"Well, no. Netscape does have its bugs, but it's not the security hole IE is. Listen to what scourge says: IE is part of the OS. Its "popularity" has very little to do with its quality and very much with the fact that it comes with Windows. Read what Tim Bray has to say. And use a better browser." I never suggested IE was popular because of its quality. The fact remains that IE's security issues have only come about because of people targetting it, and that is a result of its popularity. I use IE about 5 hours a day, and develop on it too, and I've found no problems with it. Patch your OS and everything will work just fine. Why would I want a "better" browser? I don't subscribe to the "slag-off Microsoft and be cool" brigade. I judge as I see it, and don't go off what other people day. "The current Netscape, 7.1, is better than IE in rendering both CSS and HTML." As a web developer I find that IE is currently the best at both CSS and HTML rendering, although it isn't perfect. Nowadays I only use CSS for formatting (and pretty much everything) and Netscape has some blatant bugs that should IMO have been fixed by now.