course I'm currently doing, I was attempting to demonstrate the benefits of Mozilla
over IE, but hindering by some people showing what I'd call "tech ignorance".
Whilst explaining the flexibility and usefulness of "tabbed browsing", these other
people insisted that the "Group similar buttons" taskbar feature of Windows XP
was better. While taskbar button grouping may be quite useful, particularly
with applications that aren't made for web browsing, I kept insisting that it
still requires more mouse clicking to switch between grouped IE browser
windows, than switching between browser tabs in one Window.
At this point, one of the other course candidates uttered the words, "I like IE."
The only good point one of them raised, is that having a very large number of
tabs running in one browser window, you can't easily make out which site is
under which tab, since you might only being able to see the website icon
or bookmark icon displayed on each individual tab.
The same person (who happens to be an I.T. tutor and assessor) then claimed
that "Mozilla contains malicious code". He explained that he has his PC system
tightly locked down, and (supposedly) has a malware scanner he referred to
only as "Sparrow". Has anyone heard of this program? He said "Sparrow" has
heuristic scanning that automatically disables anything it considers unsafe,
which, in essence, is a good thing, but what the heck is it finding within
an installation of Mozilla that is considers unsafe.
Eitherway, I ran a Google search for "Sparrow" and found nothing relating
to any PC security software programs or services. "Has the company or
organization that makes this Sparrow got a website?" I asked.
The tutor/assessor replied, "No . . . it's a trade tool."
I scoffed at these comments, and silently dismissed these views as FUD.
Trade tool? More like a trade secret! Assuming it even exists!
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