Is Mozilla the best browser???

Hi juan_jins. Here are a few differences:

Note: Microsoft have recently released IE7 but as I haven't installed it yet I can't give you my personal opinion on it. I will talk only about IE6 here. And also I refer only to browsers on the Windows operating system.

Security:
The most important difference between Firefox and IE is security. Firefox is by far the safer browser because it is much less prone to be hijacked or exploited by spammers.

The reason why IE is more open to spammer exploits and phishing schemes is that it is the most widely used (rough guess about 70% of all internet users). It is therefore more profitable for spammers to target IE.

Performance:
Of the two I would have to say that Firefox is the faster and less-memory intensive browser. Although of late Firefox has been becoming a bit bloated/inefficient leading to excessive memory usage on machines it is still better than IE.

Features:
Firefox wins hands-down again. The best feature of Firefox has to be the large range of extensions you can install into the browser to customise it to your needs. An example of an extension would be for example a 'weather forecast extension' that would display the current weather in your area at the bottom of the browser.
IE7 has started to introduce extensions I believe but IE6 does not have this feature (apart from items like toolbars)

Firefox also has features like in-line spell checking and of course tabbed navigation (no more switching between windows on the taskbar).

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Overall I would have to say Firefox is still the best browser out there but it's not perfect by any means. However IE is definitely not the second best browser. That honour in my opinion goes to the little used but fantastic browser Opera. It even gives Firefox a run for its money.

Hope this helps.

We have firefox, an i love the extensions. We never have any problems at all with it. However we do have Opera as a backup on here, an it is very easy to navigate but i've only used it a few times when firefox for some reason or another was down, or running really crappy. But that don't happen that often.

I never use IE, i did at one time but my computer became a mess because of all the spammers, an virus that leaked thru, not to mention all the popups that even the blockers that were compatable with IE didn't work that well... so i will never use IE as long as there is something else out there. I hope it has gotten better than it was, but i honestly don't know, i'm happy with firefox.

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