I believe the warning was only against older versions of Internet Explorer. If you make sure to upgrade to the latest version then you will be fine. But if you are looking for another browser then Firefox is definiately the best.
I disagree. I have tried all the others, and the one I always come back to is IE. IE is the only browser that seems to cope with complex pages like the Ancestry site.
I can`t say I`ve had any problems with complex sites & using Firefox, The Ancestry site seems fine to me.
IE is only necessary on sites that aren`t coded correctly or was it that they were coded for IE, IE didn`t conform to standards (dunno if it does now?). Firefox & other browsers followed international standards & when they see a badly/incorrectly coded page they don`t display the page correctly.
IE8 is still vulnerable to a recoded version of the original exploit & there is also another exploit (different to the original one in this thread) out there which affects IE (including IE8). There is also a 17year old exploit recently discovered which affects ALL versions of Window upto Win7. Microsoft is aware of these new exploits & is looking into them....I won`t hold my breath on a fix anytime soon..
It comes down to personal choice of browsers, I`m still of the opinion that Firefox, Opera, Chrome or other browsers will make people slightly safer whilst browsing, at least for the time being. Its very easy for those like you & I, who are very aware & fairly technically knowledgable to use our experience to avoid pitfalls, but others aren`t, so its IMHO better they use a different browser.
