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    • wehaveitall on Tue 13 Nov 2007
    • 03:26:34 AM UTC

    Internet explorer, bad idea

    Ok, I know that wot will be working for i explorer soon, but honestly, I don't think this is a great idea. First off, if you use internet explorer a lot, you probably don't know or care a whole lot about security. Second, wot is a small community, being only on firefox, which is exactly what makes it so good. IF too many people use it, the ratings may become inaccurate, and could cause some things to go wrong.

    We rate the websites, the WOT staff creates, and advertises the add-on, and together, we make it all happen.

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    • Timo on Tue 13 Nov 2007
    • 08:28:00 PM UTC

    Internet explorer

    Security should not be dependent on the browser you use. We want to provide WOT also to IE-users so that they can benefit from our community ratings.The more users join our community, the more accurate ratings we can provide to everyone.
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    • Esa S. on Thu 15 Nov 2007
    • 08:16:35 PM UTC

    Internet is for everyone

    Wehaveitall I understand your point, but I think we all should take a broader view. While part of the web is global, same parts of it are pretty focused on topics that are relevant for a specific group of people or people within one country or district. In order to reach the critical mass of people in these areas we need to reach people beyond the Firefox community. I see introduction of WOT for Microsoft Internet Explorer as a big leap forward. A bigger community means more people sharing their knowledge on websites to benefit us all.
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    • Vednier on Mon 03 Dec 2007
    • 09:44:55 PM UTC

    Easiest way to secure web - destroy insecure browsers like IE

    Actually, Mozilla Community don't care about IE user. They (IE users) get that they want, nothing more.
    If they use insecure browser - nothing can stop them from downloading some viruses. So, releasing WOT for IE is nothing more then erasing border between secure (FF) and insecure browsers (IE). With WOT IE users just get some false safety and lose carefulness.
    You need BRAIN first to use WOT, but all who have brains already dropped IE.
    Ha-ha, WOT for IE just harm FF advantage on Browser Market!
    Moreover, lately i often see strange things - some company release their software as FF addon, do more and more testings and...in the end create some clon of their soft - but for IE, and after it - they often forget about Firefox.
    So, FF community is just " smartass testtube"...
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      • Sami on Tue 04 Dec 2007
      • 05:10:00 AM UTC

      We're not dropping Firefox

      I can assure you we have no intention of forgetting Firefox. Most of us use Linux here, and while Konqueror has made some great progress, Firefox is still the browser of choice among our developers.

      That said, I don't agree with your point about IE users. Sure, there are people out there who don't know any better and use the browser just because it came preinstalled on their computer. However, there are others who may have no choice but to use IE due to company policy. I'm sure everyone can benefit from the additional information provided by WOT, despite the browser they use. Besides, while IE 7 may not necessarily be as secure as Firefox, it looks like a fairly decent browser to me.
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    • talkingtofu2 on Fri 07 Dec 2007
    • 10:32:11 PM UTC

    Taylor Satula Keep It Only

    Taylor Satula
    Keep It Only Firefox
    I Aggree If You Use IE You Probally Dont Care About Security
    And There Is So Many People On IE That They Will Clog Up The Results And Make Their Favorite Sites Good Even If They Are Not

    So In A Nut Shell I Aggree
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    • Hardik on Tue 11 Dec 2007
    • 04:52:33 AM UTC

    A simple solution

    First of all thx for this nice FF add-on, a really good idea

    While ur idea of providing everyone with this service is decent, it is also true that IE users are usually less concerned about security otherwise they would be using FF.

    A simple thing to do is give the FF users who have this add-on the choice if they want to use the ratings given by both IE and FF users or only the ratings given by FF users. A similar thing can be implemented for IE as well.

    I understand it would mean more work for u but it resolves this issue and everybody wins.

    Thx again.
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    • phyzome on Tue 11 Dec 2007
    • 04:41:17 PM UTC

    There are "anchors"

    Remember that user ratings are not the sole basis for the calculated scores Users whose ratings disagree with the following sources will have less effect on scores:

    • The overall community
    • Blacklists
    • Admins/trusted users

    So n00b users shouldn't hurt the system too much.
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    • darkkosmos on Fri 14 Dec 2007
    • 06:04:00 PM UTC

    What are you guys talking about?

    So now any leap towards IE is bad? I sometimes to IE and I'd really appreciate wot being on it. Just because "n00bs" use it doesn't mean they can't see they've got to a spam site. I advise you all to think about why you don't want WOT to be on IE, is it because you guys hate IE or because of some good reason.
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    • connorscomputershow on Fri 21 Dec 2007
    • 12:35:40 AM UTC

    IE ftw!

    This would be good for people who are still using IE and do not have SiteAdvisor. Otherwise lots won't be secure.
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    • Natanael_L on Sun 23 Dec 2007
    • 05:54:03 PM UTC

    Splitting the scores?

    Maybe the scores from the IE users and the FF users could be split so that people can see if there is any difference between the average opinion of the FF users and the IE users.

    Open Source geek
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    • wehaveitall on Wed 02 Jan 2008
    • 12:16:10 AM UTC

    Why wot isn't for inernet explorer

    http://www.mywot.com/en/forum/758
    PLEASE READ! You may need to refresh the page if nothing comes up.