IE11 - Opinions on Beta

[x BlueRobot]

What is everyone's opinions on IE11 so far?

The UI seems to be exactly the same IE10 which I like, but .GIFs seem to be rather slow and sluggish on this forum. Some webpages take a little while to load completely, but this is expected I guess.

 

[Deek]

Garbage and always has been (in my opinion) - I use and love Chrome personally, but Firefox is good as well...they are both faster, more stable and more secure...but most importantly they don't eat resources like IE does!!! Well...maybe the "more secure" part is most important, but you get my drift.

Deek

 

[Patrick]

IE 10 is actually a fantastic browser (I haven't tried 11 yet). Although I don't use it, it has some of the fastest startup times in regards to browsers. It believe it or not has a lower memory usage than Chrome. It also scores higher in reliability than Chrome does, but not in Security.

 

[x BlueRobot]

I used to always think Google Chrome was the largest memory hog of them all?

 

[cluberti]

IE11 is as secure as Chrome when used as a regular user with UAC enabled (on Win8, even moreso when running in an AppContainer or with EPM enabled). However, given the prevalence of folks who use admin accounts, this reduces security somewhat (of all browsers, but we're talking about IE here). IE's SmartScreen blocks more malware and other malicious content than other browsers, Chrome included, and most exploits nowadays for browsers affect Chrome just as much as they affect IE on Windows, because they exploit things other than the browser to get AT the browser.

With the advent of IE11 and Windows 8, Chrome is no longer the most secure browser, and most certainly not even on par until it can run inside an AppContainer process in both modern and desktop mode as well. Using an Untrusted integrity level (when IE uses low, by default, when not run with EPM enabled) does make it slightly more secure in it's default configuration on older platforms with IE10 or lower, for example when comparing it against IE9 on Vista, or IE10 on Win7 or Win8, but IE11 with EPM enabled should even the tables on Win7, and make it more secure on Win8 (because it uses the Win8 AppContainer integrity level, rather than low, not to mention all the other antimalware stuff that's built in).

 

[Patrick]

However, given the prevalence of folks who use admin accounts, this reduces security somewhat (of all browsers, but we're talking about IE here).

Up until I started taking classes in regards to System Administration and Database Administration and of course came Security classes and the studying of the certs... I never knew actually how important and how many issues using a Standard user account prevents. I mean, realistically, right after performing all of your initial administrative tasks, you DON'T actually need administrator access THAT often. If you do, just fill out the UAC prompt and you're good to go.

I'd even use a Standard user account here at home, but it's just me. Nobody to actually physically access my machine. I could use a Standard user account anyway, but I don't think it's entirely necessary.

 

[Temmu]

haven't played with i.e. 11 much, yet - certainly not enough to post a meaningful comment.

yes, patric, that is the huge, gigantic security flaw in windows - o, so many users logging on as admin, and not knowing any better.
yes, it will get better as users discover that win 8's u.i. can be fixed and win 8 gets into the mainstream.
but until then, users-as-admin is 1 of the 2 huge security flaws in ms windows.

 

[x BlueRobot]

I always log on with a Administrative account, it would quite tedious to enter my password each time when attempting to access areas or perform actions which require elevated user privileges.

 

[Patrick]

I always log on with a Administrative account, it would quite tedious to enter my password each time when attempting to access areas or perform actions which require elevated user privileges.

In a home environment this is what I do, but not in a business.