Why Does Internet Explorer 8 Crash All The Time?
Anything designed to be perfectly safe is perfectly unusable and no fun at all. Witness any poor kid locked up in all the head, wrist, elbow, knee, chest, ankle, groin and other body armor recommended by the National Safety Council for skateboarders. He can’t move freely. He is sure to wipe out, and the other kids will laugh at him. The same thing seems to happening with Internet Explorer 8. Lots of people are experiencing browser crashes and freeze-ups that didn’t happen with earlier IE versions. Deserved or not, Microsoft has a poor reputation for software security. It’s no secret that hackers frequently exploit Windows and other MS products to get at users’ personal information, deliver malware, and cause all sorts of mischief. I won’t debate whether MS software is “leakier” or less secure than other software. It’s enough to point out that it’s the most widely used software, and that makes its enormous user base very attractive to bad guys. No wonder there are more attacks designed
