Internet Explorer 8 Versus Firefox - Comments Page 1

I use FireFox because of the add ons. The Cool Previews add on , where you can preview a page before navigating to it ,is a must have for me and I couldn't imagine browsing without it. I also find the check spelling as I type a great aid as I am a useless speller. Handling multiple tabs is easy so overall it is user friendly.

I have preferred Firefox for several years now. I do use IE8 on occasion but normally stay with Firefox. Firefox seems faster in loading to me and I don't feel like I am being forced to use it as I sometimes feel when I must use IE for certain sites.

I've been using Firefox for several years and prefer it to both Opera and Chrome. IE I find intensely annoying as any typo in a URL results in the browser taking me off somewhere else rather than displaying a simple 404 page or allowing me to correct the typo in the address bar.

I like Firefox for its tabbed browsing and multiple home pages (yes, I know the others have them now) and for the number of add-ons which allow me to block flashy adverts which distract me (Adblock Plus), which keep my bookmarks backed up (Xmarks) and which enable me to switch to the IE rendering engine if a web page simply won't work because it needs something that only IE can provide, such as ActiveX (IE Tab).

It's also updated very quickly whenever a security issue is discovered.

Finally, I think the main reason is that I trust Firefox.

I agree with Chris.

I did a non-scientific comparison with my wife - I just asked her which browser was faster and cleaner.

We both agreed that it was Firefox.

I also trust them.

I like Firefox....it works with both Windows and Linux.

my expertise is in use of the keyboard. I do not have to have every new and different thing, though I migrated to FireFox out of deep animosity toward Bill Gates.

unfortunately, I have to have IE at hand because FF is having some problem with RealPlayer, and I cannot seem to download vid clips in FF. the Mozilla boards tell me it is RealPlayer's problem not theirs.

but in both applications, I don't like the forced use of tabs, which take a percent off the viewing screen (I want no tab when I only have one screen open).

I have been using Firefox for years until reacently. When they did the upgrade to 3.5 something happened to my laptop.When I try to browse woth Firefox I get small squares on my screen and pages don't laod correctly. I uninstalled and reinstalled and it still happened.I began using IE8 and found that it really is not bad. I don't like Opera or Chrome but do have Safari as abackup. I never have had a issue with Safari. I am now using IE8 regularly and like it. I have reinstalled Firefox 3.5 again but have not been using it really. I vote for IE8 !

I use Firefox on Windows XP and am well pleased with it, although there some sites that don't like Firefox. I had IE8 to handle those, but I was getting freeze ups that Microsoft likes to call hangs. They didn't give me any remedy for it, so I removed IE8 and went back to IE7 which works well, although when I do Windows updates they keep warning me that I have hidden updates for IE8 that I should install.

I usually use IE because of one feature that IE has and FireFox does not. If I open multiple browser windows in IE (which I frequently do), each browser window has its own unique filepath for saving pictures (web-comics, etc). This is not true for FireFox in which every window shares the same filepath.

Windows has always impressed me and I am a big fan of MS (have tried my hands at Linux too and found that impressive too) but here's my story. I migrated to Firefox lately and hope to be with it from now on. IE7 works but is much slower than Firefox. I am using Windows XP SP3 and installed IE8 on it too. But found it to be unstable, so uninstalled it. Regarding the performance of IE8 & Firefox on windows 7, I am unable to comment. At least for now, my Vote goes to Firefox.