tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post1392789361072160132..comments2023-11-24T06:02:43.395-05:00Comments on Research and Musings: Debunking the 'Firefox Myths' pageMatthew Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231470957925550626noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-2586274150533730542008-08-14T20:25:00.000-05:002008-08-14T20:25:00.000-05:00If every is so against this guy why is everyone ma...If every is so against this guy why is everyone making such a big deal? "There is no bad publicity".<BR/>I do find this whole thing very funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-10556842976383776352007-12-09T00:17:00.000-05:002007-12-09T00:17:00.000-05:00Opera was not the first browser with tabs.Interwor...Opera was not the first browser with tabs.<BR/>Interworks had this in 1994.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-33140112917204375962007-09-30T01:52:00.000-05:002007-09-30T01:52:00.000-05:00"Ah shit that is not my full name, it was a typo."..."Ah shit that is not my full name, it was a typo."<BR/><BR/>I wonder. Interesting. Anybody know any Andrew Khans working in IT? Ex telephone support, experience in OEM, now maybe working as a consultant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-36154132098133875312007-09-29T16:27:00.000-05:002007-09-29T16:27:00.000-05:00Andrew John Katelaris, author of the infamous Fire...<A HREF="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20492560-1702,00.html?from=public_rss" REL="nofollow">Andrew John Katelaris, author of the infamous Firefoxmyths.com page is in fact, an Australian Doctor arrested for growing Pot!</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-26837405058004378842007-09-29T16:04:00.000-05:002007-09-29T16:04:00.000-05:00Ah shit that is not my full name, it was a typo.Ah shit that is not my full name, it was a typo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-54048065988804805142007-09-29T16:03:00.000-05:002007-09-29T16:03:00.000-05:00You guys are bigger fools then I thought if you do...You guys are bigger fools then I thought if you do not think people can lie about where they live online or use proxy accounts to fake their IP. Freewheelinfrank has been exposed for the pot head delusional loser he is. <A HREF="http://boards.cannabis.com/members/freewheelinfrank.html" REL="nofollow">Pot Heads</A> always cover their tracks. Why does Frank not give us his full name and address in the UK? I thought so, fools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-52527919233022154382007-09-28T19:10:00.000-05:002007-09-28T19:10:00.000-05:00Hey Andrew, I did a little digging of my own and f...Hey Andrew, I did a little digging of my own and found out some ASTOUNDING things about you.<BR/><BR/>See, EVERYONE named "FreewheelinFrank" is the same guy and this one MUST live in England AND The Western US. He must be filthy stinking rich to afford two houses so far apart.<BR/><BR/>So I figured everyone named "Andrew K" MUST be the same person.<BR/><BR/>So I was surprised to learn you were a famous DJ!<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_K<BR/>http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/ANDREW_K/<BR/><BR/>And a photographer!<BR/>http://www.andrewkphotography.com/<BR/><BR/>I gotta say, you may be a moron but I have to admire your ability to get women to pose nude.<BR/><BR/>And I have NO idea how you find time for all that while still being an Economics professor at Berkley.<BR/><BR/>http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/arose/<BR/><BR/>By the way Andrew, watch out for this Matthew Miller guy. He's a Hollywood Lawyer.<BR/><BR/>http://www.lawyers.com/Florida/Hollywood/A.-Matthew-Miller-788949-a.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-12039575084553772552007-09-27T11:52:00.000-05:002007-09-27T11:52:00.000-05:00I didn't know "The UK" was a county in California!...I didn't know "The UK" was a county in California!<BR/><BR/>It must be true, because Andrew K says so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-16860242394512597072007-09-27T08:50:00.000-05:002007-09-27T08:50:00.000-05:00It is a well-known tactic of a scoundrel caught ou...It is a well-known tactic of a scoundrel caught out in a misconduct to turn around and accuse his accuser of guilt, and to appeal to onlookers for the benefit of the doubt.<BR/><BR/>It may work for a while Andrew, but I think you're fooling fewer and fewer people. <BR/><BR/>"I do not smear people like he does."<BR/><BR/>Let's have a look at that pot-head link. That Freewheelinfrank clearly states that he lives in northern California. <BR/><BR/>A little Google research into the FreewheelinFrank with an interest in computers clearly reveals he is in the UK:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://forums.norwichbulletin.