences>cookies and take the analyse mark out of the box "Delete new cookies on exit." That way I keep only those cookies I have decided in advance to keep. Check under "content" on the 'Advanced' tab for hold back of java and animation. Per site control from "Block content" in the context menu."Edit site preferences" is a context menu choice as well.
Thanks both. I had not discovered that "place preferences". But there's nothing about ActiveX? What is Opera doing with ActiveX?Two other things small issues with the bookmarks.1. I imported all the Favorites from IE. Many of the subfolders in the favorites had names that began with a number. ("1. Domestic news")When imported to Opera that folder is named just "1" not "1. Domestic news". I can manually edit the names but I have so many.. a few hundred actually.2. And the bookmarks are in alphabetic order. I can't drag and drop them in my own request.
Opera does not use Active X. Right under "Bookmarks" is "Manage Bookmarks" that will give you draw and drop copy and paste make new folders etc. Can't really help with the default names that IE gave the bookmark folders.
I made Opera standard browser. Still shortcuts to web pages on my desktop launches IE. How can I alter them launch Opera?When I use Opera and want to send a shortcut to the desktop. I find no way to do it. Saving as a bookmark is easy but sometimes I want the shortcut on the desktop and not in the bookmarks.(I have looked in the Opera help section but found nothing about this.)
I do not use URL shortcuts from my desktop at all so I had to do a little investigating. You can actually drag the URL from the address bar and drop it onto the desktop to make a shortcut. If Opera is set as the default browser the shortcut will open Opera. Shortcuts made from IE will open IE. I know I read a fix for this but when I do that the shortcut still has the IE logo. It would not be hard to manually change it to the big red 'O' but I will keep looking for a 'default' universal change.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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