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Apparently I'm late to the party of hearing the announcement a couple of weeks ago that they would no longer update security on Internet Explorer. Does that mean it'll be easier for people to access your information if you use the browser?

If you're using Internet Explorer you deserve what you get. 

To lazy to type in the URL for MSN on Chrome.

Yeah I should get around to that, fast edit xD

Editing a post in two minutes isn't really fast.

I'm more of an IceDragon guy, myself.

Ice dragons breathe ice; regular dragons breathe fire.

Same difference between Firefox and Chrome.

Also, don't get Firefox, it's become bloated and terrible. If you want Firefox without the recent terrible additions, use a fork of it (most popular one is Pale Moon).

...define "terrible"? I habitually use Firefox because it isn't IE, and it seems to generally just work. Currently running Windows 10 on a reasonably powerful laptop. Is Firefox vs. Pale Moon the kind of thing I'd have to be a *nix geek to appreciate, or will it affect a plebe like myself? 9_9

Edit: I'd also be curious to know what search engine you recommend. Was a bit startled when Firefox defaulted to Yahoo, of all things. I am generally one to welcome our Officially Not Evil Overlords, but I'm willing to deverb "Google"... if it's really warranted.

Use Safari...  That browser is kinda...goodish...maybe...yeah never mind.... There is aways Internet browser... maybe? 

I really do like Google. Too bad that they'll probably become the closest thing to Skynet.

Is Firefox vs. Pale Moon the kind of thing I'd have to be a *nix geek to appreciate, or will it affect a plebe like myself? 

It's a fork of Firefox, and so it's got the same basic interface, so you shouldn't have too much trouble with it. Be warned, though, some Firefox extensions are incompatable with Pale Moon.

For search engines, I use startpage, and I do recommend it (as I did once already in this thread).

@Cynical how would you compare duckduckgo to startpage?

Well, I've never used duckduckgo, so I don't think I can make an apt comparison to them. I do know that startpage uses Google as a sort of proxy, but when it does it, it removes all identifying information, and sends the results back, so supposed to be a little slower, but I haven't noticed anything too drastic.

Thanks! I suspect what you'd call 'bloat,' I call 'useful new features.' But I do appreciate your taking the time to answer the question.

^ <3

You use MSN's search engine? Why...?

It's default on Chrome; he can't figure out how to change it.

It's not hard, click the button at the top right, click settings, scroll down to "Search," and it has a list of different search engines, and you can add ones yourself if you care about privacy at all (Startpage is pretty great). Also, look into Chromium. It's what Chrome is based on. It's open source, and is is basically better in every way.

Why would you use MSN? chrome://settings/ select on startup. open a specific page or set of pages. choose the url. click ok then you're done

Why would you even use Internet Explorer anyway?

For that matter, why use MSN?

Good thing i use Internet browser ... On my ps4... I dont' have a computer... 

You're exactly the kind of person I'd expect to use a PS4. 

Thank you.

My social skills are roughly on-par with those of a four-year-old, but even I can tell you that wasn't a compliment.

I know but i don't care and  i'll take it as one anyway.

I use MSN to get quick headlines without having to watch the news. 

Just type "News" into google, m8.

Internet Explorer? You're still using that antique? 

Well guess which browser has the same speed as Chrome that can also take on AdBlock Plus AND still run Flash and Unity?

I swear, unless you're on some ancient machine that needs hyper-optimized programming to run reasonably well, Chrome doesn't have nearly the same range of accessibility as Mozilla has.

Agreed.