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1716&sid=110ba88d8ca5224ef69eefab8c43a07b" REL="nofollow">here</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.custompc.co.uk/phpbb/search.php?search_author=FreewheelinFrank&sid=92a6a4c2513ea648e7a8174def9f819e" REL="nofollow">here</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.topix.net/forum/city/new-london-ct/T18EQHRNMEC94G8BE" REL="nofollow">here</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.topix.com/forum/city/norwich-ct/TOUK02P3N9GB50RSD" REL="nofollow">here</A><BR/><BR/>(Automatic detections of a broadband exchange local to within 100km or so- certainly not in sunny California.)<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=profile;u=11469" REL="nofollow">here</A><BR/><BR/>(This one may require registration.)<BR/><BR/>Seems like a pretty crude smear attempt to me.<BR/><BR/>For the record, I never asked your ISP to take your site down. I did e-mail them to complain that I was being misquoted in the testimonials section of the Firefox Myths site to appear to be praising the site.<BR/><BR/>Your response was of course to move these misquotes to a separate section and to indicate with dots were words had been removed.<BR/><BR/>I believe in freedom of speech, but freedom of speech does not give you the right to misquote people.<BR/><BR/>Freedom of speech does not give you the right to post "<A HREF="http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2005/12/19/firefox-myths/#comment-7918" REL="nofollow">sock-puppet</A>" responses to discussions of your page. <BR/><BR/>Freedom of speech does not give you the right to say one thing in one place and another elsewhere and to go unchallenged.<BR/><BR/>Freedom of speech does not give you the right to post abuse.<BR/><BR/>I am not the only one to have pointed out and criticised these tactics.<BR/><BR/>Covering up evidence by deleting posts is not going to help you. Who is possibly going to believe that the anti-Firefox <A HREF="http://www.populartechnology.net/2005/01/firefox-new-religion.html" REL="nofollow">zealot</A> at Popular Technology is not the very same self-proclaimed objective debunker of Firefox Myths, when you both share the same name, both link to each other's site, both share the same name, both share similar nicks, both share the same name and both say the same things?<BR/>Oh, and did I mention that you both share the same name?<BR/><BR/>True, I could take a page from Popular Technology and edit it to say anything I wanted. I suppose anybody really curious could register at Popular Technology and ask <A HREF="http://www.standards.spiralmindsinc.com/misc/Priceless/" REL="nofollow">D</A> or <A HREF="http://www.webdevout.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=37&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=112&sid=6911360a8979e5c4d2350ed57eba468f" REL="nofollow">Karl</A> about the truth. <BR/><BR/>That's if they think <A HREF="http://nanobox.chipx86.com/caches/andrew_is_andrewk/" REL="nofollow">this page</A> is a fake.<BR/><BR/>Your conspiracy theories about Firefox fanboys plotting to hide the truth are a fantasy: it's the lies and deceptions that result in the constant and unwelcome place in the spotlight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-24709563297557772112007-09-26T19:08:00.000-05:002007-09-26T19:08:00.000-05:00FreewheelinFrank is a liar who has invented storie...FreewheelinFrank is a liar who has invented stories to smear my page. He creates sockpuppet accounts or has someone create them to smear me. You will find he is the only one doing this online about my page. He stalks my page and person and has contacted my ISP to try and have my page taken down. Thankfully I have found the truth about him being a Pot Head and the world can see where he gets his delusions from. I am not going to entertain his fantasies. His links all link to comments I never participated in and can find no record of such as the images he saved or photoshopped. He is the prime example of the obsessive fanboy who will stop at nothing to hide the truth about Firefox. The only liar is him. Unfortunately I do not smear people like he does and have no fake evidence of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-22676498047435773962007-09-22T04:44:00.000-05:002007-09-22T04:44:00.000-05:00Well, controversy certainly generates hits, but hi...Well, controversy certainly generates hits, but his reputation has been severely tarnished by the tactics he's used to stir up this controversy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-65326847797585596852007-09-20T07:14:00.000-05:002007-09-20T07:14:00.000-05:00FreewheelinFrank,The rabbit hole just gets deeper ...FreewheelinFrank,<BR/><BR/>The rabbit hole just gets deeper and deeper.