Each browser has advantages and risks depending on how they are used None of them is any safer than another despite the anti-MS propaganda. For some types of web based applications Firefox works better, for others IE works best. For browsing IE, Firefox Chrome, Opera will work well and each has their specific features that some like and others don’t. Having multiple browsers available on the desktop is not a bad idea.
Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome are all pretty good. Among them it’s more a matter of personal preference or a specific feature set you want (like the large plug-in availability in Firefox).
IE 8 is better than earlier, but still not up to the other browsers.
I'm running version 3.5.7 now... so far, no problems.
Yet another vote for Firefox, which I’m using at the moment, although I also have Opera on one box and Chrome on another. Opera has a couple of nice features - its zoom feature for when old eyes are trying to make sense out of a netbook-sized display, for one, not that the others don’t support something similar. Chrome seems faster on older hardware. I do keep IE around for those few holdout websites that require it. It’s one of those things I just can’t get very passionate about. IE’s good enough for most things and you’re going to be patching anyway if you’re running Windows.
Some versions of Firefox will create more headaches than they solve. If you find a good version, don’t be quick to update it, as new versions can create havoc. Be sure to do a system back-up before even minor Firefox version upgrades.
I’ve used Firefox for about 4 years. I use an IE6-based tabbed browser for FR, but use Firefox for most everything else. Firefox has some neat add-ons/extensions. You can built/add on stuff to Firefox.
Firefox has always had a problem of consuming system resources. Current versions aren’t as bad as older ones. Ver 0.7 to 1.5 were horrible. The current ones (ver 3.5 range) still are resource hogs, especially with videos and heavy graphics, as it does not release memory when a tab is closed. Firefox teams blame the extensions, but the problem is inherent in the Firefox code.
I tried IE7 and dumped it immediately. I didn’t like it at all. I have some add-on features that work with IE6 and those features are not available for IE7 or IE8. I haven’t tried IE8.
For quick browsing, such as short videos, I use a browser called QtWeb. That way, I don’t have Firefox consuming memory. http://www.qtweb.net
I run firefox on Vista no problems, I run Seamonkey on an XP box, Seamonkey is a Mozilla Clone of Netscape.
Opera!
Been with Mozilla Fire-Fox since the beginning, that along with Trend-Micro for virus protection has kept me out for trouble free for years ...
I’ve used Firefox for years and don’t miss M$’s Internut Exploder at all.
It works great on XP and it works great on Ubuntu Linux. I can’t give an informed opinion on Vista or W7, since I refused to subject myself to the Vista disaster and I’m happy enough with XP that I don’t see any reason to spend money on Win7.
Then again, I have XP and Ubuntu dual-booted on my desktop computer. It takes XP about 3 1/2 minutes to boot and load virus scan, background processes, etc. before I can actually use it. Ubuntu takes 42 seconds, including the 5 second GRUB bootloader delay.
Chrome is great. And now it has lots of cool extensions! https://chrome.google.com/extensions
I use Firefox exclusively including on my Mac. Firefox also has a library of very useful add-ons..small free applications that do everything from give you world time to enhance your browsing security. Once you try it you will never want to use IE again.
I started using firefox a couple years ago. At the time I was running Adaware daily and constantly cleaning my computer. Three months after installing Firefox I removed Adaware from my computer. I didn’t need it.
that said, You have to close down Firefox from time to time. Since I started using it at work I noticed my computer slowing down. One time I went to task manager and noticed firefox was using over 700 meg of ram. Interestingly, when I closed it it freed up 1.2 gig of ram. It seems like a memory leak thing.
And when I went home the same day and closed firefox and reopened it, I noticed my home computer ran significantly faster than it used to.
I close firefox when I’m not using it now.
This has caused my to give Chrome a looksee, but I still really like Firefox. IE is completely out of the picture now.
I use IE at work and firefox at home. firefox has had a huge increase in crashes the past couple of months. So far, IE in Windows 7 is working quite well (much better than before).
Haven’t used IE in... year(s?).
I like Firefox (and the NoScript add-on is a must have. It’s fantastic.)
Wife likes Chrome.
Try them both and see which one you prefer.
Anything will be an improvement.
I just keep coming back to konqueror (almost certainly not an option on windows). The ability to dis/allow cookies, java, etc on a per site/domain basis and to spoof my browser version for idiot sites that block me because they don’t support my browser (even though it works fine on their site) just can’t be beat.
I had been with firefox for years, but over the last few month firefox was crashing several times a day. I switched to google chrome and it seems to work much better.
Best? Not sure.
Worst? Internet Exploder. By a mile. Anything is better.
(I use Firefox)
I’m using Firefox and really like it a lot. The only problem I have with it is problems with Windows Vista on my laptop. I’m in the process of fixing that problem and I expect to have even fewer problems with Firefox. Good browser...