Better security, less bloated, tabbed browsing, they actually update it for new features and security (IE 7 is a while away), firefox extensions, and the list could go on.
Well I use the Yahoo Toolbar with IE and that takes care of security with antispy and antivirus. It also comes with tab browsing (which i find pointless) and a pop up blocker. Plus norton secures my entire system. I'm not really worried at this point. I'm not going to change whats going well for me.
I'd love to tell you but what happens in Firefox stays in Firefox. I bet people said the same thing about their horse when cars were invented.
I used to think there was nothing wrong with IE. In fact, for a while I pretty much wasn't even aware that other browsers existed. Now I'm using Firefox and I will never ever use IE unless I'm forced to. For one thing, it has an awesome extension that I use which restores all your browser windows if your computer crashes. Even text that you were typing (like this message) comes right back up like nothing happened.
IE is a memory hog it takes a ton of memory if you ever open a bunch of windows. redefined - IE's tabbed browsing is nothing like what Firefox's can be with the right extensions. It's all in the extensions. That's the thing, you can't just download Firefox and launch it and see the beauty - it's stripped to the core. But, there are thousands and thousands of extensions that can make it behave exactly as you would like. And don't take Master Baiter's comments to heart, unless you have a very humorous one.
so far its ok it might just take some time getting used to but i think IE is a bit more efficient. but ill keep it for a while
oh yeah i noticed firefox has some downloadable themes. they look pretty cool! do you guys use any of those?
that's pretty cool another thing i noticed is that the auto scrolling is very slow compared to IE. is there a way to speed it up?
IE is definitely more inefficient and bloated. You just have to get the right extensions and you'll like it. It takes a while to get used to, but there's a reason why firefox is the first real competitor for IE since netscape.
There's an extension called "Smoothwheel"...but I don't know if it's compatible with this beta release yet. Every time I have to install Firefox, it's the second extension I get - right after TabMixPlus. OpenDownload is pretty essential too. But, as a novice firefoxer, I'd suggest just going to mozilla.org and installing the latest stable version (1.5.) so you can play with all the extensions. They won't all be available for the new version until a couple months after it's official release. Here are some of the extensions I'm using right now, if you'd like an idea of where to start: TabMixPlus - Allows you to completely customize the behavior of links, popups, external applications and such as they pertain to opening tabs. Also allows saving of closed tabs so you can re-open them via middle-click. Makes the tabs scrollable by hovering your pointer over the tab bar and using the mouse's scroll wheel. It basically gives you a third button to explore the web with. VideoDownloader - Lets you download videos from YouTube, Google, etc. straight to your hard disc. Simply click the icon at the bottom of the page. DictionarySearch - Search an online dictionary of your choice via the right-click context menu. Highlight a word you don't know and right-click. Fasterfox - Optimizes all of the browser's connection settings. OpenDownload - Overrides Firefox's built-in safety mechanism that doesn't allow a downloaded executable to be launched. It gives you the option of installing programs without saving them first. SearchEngineOrdering - Allows you to re-order your search engines (You can download more by clicking the down-arrow in the Google search box at the top-right). Also allows you to create a new search engine simply by right-clicking the search box and telling it to "add search engine". For instance, I have a built-in search engine for Clutchfans BBS now. ImageZoom - Gives you a right-click submenu that will zoom into any image on the web as far as you'd like ((p*rn)). Also, you can hover over an image and hold down the right mouse button while scrolling the mouse wheel and it will zoom in and out accordingly. AllowRightClick - Overrides the scripts in pages that won't let you access the context menu for items in the page. For instance, if a site has images that it won't let you save, you can now. ....and many, many more.