<BR/><BR/>He registered a great URL and if he'd written a simple, well researched, unbiased piece with a neutral tone it would probably have ended up a VERY popular site with considerable longevity.Matthew Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231470957925550626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-61479886310461561892007-09-20T03:07:00.000-05:002007-09-20T03:07:00.000-05:00Matthew, I think I owe you an explanation of this ...Matthew, I think I owe you an explanation of this dispute. Here's a brief history:<BR/><BR/>Andrew K was posting on the avast! forum as Mastertech. I raised some of the things said by the Popular Technology author, and suggested that Mastertech was the same person.<BR/><BR/>Several heated arguments ensued and threads were deleted.<BR/><BR/>The nub of it is that Mastertech claimed that Firefox Myths was (his) unbiased look at Firefox, and that Andrew's anti-Firefox, anti-Open Source views on Popular Technology were nothing to do with him.<BR/><BR/>Doing a bit of Googling, I found the truth was this: Andrew K had been posting articles from both the Comcast and Popular Technology sites under the name Mastertech but denying authorship of both sites. He then began to admit authorship of the Comcast site under the name Mastertech. He was caught out using multiple sock puppet identities in several blogs, the owners of which linked all these posts to the same IP addresses. Andrew K was banned from many forums for spamming and trolling (one of them being the avast! forum). Proof was found that Andrew K and Andrew were the same person (for those that ever doubted it). Andrew started posting his global warming page under the names poptech and PopularTech.<BR/><BR/>We came full circle when PopularTech registered at the avast! forum, but was promptly identified as Mastertech ie Andrew K and again banned.<BR/><BR/>All of this is of course entirely my view of Andrew K's history, but there is proof available for everything. I've provided links here.<BR/><BR/>I believe that readers of his comments deserve to know his history, which is why I post on blogs like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-39223560670198206342007-09-20T01:43:00.000-05:002007-09-20T01:43:00.000-05:00Andrew K (Firefox Myths, OptimizeXP)= Mastertech/ ...Andrew K (Firefox Myths, OptimizeXP)= Mastertech/ Andrew (Popular Technology)= Pop(ular)tech<BR/><BR/>There was a time when people gave Andrew K the benefit of the doubt when he claimed that these two people were not the same person, despite the fact that they said exactly the same things, and Andrew K posted links to both sites all over the net.<BR/><BR/>Then everybody learnt what a liar Andrew K is and now nobody believes him any more.<BR/><BR/>A bad liar too because he made some extraordinary claims while posting on digg as Poptech: he claimed that he was Andrew but that Andrew K also was a member of the Popular Technology forum. When asked what name Andrew K used on the forum, he said 'Andrew'. When pointed out to him that he'd just posted the global warming page and claimed to be its author, but that the page was posted on the forum by Andrew, he claimed that Andrew K and Andrew shared the same account on the forum.<BR/><BR/>Would you believe this nonsense?<BR/><BR/>Check out the facts:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/2przum<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/36dtvc<BR/><BR/>The shrinking world of Andrew K:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/32ltngAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-61296278951797836002007-09-19T19:10:00.000-05:002007-09-19T19:10:00.000-05:00Frank, you are the pathological liar. I never used...Frank, you are the pathological liar. I never used those names on Digg! I also do not have a Blog and the PopularTechnology site is not mine, we went over this many times. I have never ban evaded ect... You simply think that if you keep repeating lies they become true.<BR/><BR/>The dots were there and it is regardless to the fact that it is and always was Satire, it is so easy to play with weak minded fanboys such as yourself.<BR/><BR/>My intentions with the page are simple, I was tired of people stating Myths that were untrue to promote Firefox and it needed to stop. I have done this and more.<BR/><BR/>Yes I realize it is just software but obviously not to you fanboys who resort to everything including spreading lies about me online simply because you do not like the truth. Unfortunately it has backfired for you and now MILLIONS have learned the truth about Firefox.<BR/><BR/>Your problems with the Populartechnology author should be taken up with him.