Re: why does Firefox user need to lie ??

From: Menno Liar (mhersh22_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:39:59 -0800

"Stopper" <tellmemore@microsoft.com> wrote in
news:ekrIo2o1EHA.1392@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:

> Hi ... I am curious as to why user of Firefox browser need to lie ???
> I have try using this browser and I also tweaked and configured ..
> What I know for a fact is that Internet Explorer still load webpages
> faster then Firefox , So why do you user's of Firefox need to lie ???
> The only thought that comes to my mine is either you enjoy lying or
> your IE browser isn't to par .... I have try the 2 browser on 3
> different computers and with all 3 I found that Internet Explorer
> loads the webpages quicker .... So please Firefox user's stop lying
> that its quicker when its really isn't ... Now I didn't say this
> browser isn't that good but one thing for sure is that IE is quicker
> ... Thank You

   You won't win much of a popularity contest by calling people "liars".
I doubt if you care though.
   I cleared my cache in both IE and Firefox and loaded www.msn.com in
each. It took 2 seconds in Firefox and 4 in IE.
   I cleared the cache(s) again and repeated. Same exact results. 

-- 
 -- Puritanism: the haunting fear that someone somewhere may be happy. --

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