Firefox Internet Browser
Mozilla Firefox is an excellent web browser with many more features than Microsoft Internet Explorer. Since its creation just over a year ago, Firefox has been downloaded over 220,000,000 times! The web browser is used by millions of users every day. Why has the Firefox browser become so popular so quickly? Let’s find out.
Firefox, like Internet Explorer (IE), is completely free. Firefox, unlike IE, has few bugs, is more secure, has inbuilt and extra no-charge features, and loads web pages faster. That’s not just one better reason to make the switch. IE, like the best of the Microsoft products, is regularly attacked with many bugs and faults being discovered on a regular basis. As a result of this, Microsoft is forced to release security updates for its products. A problem with this is that many IE users do not have Automatic Updates enabled on their computers, which could result in Spyware, Viruses or Credit Card Fraud occurring (For more, see this article). Firefox is a fresh new face to the internet world and is far more secure than IE. Barely anything fails in Firefox, but if something should go wrong, the browser can be run in Safe Mode so the user can have the problem rectified, hassle free. Firefox comes with extra and very useful and important features. Capable of not just taking you over the world, Firefox’s inbuilt RSS reader allows you to easily subscribe to news or other feeds, such as The Machets’ Blog or The Age Headlines. If you decide to install the Firefox browser with Google Toolbar bundled, your internet experience would be greatly benefited. With the browser and toolbar, you’ll be able to search the web as well as fill in forms automatically, translate webpages, check your spelling and much more! Getting the Firefox browser with Google Toolbar is definitely the best way to explore the internet.
Firefox supports many extensions (the equivalent to IE’s desolate Add-ons feature) where contributors from all over the world can make useful extra features for the browser. In addition to this, Firefox sports a clean and simple interface, which makes websites load faster than the default Windows browser. This is an especially important aspect of the program for internet users on snail-paced dial-up speeds.
Overall, Firefox deserves a glowing report. It is clearly evident why so many people have made the move from the under-achieving Internet Explorer 6 to the simple and popular Mozilla Firefox. Let’s see what Microsoft has to offer in IE7, to be released at the end of 2006. In the meantime, go to getfirefox.com and make the switch today!