<BR/><BR/>He does have a good page clearly debunking Man-Made Global Warming:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://z4.invisionfree.com/Popular_Technology/index.php?showtopic=2050" REL="nofollow">The Anti "Man-Made" Global Warming Resource</A><BR/><BR/>It is pointlessly arguing with you as you do nothing but repeat the same tired lies and you are the lone person doing this obsessively. So I take it you have Aspergers which explains your behavior.<BR/><BR/>I am not going to do this everytime you spam your lies but for anyone reading this, everything Frank says negative about me is a lie. Frank seek psychiatric help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-14706727033850485612007-09-19T05:45:00.000-05:002007-09-19T05:45:00.000-05:00"an act of sacri"Apologies fro the typo: should be..."an act of sacri"<BR/><BR/>Apologies fro the typo: should be sacrilege.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-61036965922838565812007-09-19T05:28:00.000-05:002007-09-19T05:28:00.000-05:00"I have only been banned one time from Digg."Who w..."I have only been banned one time from Digg."<BR/><BR/>Who was it using the name poptech, banned for spamming Firefox Myths 29 times?<BR/><BR/>Who was it using the name Populartech, banned for spamming his blog over 50 times? I should say your blog of course, the very same that Danny linked to: Firefox the new religion.<BR/><BR/>Who was it using the name PopTech here, linking to both the Firefox Myths site and the 'new religion' blog site, and clearly ban evading?:<BR/><BR/>http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=29830.0<BR/><BR/>Andrew, you are a pathological liar. You lie when you can, because you can. I believe your one of those people who don't have a conscience about lying: it simply amuses you, it seems expedient at the moment, or it's just another trolling tool.<BR/><BR/>"The dots were also there the first week it went up."<BR/><BR/>That claim is simply false, a plain lie.<BR/><BR/>Your continued attempts to re-run the same old arguments about Firefox is getting a bit tired now, and people are noticing:<BR/><BR/>"There is something TOTALLY OFF about Mastertech.<BR/><BR/>He claims his motivation is some sort of Platonic campaign for the truth and against "Myths" (the capital letter just kills me.) but ... c'mon... it's just a friggin' piece of software! <BR/><BR/>I have a weird admiration for obsessive people and some have become my best friends. Even my most obsessive Asperger friends don't get so vitriolic about something so inconsequential to our real lives as a web browser."<BR/><BR/>Some of us may have thought your behaviour over Firefox Myths was a bit off, but I think everybody had a big laugh when your pages (Firefox Myths and Firefox the new religion) where taken up by Danny 'religious kook' Carlton, the man who not only didn't get that the Book of Mozilla is a joke, apparently takes it quite seriously as an act of sacri Now everybody thinks you are Danny:<BR/><BR/>"That page links to "Firefox Myths", a page created by someone who either loves to troll or is severely retarded. Either the same guy is behind it, or someone who is as retarded as him or just loves to troll."<BR/><BR/>(Danny Carlton seems to share a lot of your 'troll' vocabulary when responding to critics: 'morons', 'cretins', 'idiots', 'clueless'. I'm beginning to think I may be mistaken in thinking you are not the same person!)<BR/><BR/>By the way, aren't you busy with your new project now? The 'myth' of global warming?<BR/><BR/>The same old cut and pasting of endless quotes and links, and the same refusal to respond to counter arguments:<BR/><BR/>"And reposting the same assertions, without taking into account any of the information presented to you, only makes you a troll, it doesn't make you right."<BR/><BR/>As with Firefox Myths, you've assembled your set of Rain Man cards to shuffle and recite, and if anybody actually takes one of the cards from you and looks at it, you throw a tantrum:<BR/><BR/>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/09/12<BR/>/record-antarctic-ice-levels-ignored-media<BR/><BR/>(The global warming resource is on the forum of the blog that posted 'Firefox, the new religion'- author, Andrew K.)<BR/><BR/>You certainly know how to pick the losing side of any argument. First the security of IE6, just before even MS drop that turd, and now the human influence on global warming, only now denied amongst the creationists and 'young worlders' on right wing forums. Danny Carlton is truly an appropriate bed fellow for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-68058206113970906142007-09-19T01:21:00.000-05:002007-09-19T01:21:00.000-05:00Frank, you are a serial liar. I have only been ban...Frank, you are a serial liar. I have only been banned one time from Digg. Your delusional obsessive behavior is why you are confused. I never "ban evaded" and my active account is proof that I am not currently banned.