Firefox Web Browser
While checking my traffic logs the other day (yeah, I care enough about this blog to keep track of data), I happened to notice that nearly all of my readers are still using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Why?
Do you happen to enjoy spyware? Fan of adware? Have a ‘thing’ for viruses? Is leaving your system open to a wide range of attacks something you get a big kick out of? No? Then I’ll just assume that you were left unaware that there is a much better, much safer alternative to surf the internet with.
Firefox is, very simply, a better product. Firefox is faster. Firefox is safer. And Firefox is more customizable. It will do almost everything Internet Explorer will do, minus Microsoft specific stuff that they wont share (looking for Windows Updates, ect). It will do some thing IE cannot; like the Acid2 test. For you tool bar fans, there are tons of (useful) options in that arena, their extension library is huge, and it’s even skin-able, so you can make it match your unique style.
Negatives? It’ll crash now and then. Positive; it’ll restore exactly where you left off at. And don’t insult my intelligence by telling me you’ve never had IE crash on you before, I don’t allow fibbers on this site (wink, wink). On the whole, this is an incredibly stable product; one just recently made more stable by a new update. I use it everyday, and you should too!
Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
–Jeremy Hobbs
(Firefox newsworthy article from a fellow blogger: http://www.nowg.net/2007/06/01/14-of-online-users-choose-firefox/)
March 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
The main attraction is that it doesn’t include ActiveX, which is what gives most MicroSoft users spyware through the browser. The plugins make it have so many features that I couldn’t even begin to imagine. Opera probably the best for speed, but Firefox is the best for customization, accessibility and compatibility.
March 9th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
I use Firefox because I love the add-ons/extensions, but I have to say, I’ve never had trouble with IE – - but that was probably because I also used Spyware Terminator and Avast! along with it…
The thing that bugs me the most is that it is not totally compliant when it comes to web standards, security issues aside.
Many web applications used by businesses (which might be where a lot of your traffic may come from) mandate the usage of some form of IE, since company apps might require ActiveX to run – not only that, but IE updates and patches can be controlled at a centralized location via WSUS.
Unfortunately, IE won’t be going anywhere soon – long live Firefox!
March 9th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Great comments guys; thank you.
You bring up a lot of good points Rob, thanks. I encourage all my readers to click your name and check out your site, he knows his stuff.
March 9th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
busted!
March 10th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Busted how?