France & Germany Break Up With Internet Explorer
Surprise, surprise. IE6 is back in the news. After hackers exploiting a weakness in IE6 launched an attack on Google and at least twenty other companies in China last week, Microsoft has issued a “critical” patch for it’s dated web browser. Actually, this isn’t so much news or a surprise really. When is Microsoft not fixing vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 6? We can probably expect this sort of thing to happen for the next 4 years, until Microsoft stops supporting its abomination in 2014
The reason this specific incident is making headlines this week is because French and German officials are now making recommendations to not use Internet Explorer anymore, regardless of the version. Bravo. Microsoft instead is recommending that users “simply” upgrade to the latest and most stable version of its browser, Internet Explorer 8.
In a statement, Microsoft said, “It is important to note that all software has vulnerabilities and switching browsers in an attempt to protect against these, highly publicized but currently limited attacks, can inadvertently create some false sense of security.”
A false “sense” of security?
I’m sorry Internet Explorer, but you will never give me any sense of security. And I will never give you a second chance. You have broken my heart, and my website, for the last time.
