They are all better than IE.What a surprise.
If IE didn't come already installed in most computers I wonder how many people would use it?
Considering that's about 70-75% of the computing market, a lot of people.
I downloaded 3.5 no problem. But when i hit the icon to go on to the net- the browser doesn't pop for quite a while- easily 30 seconds or more- does anyone know what the issue would be?
Is that from a cold boot, (first time running it after starting the computer), or warm (second time or later)? I'll have to see if I can replicate that, and let you know what I find.
The the avg user doesn't seem to have problems downloading/installing everything else under the sun. Honestly, I don't think downloading/installing an alternative browser would be much of an issue for them.
Actually, you'd be surprised. The average user of a home computer doesn't even know that IE is a browser. They don't know the meaning of the word. To them, when they see that little IE logo, they think it's the Internet. As in, they literally think they're opening a program called "the Internet". I was on a research team in college that worked with a larger national research team in the field of computer science that examined the role of age, language, and education level on peoples abilities to use a computer and moreover explain how to perform tasks on a modern computer. Out of our study of about 25,000 people, less than 10% could correctly explain what a browser was, and how it related to the Internet. Even more shocking, (for me personally), was that only 8% of the people we tested could explain how to download and install a program from a website successfully.
I think you're vastly overestimating the average users ability. You might not realize it, but the member of this board are actually among the top 15% or so percent of computer users in terms of knowledge of usability.