http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/ Engadget Comments for Germany advises its citizens to say 'nein' to Internet Explorer http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/]]>Jan 17th 2010 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 16th 2010 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Along wit windows altogether. ]]>Jan 16th 2010 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Yes, because windows has become too witty.]]>Jan 16th 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/I say we take em to court!]]>Jan 16th 2010 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/The BBC did in the UK this morning.]]>Jan 16th 2010 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Germany didn't even have to do this, it already has one of the lowest percentages of IE usage]]>Jan 16th 2010 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 16th 2010 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
You're joking, right?]]>Jan 16th 2010 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/you can trust the germans to always have the best quality control, this is a prime example :-P]]>Jan 17th 2010 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 17th 2010 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
Yes, but in a proactive way; not a reactive one.
One implication of the frantic responses is that up to the point of attack, IE was something good.]]>Jan 17th 2010 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
IE still holds the top spot in germany by a wide margin - if you combine 6, 7 and 8. Which makes sense, considering that all three are vulnerable in this particular case.]]>Jan 17th 2010 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
Not according to this site:
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-DE-monthly-200812-201001

There are many countries, especially in northern and eastern Europe, where IE is no longer the most used browser.]]>Jan 17th 2010 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/]]>Jan 18th 2010 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Mar 4th 2010 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 16th 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 16th 2010 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 16th 2010 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 16th 2010 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/US math skills at work? Or just never updating a mantra
WW2 ended in1945 not 1950.
Reminds me of those TV people that keep saying there are 6 billion people because they've been saying that for 30 years, not getting that now there are 6.8 billion because time doesn't stop nor does sex.
(Talking of sex, I read osama bin ladin was married 4 times and has between 12 and 26 children, WTF)
]]>Jan 17th 2010 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/If we are being pernickety then, "That's about 65 years, 4 months and 22 days too late for the German's to notice though."
I'm using yesterdays date in conjunction with the German Garrisons surrender on the 25th August 1944 by the way.

Nice fact about Osama. His father (Mohammed bin Laden) married 22 times and had 54 children. ]]>Jan 17th 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 17th 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/No. Twenty years ago there were 3.5 billion. ]]>Jan 17th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 17th 2010 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
And yeah you caught me grabbing that '30 years ago' out of the air, but I've seen 'respected' news people and 'pundits' from big names in broadcasting use 6 billion all through 2009 and I think they should at least be a bit more on top of things being news people and all.
Still, I should have not used an 'out of the air' number while making the point I was making, I feel silly now :(
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They develop for it because it's the most used browser.]]>Jan 16th 2010 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
I can't believe some of the stupid comments here. Do you people not realize why there are so many security issues with IE? It's the MOST POPULAR BROWSER. If Firefox or Opera or Chrome or Safari was the most popular, then they would have the most security issues because all of the bad guys would be targeting them.]]>Jan 16th 2010 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
It's not just about security.]]>Jan 16th 2010 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
If Internet Explorer's update system was as effective as Chrome's there would be nowhere near as many people STILL using IE6. No matter how popular Chrome gets it will still have the advantage of an easy, idiot proof and automatic way of patching vulnerabilities, with IE users need to make a concious effort to run Windows Update which doesn't happen, which is part of the reason it's such a security mess. ]]>Jan 16th 2010 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
]]>Jan 17th 2010 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/I am for free choice myself, let people use what they want.
]]>Jan 17th 2010 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
News flash: Around 30% people are still using IE6.]]>Jan 17th 2010 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Poo on them, silly people.
]]>Jan 17th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
Most COMMON browser. (and not by much these days) Most popular implies that people deliberately and with prior knowledge of other browsers decided to deliberately install IE.

Or do you consider it correct to say that lung cancer is a popular illness among smokers?]]>Jan 18th 2010 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 16th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Thank You! I was wondering if anyone else would realize this. Same thing goes for Mac and linux.]]>Jan 16th 2010 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
People still use IE voluntarily?]]>Jan 16th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/So why not let the market share spread out throughout all the available browsers? That way not everyone will be effected if a single browser is targeted.]]>Jan 16th 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/thats not really true.
most linux distros have their own software repos.
making it hard for others to install crap on your computer..]]>Jan 16th 2010 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/People who read engadget, probably not. Your average consumer, most definitely. ]]>Jan 16th 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Harder is not impossible. If someone REALLY wanted to get you, they could with ANY os. The point I was trying to make is that people always want others to switch to firefox from IE or from Windows to Mac based on the fallacy that they won't get viruses. While its less likely, as their marketshare goes up, so will the amount of malware.]]>Jan 16th 2010 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 16th 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
And to the whole linux will get viruses when it's popular mantra: Checked up on how many percentages of all the servers connected to the net runs linux? Yeah, I'm not seeing the viruses yet ;)]]>Jan 16th 2010 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/
yeah...checked how many times people browse the internet and use them as a day to day pc on said servers?

yeah.....didnt think so.]]>Jan 16th 2010 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 16th 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer/Jan 16th 2010 7:09PM