<BR/><BR/>The Fanboy quotes from day one were Satire but fanboys such as yourself were too stupid to figure it out. The dots were also there the first week it went up.<BR/><BR/>Being mature and relevant are too different things. Firefox is loosing market share and is now below 15%:<BR/><BR/>http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=3<BR/><BR/>That is what happens as more people learn the truth Frank and there is nothing you can do about it anymore, over 5 million people have.<BR/><BR/>Danny Carlton made no reference to religion outside of the definition I use on my page. His concerns were purely profit motivated and that is his right. None of which changes the fact that he has nothing to do with me. With or without his links FirefoxMyths gets tens of thousands of hits a day.<BR/><BR/>The only irony Frank is you obsession with my page and myself. Are you gay? Because I am not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-8262721102574129942007-09-18T15:54:00.000-05:002007-09-18T15:54:00.000-05:00"Freewheelinfrank is...This is why he is listed on..."Freewheelinfrank is...This is why he is listed on my page as such."<BR/><BR/>Must be true then.<BR/><BR/>"I never spammed my page to Digg"<BR/><BR/>Andrew K has been banned four times from digg for spamming. A serial ban evader, he can still be found on digg using the name OptimizeXP. <BR/><BR/>"...all quotes in the fanboy quotes section are and were intended as satire."<BR/><BR/>The quotes were originally posted without the dots which now indicate the missing words. The form they take now is more a form of juvenile spite than satire. If Andrew K was not a coward who hides behind an anonymous site, he might be less inclined to indulge in such unscrupulous behaviour.<BR/><BR/>Firefox is now a mature browser and Andrew's Rain Man collection of "myths" now looks very silly. Nevertheless, he'll take out the pack and recite them all for us again at the drop of a hat. <BR/><BR/>Danny Carlton has given him some fresh publicity, but was it really good publicity? Some right-wing fundamentalist Christian nutter sees Firefox as a threat to religion and capitalism, and cites Firefox Myths, and everybody thinks Danny Carlton is Andrew K, and Andrew K can't prove he isn't because all his sites are anonymous.<BR/><BR/>How ironic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-3396682364732394272007-09-18T13:53:00.000-05:002007-09-18T13:53:00.000-05:00Freewheelinfrank is a Firefox Fanboy spammer who h...Freewheelinfrank is a Firefox Fanboy spammer who has done nothing but spread lies and libel about my page. This is why he is listed on my page as such.<BR/><BR/>He has never been able to provide me with a URL that proves "auto-installing" spyware on IE.<BR/><BR/>FYI, they like to link to sites where the comments were closed before I could respond or my acount was banned simply for defending myself.Andrew Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17215619518578061558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-82449215209277360212007-09-18T13:49:00.000-05:002007-09-18T13:49:00.000-05:00First of all you haven't "debunked" anything on my...First of all you haven't "debunked" anything on my page.<BR/><BR/>None of my pages have comment sections because my pages are not blogs but all the testimonials are from real emails that is a fact. Go to any companies site and see how many critical comments you will find on their site. That is absolutely ludicrous. There are plenty of fanboy rants about my page online, none of them factually correct or debunk anything but they are "critical".<BR/><BR/>The author of the whyfirefoxisblocked is Danny Carlton not me.<BR/><BR/>Nanobot is a flat out liar who is mad because I caught him redirecting visitors coming from my site to different pages. I never spammed my page to Digg I posted it anytime a new version was released which had updated and new information. I also never used any of those names. Of course there were complaints from the fanboys who did not want anyone to read the truth about Firefox! There are no lies on my page and all quotes in the <B>fanboy quotes</B> section are and were intended as satire. <BR/><BR/>The Techspot link is about as informative as the Iraqi propaganda minister. Only the fanboy quotes were satire NOT the testimonials.<BR/><BR/>I will never give any voice to people who can't read and comprehend facts and sources and flat out lie.<BR/><BR/>There was obviously a deliberate intent by the Digg administration to keep my page from being posted on Digg.com. This was brought to my attention by various people who attempted to have it submitted and then had the post removed, their account deleted and their IP address blocked. I link to one such testimonial. Conspiracy? I have no idea but deliberate? You bet.