NEED ONLINE LOANS? - Apply for Loans Online today - Click Here!

Almost everybody in the computing industry agrees that Firefox has better support for standards than Internet Explorer. This means that web pages created using those standards will be shown exactly the same way in different browsers.

While Internet Explorer was developed to wipe out Netscape from the market by overloading the product with features, Firefox has a very solid design and new functionality could be provided by third parties using a built in feature known as "Plugins", which is software added by users as they wish.

Here are the top 5 reasons why you should be using Firefox:

1. Internet Explorer was built to avoid standards whenever possible. If all browsers have the same functionality, it would be very easy for users to switch to another program, something Microsoft may dislike. This is changing now that Firefox is growing fast, but it seems that Microsoft intent is to lock you in the use of Internet Explorer as much as they can. Fight back and use Firefox instead.

2. Improvement and continuous development. Internet Explorer developed many versions of his browser through 1,995 till 2,001 and then, when Internet Explorer got more than 90% market share, developments stopped until recently, when they started to lose market share. Also, Microsoft wasn't fair in the war because they included Explorer in every product they could, while Netscape (the competing browser at the time) couldn't do anything similar.

3. Firefox is well designed for security. Internet Explorer is so insecure that even the CERT (Computer Emergency and Response Team) a high level security organization from the government, told people that they should be using anything but Internet Explorer. The problem is that Internet Explorer allows the execution of programs and this is an extremely high security risk. You can read the article here: http://www.securityfocus.com/news/8998

4. Commitment. The Mozilla Foundation is constantly developing never programs and solutions for users, regardless of market share or earning because all their products are free. They created Thunderbird (to read email), NVU (a web page editor) and many other useful programs.

5. Totally Free. The Mozilla Foundation develops all their software in the open source model, meaning that anybody can see the source and change it to their own needs. This helps in the creation of a much secure product because more eyes are looking into the possible problems.

I can give you many reasons more, but security is the best one. Firefox is much more secure by design while Internet Explorer has to be patched year after year, creating a more unstable product through time unless a complete redesign and rewrite happens, which is very unlikely. Why wait until Microsoft starts doing things well? Instead, get Firefox now and enjoy a faster and a more secure browsing.

This Communications article is provided by Articleteller - The Free Article Directory http://www.articleteller.com

Copyright 2007 - Michael Primius has many years of experience commenting about Modzilla and the Foxfire browser. Download now and enjoy a free course to keep secure on the Internet. ---1---

Please Rate this Communications Article

5 Reasons Why Firefox Should Be Your Preferred Browser

5 out of 54 out of 53 out of 52 out of 51 out of 5 

Not yet Rated