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# re: Firefox myths

Hi, I'm one of the sources this article cites, and I will tell you this page's contents are misleading at best.

The author is known to lie about his identity, he has gotten banned from many sites including digg for rampant spamming, and he deliberately misquotes many people on his page. Look down at the "Fanboy Quotes" section in the sidebar. Every single one of those people vocally criticized the Firefox Myths page, and the author's response was to take parts of phrases they said out of context, manipulate them, and pass them off as if they support his page.

Just search for "firefox myths" on Google and check out the responses to his page. The truth is that Mastertech (a.k.a. Andrew K., David Dobsen, FFeLEET, GeneralAres, Jim, Joe Somebody, Mike G., MT, NewsHound, Realist, TheHardTruth, Thor, Vincent, and other aliases that have been confirmed to be the same person) is spreading new myths on his page.

Many people have asked that he make corrections to his page, but he simply ignores them, saying something like "the sources speak for themselves." Well, he says his page only deals with Firefox on Windows, but Secunia (his source for security vulnerabilities) doesn't list a single "extremely critical" vulnerability that affects Windows, unlike what his page claims. His source for browser speed is the website of an Opera employee. And there's my site, which he attempted to misrepresent until he was forced to more or less correct it -- although it's still worded in a deliberately misleading way -- and to get back at me he added lies about actions I have taken on my site (I never redirected anyone coming from his site to a different page).

Please take a look at the author's history and the responses to this page before you make a decision. If you want a similar article that presents the facts in a more balanced manner, I have created a page with the same name (search for "firefox myths web devout") to do just that.