Web Standards Project: Abandon Microsoft Internet Explorer and 'Browse Happy' 




"Web standards champions have launched a campaign urging Web surfers to abandon Internet Explorer. The Web Standards Project's 'Browse Happy' campaign has a look-&-feel reminiscent of Apple's 'Switch' campaigns," Macworld UK reports. "The Web site's front page proclaims: 'Internet Explorer can make your computer unsafe. Why not switch to a browser that's more secure?' The campaign reflects advice from Internet security experts, who last month advised users to seek alternatives to Microsoft's market-dominant browser." Full article here.

"For those still using (IE), the Web is becoming an unpleasant place," the group's Web site states. "Pop-up windows, insidious spyware, and viruses that transmit through its lax security make life difficult and costly for users. Innovative features available elsewhere that make the Web quicker, more accessible and more useful haven't found their way into IE. Microsoft has been slow to respond to these problems."

The Browse Happy site is here.

MacDailyNews Take: This will no doubt be quite a shocker for the 95% of Windows users who think Microsoft Internet Explorer is the Internet. 

Posted: Thu - August 26, 2004 at 12:06 AM        

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