Mozilla Firefox

SpAcEd OuT

Why does everyone say Mozilla Firefox is better than IE explorer?

I dont know much about computers so was just wondering what makes it better?

Thanks

angelofdeath

tabbed browsing, built-in ad blocker, skinnable, yada yada yada, generally just better in every way

edit meant built in pop up stopper, but adblock rules also

The Bollox

angelofdeath wrote:

skinnable

you can get diffent skins for Firefox? I didn't know that

angelofdeath

tools -> themes

Sparky

SpAcEd OuT wrote:

Why does everyone say Mozilla Firefox is better than IE explorer?

I dont know much about computers so was just wondering what makes it better?

Thanks

im 100% certain that FF is way better than IE, but there are still the odd sites that need IE

plus there is a boards PM plugin for firefox which is cool

Mutant_Fruit

The only three reasons we need IE for are

1) ActiveX (a really horrible idea, but WIndows Updates uses it, not much else)
2) Those horrible non standards-compliant websites out there. Generally all the halfdecent ones are standards compliant, but there are the occasional few who aren't (anything generated in Microsoft Visual Studio isn't standards compliant).
3) Getting spyware really easily.

Rollo Tamasi

Internet Exploder has many bug problems that mess up sites that are heavy with css and xhtml. Firefox doesn't.

Firefox has thousands of people actively developing its product as well as extensions, themes and pluggins.

IE is probably the worst browser ever made and IE7 is terrible for anybody who has had the misfortune of using the beta release. And because IE is a microsoft product it is vulnarable to attacks that also attempt to hit the Microsoft system in general

Creamy Goodness

also it's updated.

sorry but IE explorer hasn't really changed since IE 4 to 5, which was release in 1998/9 in i'm not mistaken.

FF is updated nightly and normal a proper release every month.

if a security breach is found in FF it's updated right away and the patch is out the next day, with microsoft you've got to wait days sometimes months.

CJhaughey

The only problem I have found with Firefox is that the ampersand symbol "&" always appears as "&" this affects my ability to open links that have an & in the link.

Zounds

My favourite aspect of Firefox is the customizablity that extensions lend.

unkel

After initially using Netscape, I had been with Internet Explorer for nearly 10 years. From time to time I checked out other programs but always went back to IE. Until FF that is...

Please try it yourself for a week or so and read up on it. Like myself, you won't look back

art

Sparky_S wrote:

im 100% certain that FF is way better than IE, but there are still the odd sites that need IE

There's a nice extension you can get for FireFox which allows you to right-click on a link and specify that it opens in IE, just in case you do stumble across one of them rare and very badly written sites that do not display well in the international standard for web site building, but needs some old insecure browser etc etc

FireFox is definitely the best browser around at the moment, on many levels, but mostly on speed, customisation and security.

joker77

I prefer the look of Opera to Firefox, but the Boards site is a bit funny on Opera so I use IE for it

jor el

There's a nice extension you can get for FireFox which allows you to right-click on a link and specify that it opens in IE

Launchy, can open links in just about anything, it's configurable. Anyway, any website that was written in non-compliant code or needing ActiveX isn't worth visiting in my opinion. If it doesn't work in Firefox then to hell with them I say. Whatever they're selling or giving away, I don't care.

I haven't used IE at work or home in about two and a half years, ever since Mozilla Phoenix became quite usable anyway. That then became Firebird and now Firefox.

I've tested IE7 beta here at work and it does have a popup blocker and tabbed browsing, but I prefer the look and feel of Firefox. It's too little, too late from MS. Sorry dudes but you lost this race as far as I'm concerned.

Also, probably the best reason to use Firefox is the Extensions. There are extensions available to do everything. The best of which (I use) are Adblock, Ebay Negs, Flashblock, Foxytunes, Googlebar, Spellbound and BugMeNot.

Anyway, give Firefox a try, and I don't mean for 5 minutes, but a week or two, and you'll wonder how you ever surfed the web without it.

Hobbes

If you are getting adblock also get Noscript. Makes the net a lot safer.

The main reason to stop using IE is the gaping backdoors in it. They may of fixed the 8 or 9 since I last checked the count but MS have been known to sit on exploits in IE for a year or more, where as issues occuring in FF tend to get fixed very quickly.