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox and Mozilla are the same thing"<BR/><BR/>It is clearly a Myth if people believe it and it has been debunked. "Value of a web browser" has nothing to do with my page, it is about Firefox Myths. I can see you are starting off as if my page is some attempt to convince people what to use, it is not, it is to stop the spread of Myths about Firefox, period. I don't care what browser you use.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox is spelled 'FireFox' and abbreviated FF"<BR/><BR/>This is still a Myth and as you can tell a largely believed one, regardless it is clearly debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox is not a Religion"<BR/><BR/>I have since clarified this one much better with sources I should have used from the begining, my intent was never that Firefox is an organized religion but as the definition I clearly provided says:<BR/><BR/>"A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion."<BR/><BR/>In my experience which goes back over 15 years and I have been online since 1996, I have never seen more fanboys then those who mindlessly endorse Firefox. I provide overwhelming evidence for this and thus the Myth is debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox has lower System Requirements than Internet Explorer"<BR/><BR/>First of all read the examples are not myths section. Regardless I had multiple sources for many Myths but I only started screen capturing them as I found them go off line one after another after I linked to them. There is nothing I can do about it other then to show the screen capture.<BR/><BR/>The page came out in 2005! Regardless there is no "apples to apples" comparison. I actually compare IE6 to both Firefox 1.x to 2.x IE6 has the most market share of any browser period and the Myth is debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox uses less memory than Internet Explorer"<BR/><BR/>If you could please provide a link that shows what part of IE loads when I would be interested and am still waiting for two years for proof of. Regardless the Myth is debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox is Bug Free"<BR/><BR/>What you consider a Myth is irrelevant to what many others believe. Many people believe this and thus it is a Myth and obviously debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox is Stable"<BR/><BR/>Corrupt Preference Issues and Profile Issues are core browser issues! Again you show your bias for what you think the page is about, it is not to sell a browser or promote IE. I state nothing about IE here and yet you do, I can clearly see now how you are incapable of reading what I clearly state. It is to debunk Myths. This myth is clearly debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox is the Fastest Web Browser"<BR/><BR/>Firefox Myths is 2 years old! You then make ridiculous comments about my "beloved" browser which makes you loose even more credibility when I state no such thing. Regardless this Myth is clearly debunked, Opera is fastest. You however point out irrelevant things to a page about Firefox Myths. This is not IE Myths.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox is Faster than Internet Explorer 7"<BR/><BR/>Hello the page is not about IE!! This myth is clearly debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox is Faster than Mozilla"<BR/><BR/>This is all your opinion not substantiated by any data and irrelevant to the page. This Myth is debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox Gained 25% Market Share in May 2007"<BR/>Myth - "Firefox Achieved 20% Market Share in January 2006 in Europe"<BR/>Myth - "Firefox Achieved 10% Market Share in 2005"<BR/><BR/>These Myths are important to highlight the obvious bias Firefox was getting to promote an untrue market share.<BR/><BR/>W3CSchools is a horrible example that site simply records visitor statistics and is severly biased.<BR/><BR/>The Browsernews is even more biased looking at the sources as it trys to compare single domain page hits with companies who monitor web traffic across hundreds of thousands of pages. Ridiculous. If you don't understand the difference I cannot help you, regardless these myths are debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox Achieved 150 million downloads in January of 2006"<BR/><BR/>This was widely spammed at the time which is why it was listed.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox is Secure"<BR/><BR/>Secure as in not vulnerable to anything. This is not a comparison! Security comparisons to be non-biased must be done between a set timeframe since it is obvious a browser that was out for 3-5 more years would have more vulnerabilities. Regardless Firefox is NOT secure and the Myth is debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox Vulnerabilities are Quickly Patched"<BR/><BR/>This clearly proves that Firefox vulnerabilities are not quickly patched thus this Myth is debunked. IE is irrelevant to this Myth and another excuse as you seem to like to make many of them.