When it comes to surfing the web there’s one thing that we all have in common – we’re using a web browser.  Unfortunately, that’s about where the similarities come to an end.  Everyone surfs the web differently, with different personal settings on  their machine and on their web browser.  I often get ask, “Which browser should I use?”  Every time I get asked that question I cringe because like so many things in the IT/Web world there really is no “right” answer.

When we talk about browsers there are essentially 4 that we’re referring to:

1. Microsoft Internet Explorer
2. Mozilla Firefox
3. Google Chrome
4. Apple Safari

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I’m often confronted by other technology professionals about product X being better than product Y. The fact of the matter is that there is no magic bullet for IT. There is no single product available that solves all of the issues around a particular problem. There are always trade offs.

So, it is my pleasure to bring you some of the most common enemy IT is better than your IT arguments and my take on it. Read the rest of this entry