While checking my blog stats the other day, I noticed that some of my readers are still using Internet Explorer. That makes me sad. Did you know that every time someone uses Internet Explorer an angel loses its wings?
OK, just kidding. But seriously, you should consider switching to Firefox, and here’s why:
It’s free.
Absolutely, positively free. You only have to spend the time to download and install it. Firefox is developed by the Mozilla foundation, a non-profit foundation that was established to create innovative open-source software. Mozilla is completely funded by donations, so if you like it (which I bet you will), you can even contribute to the foundation if you choose.
It runs on all platforms.
Windows? Check. Macs? Check. Linux? Check.
It’s has a small footprint.
Unlike other browsers, Firefox isn’t bloated with unnecessary features. It takes up a small amount of disk space, so it’s quick and easy to install.
It’s expandable.
Another great feature of Firefox is that you can add almost any functionality via add-ons. There’s a very active community of Firefox developers that create awesome extensions that plug right into your browser. You can see your current weather forecast, control your media player, and block annoying ads to name a few. With help of Firefox’s extensions manager, it’s easy to install, enable, disable, and remove add-ons with a few clicks.
It’s easy to cover your tracks.
With the click of one button, you can can clear everything you want in order to cover your tracks — cookies, cache, download history, history. You can even tell it to do this every time you close your browser.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
In the past, Firefox has received numerous honors, including PC World’s Product of the Year, Softpedia’s User’s Choice, Forbes’ Best of the Web, CNET Editor’s Choice, and many more. If so many other people are using, why aren’t you?
It has tabs.
If you’re still using an older version of IE, you know how annoying it feels to have a million windows open at once. Well, Firefox’s tabbed interface lets you collapse all of those windows into a single screen and quickly switch between the different sites you have open. If one site is still loading, you can tab over to another site in the meantime. It’ll make your browsing experience more organized and efficient.
If all of this sounds good to you, then what are you waiting for? Get Firefox now by clicking on the link below:
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Ricardo Bueno 12.15.07 at 11:12 am
I have a Mac… Safari doesn’t work well so I downloaded Firefox immediately. I have to say that it works great!
AJ 12.20.07 at 11:13 pm
I use both Safari and Firefox, but I prefer Safari for simplicity.
Adam 12.28.07 at 2:31 pm
IE at work
Since I’m not allowed to install software.
Firefox at home.
Blue 03.17.08 at 10:21 am
I’m rather skeptical of Firefox since, on my last laptop, no less than a week after my uncle installed FF on my computer did I start getting fatal error messages and “blue screens of death” (as I affectionately - in retrospect - call them). Granted, there could have been something else that caused it, but the timeline seemed too close and I’m 99.5% sure that nothing else was installed between FF and the beginning of the end of that computer.
Plus, IE has tabs, too, and has for some time now. It serves its purpose.