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox is More Secure because it is not integrated into the OS"<BR/><BR/>The examples are not the sources of the MYTHS!! I know you failed to read that but it is getting old. Mozilla clearly stated what they said. The Myth was debunked by Microsoft.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox is More Secure because it does not use ActiveX"<BR/><BR/>Again debunked by Microsoft<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox Extensions are Safe"<BR/><BR/>It is proven that they can clearly not be safe, thus debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox is a Solution to Spyware"<BR/><BR/>The nonsense about drive-by infections are from those who run unpatched versions of IE and has nothing to do with IE fully patched. I have used IE since it came out and have never been infected by "drive-by" installs and neither do my clients. You can do the same using this guide:<BR/> <BR/>http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/MalwareRemoval.html <BR/><BR/>All for free. But Firefox is clearly not a solution to Spyware and thus debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox 2's Phishing Protection is better than Internet Explorer 7"<BR/><BR/>No I did no lie. The Google Anti-phishing tech was built right into Firefox 2, regardless I added more sources and the myth is still debunked.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox supports Extensions and Internet Explorer does not"<BR/><BR/>You excuses are meaningless, this is not about which is better which is an opinion, the Myth is clearly debunked. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox supports an Inline Search Feature and Internet Explorer does not"<BR/><BR/>Don't put words in my mouth and stop making excuses, this myth is clearly debunked. Tweaking tutorials? WTF? Are you insane?<BR/><BR/><BR/>"<I>Opera also introduced tabbed browsing. I'm surprised Andrew didn't mention this</I>"<BR/><BR/>Um I did mention Opera invented Tab Browsing under the myth labeled: <B>TABBED BROWSING</B>! It is now clear to me that people read what they want and not what is there.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox had Pop-up Blocking before Internet Explorer"<BR/><BR/>No this is a Myth and debunked, Firefox is NOT the Mozilla Suite. The only thing misleading is stating it any other way.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Myth - "Firefox Blocks all Pop-ups"<BR/><BR/>I am not going to go over this again. The sources and examples are NOT the same ect... Myth debunked.<BR/><BR/>Clearly you read nothing on my page as my sources for the Myths were multiple locations none of which were the examples.<BR/><BR/>I didn't "massage" any data and it is all clearly sourced. I also did not try to hide anything as this page came out in 2005 and is clearly SOURCED!!!!<BR/><BR/>"<I>Ironically, he fails to mention the fact that the free Opera browser is no longer ad supported.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Really? "<B>Opera (now 100% Ad free)</B>"<BR/><BR/>Give me a break, try reading my page completely next time and not make assumptions or jump to ridiculous conclusions.Andrew Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17215619518578061558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948264804203169113.post-84082665413401745342007-09-15T08:07:00.000-05:002007-09-15T08:07:00.000-05:00Andrew K does like to go over the same old ground,...Andrew K does like to go over the same old ground, and trying to engage in any sort of reasonable debate with him is quite impossible, so be warned if he does turn up, this is the sort of thing that's going to happen:<BR/><BR/>http://my.opera.com/james.faction/blog/2007/03/08/the-myths-of-firefox-myth?cid=3236852<BR/><BR/>I wasted a lot of time trying to counter his propaganda a while ago- he was popping up on every forum under the sun telling people that IE6 was just as secure as Firefox. This was just before the rash of IE6 exploits and ActiveX exploits that allowed auto-installing spyware on that browser. <BR/><BR/>His response to the evidence that he was wrong was to ignore it completely:<BR/><BR/>http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/01/internet_explorer_unsafe_for_2.html<BR/><BR/>http://grantlairdjr.com/wp/2006/05/18/firefox-myths/<BR/><BR/>Be prepared for a head meets brick wall type of encounter if Andrew/Mastertech/OptimizeXP does notice your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com