Is Firefox For Everyone? - Comments Page 2

Hey, it works nicely and it's not Microsoft. Gotta give the competition a chance. If IE were the only game out there, we'd be stuck with the same inept browser that doesn't recognize basic CSS for years and year. Oops. Guess that's what we had with IE6. Viva la Firefox!!!

i switched to firefox and loved it prior to ie 7. then i upgraded firefox and my laptop started freezing on different websites. i upgraded to ie 7 and haven't had any problems with ie 7 - i do like the tabs. i don't know if the ie 7 upgrade interfered with firefox but i am happy with ie 7.

I switch to Firefox 2.0. It works great. IE7 just doesn't work right. I've installed it 3 times and it locks up on the "run once.msn" page. I've tired the suggested fixes to no avail. It also keeps downloading some filter.bin file that the computer doesn't seem to know what to do with.
I use Firefox 2.0 and Opera 9.0.

I downloaded IE 7 and my printer/scanner wouldn't work. I uninstalled both and reinstalled both, but still no printer/scanner. I am now back to using IE 6.
My primary browser has been Firefox for past couple of years. I downloaded Firefox 2 and lost all my bookmarks. I uninstalled and reinstalled it again, but still no bookmarks. I am currently using Firefox 2 and starting a new list of bookmarks.

I use it just because it's NOT MS IE.

I use Firefox. Main advantage is that I am weaning myself off Microsoft products and now use an iMac as my main computer. It was a toss-up between Firefox and Safari, but since Firefox provided both a PC and Mac version, I chose Firefox.

IE has always been directly linked to the Operating System internally. It is nearly impossible to remove without severely damaging the system. When you open up My Computer or Network Places, you're using a part of IE. This means that any security vulnerabilities have a direct link to the core of your system. Third party browsers do not have this problem. Vulnerabilities on such browsers are much less likely to affect your core system.

Another good reason for non M$ browsers is the continual track record by M$ to continually make things (like browsers) do thing they shouldn't. It's one part innovation and one part kiss of death, but M$ has a goal of making things interact in extremely easy (to the user) ways. The problem is that this also opens the door to extremely easy evil things. A good example is a simple word document file. Did you know that you can imbed Visual Basic code in it? Good thing? Bad thing? Oh well, you don't really get to decide, it's just that way. I think they now at least warn you that word is about to run some code. I wonder if it's true for Excel. The problem with all this interoperability is a simple thing like a browser that should just display web sites, suddenly has the ability to on-the-fly install software on your computer from the web sites you visit.

An example might be a wireless network enabled blender. M$ would sell it as the latest thing. However most people wouldn't find it very useful. But then a few months later some 13 year old in Tempe, AZ figures out how to access a vulnerability to make them overheat resulting in a 10% chance of burning down the house.

I recommend that people upgrade to IE7 to get rid of many security vulnerabilities form IE6, but there are still many in 7. The thing is even if you're running FF you still have IE running in the background; it still affects your security. I recommend that people actually use a third party browser for every day work. Pick one you like.

Oh, and yes, I checked the spelling for this. I hope I did a good job, but FF2's built in spell check was very helpful for this.

2 or 3 years ago I tried Firefox probably from Tourbus recommendation. I ended up uninstalling it because it didn't work and look "right". This year something corrupted IE Explorer and it wouldn't open. The tech installed the new beta version, but it was forced to open at the malware site instead of my specified homepage. SO I tried Firefox again, and it is now my prefered browser. I like it remembering my signons, and its Netscape features. By the way, I used to like Netscape, but now it seems to have a mind of its own, and I can't control its actions. Eventually, the malware instusion on IE Explorer disappeared, but now I find I prefer the look and performance of Firefox. Still there are many sites, that will only permit the use of IE Explorer for "security" reasons.

I have used Firefox for a good while and have had no problems. I recently tried IE 7 and while the interfaces are similar, I prefer Firefox's layout. Also, while I am typing in this box or other online text, my text is checked by their spell check! I love it!

I am not a 'geek' on computers but I use them extensively, expecially for research and writing. A local computer guy put me on Firefox. It did not work well with Hotmail and garbled the addresses. In addition I had many skips and crashes in writing. I switched back to IE and am very happy.