While traveling in Thailand I was pissed to see that Internet Cafe’s are forcing users to use Internet Explorer. No, this isn’t a Microsoft conspiracy to force users to use their crappy product for their financial/advertising gain. It’s because these Thai Internet cafe operators know that Firefox is way faster than Internet Explorer and therefore users have to spend more time on the computers and they can charge you more Baht for usage. I proved this by installing FireFox only to see it removed from the computer after 2 day’s time. Has anyone seen this in the United States or other countries? If so, please leave a comment and I will approve it.

I’m sick and tired of seeing people use Internet Explorer on their personal computers as well - WAKE UP! Firefox is programmatically far more advanced then Internet Explorer. Firefox is faster, more compatible with Gmail, Google Reader, eBay, Amazon, flash websites, and basically any website. Oh, did I mention, Internet Explorer sucks. Stop using Interet Explorer it is full of bugs, programmatic errors, and incompatible with major web portals.

Another upsetting discovery I made about Internet Explorer is that they are trying to compete with Google through unscrupulous methods. When you type in google.com you are directed to Windows Live to perform your search. Unless you put in www.google.com you can’t access google. Furthermore, when you type in an incorrect domain name, Internet Explorer, automatically performs a search query through Live trying to find the website you are looking for. Sadly, Microsoft still only has 10% or so of global searches even with these bait and switch type methods.