Browsers are pretty "lite" applications - good for it, FireFox will not make your computer overweight (it is will inherit all your links from IE - now that is cool). Truth is for general Internet browsing or if you venture into the outer limits of the net you are far better off using FireFox because it is not currently targeted by the cretins that write spyware, hijackers, and viruses
Very true.AOL is my ISP, on dial up, connected at 24,000 bps. If I open a couple of search windows on the AOL browser the computer virtually stops.If I open FireFox I can use both without slowdown,just switch from one to another on the taskbar.Handy to research another website to get a fact or figure while posting a reply or to get the url for a link or image.
At that slow of connection FireFox is a lot to a little faster browser depending on the site.
As more people use FireFox will it slow down from overcrowding of their servers or is that not even possible,pretty computer ignorant?