Is Firefox For Everyone? - Comments Page 3

No, I am not a computer geek, but my machine is on 24/7. It is a major tool in our lives. I still use, and enjoy Netscape. I hate IE, and refuse to try Firefox.

I've been using a computer since 1982, and "I don't fix what ain't broke." Netscape runs great 99.9% of the time, and I have never had a security issue. Why doesn't anyone ever include Netscape in these issues? It is great!

IE 7 is working fine , It has tabs too and clearing histories etc. is quite easy

I have some computers that still have 98 se on them I use Firefox for that reason.

I use Firefox for the extensions! IE has nothing when it comes with useful addons. I have an extension called "Foxmarks" keeps my bookmarks between work, home, and laptop all in sync. I have them for weather, G-mail, Instant Blogging, Error Checking, are just a few I have found useful. There are literally 100's of extensions for Firefox that makes it more useful than IE could ever be. I think Firefox 2.0 calls them "Add-ons" but in any case go to Tools-->Add-Ons--> then click Get Extensions. Browse around and install a few, you won't be disappointed!

HI: About the end of July '06 I switched to firefox. I've never looked back at Internet Explorer. The improvements in speed were very important. I buy and sell on ebay and need the speed for refresh. IE was like the proverbial mud flowing up hill in winter.

Since I never pay for anything electronically, (Always US Money Orders) I don't know about those problems. In the past I used Paypal with IE, and had so many problems I've completely given up on electronic payments forever.

While I use McAfee, I've never had any issues with security. Can't say the same about IE. Will I try the new IE? No!

I use Firefox because it's Open Source and runs on multiple platforms. I also use it's companion Thunderbird for the same reasons and because it stores the email in a non-proprietary text format. I run them on both Windows and Linux daily. And because it's Open Source, bugs are easily fixed. I have personally fixed two bugs in Thunderbird and have benefited from many bugs fixed by others. When was the last time MS fixed a bug that affected you?

Bob, I've been very happy with Firefox for more than a year now. One neat thing I just discovered is this. Sometimes you visit a website which has a really cool SWF file on it and you want to save that file. Easy with FF: Tools | Page Info | Media (tab) and click "Save as." No longer do I need a special program to save the SWF files.

I switched to Firefox several years ago, and continue to prefer it over IE, because of the pop ups I continued to get through IE, among other problems. I have forgotten what all went wrong. Firefox has never given me any problems. The only thing I miss about IE is the ability to view my domain website and make changes within that view, and it's not possible with Firefox. I have to copy and paste.

I did d/load the recent IE, but only use it occasionally. Firefox is my preferred browser. I usually look at my web pages in Firefox, IE, and Netscape, my only reason for having all three on my machine.

I like firefox because it is truly cross platform, well, for my purpose. I use windows, linux, and mac; and firefox runs on these os's. IE7 is better than IE6, but it is not really a practical choice for me.

Now that IE7 has tabbed browsing, there is less of a functional difference between the two, but still a significant one, I believe. I have IE7 and Firefox 2.0 on both of my home computers, btw.

Aside from the layout differences (I'm still trying to get used to the user interface on IE7 - especially the durn reload button, little bitty thing that it is now), the biggest difference I see between the two is the user community that supports Firefox compared to the Microsoft community (largely) that supports IE. There are literally hundreds of add-ons and extensions for Firefox to extend the usefulness of the browser in ways that I find helpful. Not so much with IE7.

And I believe the configuration of Firefox is better than IE7. In the upgrade from Firefox 1.5 to 2.0, the default behavior of the red x that closes the active tab was changed to an individual x on each tab. If I don't like that behavior, I can change it using about:config. That my two cents.