I’m prepping an XP laptop to ship out to a family member. She is not a computer expert, and is using IE6 now…and constantly fighting viruses/spyware, etc, etc.
When I did all the Windows updates stuff, I let it upgrade to Internet Explorer 8. Was this a mistake?
I also installed Firefox on there, but I know that this user has never used Firefox before.
I use Google Chrome on some PCs, but I would expect that a long-term IE user might get confused using chrome, or some compatibility issue might crop up.
So in terms of secure, reliable, compatible and least likely to result in long-distance support calls, should I go with:
a) IE6
b) IE7
c) IE8
d) Firefox 3
e) Chrome
At this point I’m planning to ship with Firefox 3, with security add-ins (WOT, no-script) and leave IE8 on there, but with no icon on the desktop for IE.
