Should Be Using Firefox? The Top 5 Reasons Why.

Should Be Using Firefox? The Top 5 Reasons Why.

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Firefox is the new browser from the Mozilla Foundation, which was built to carefully support the many standards given by the W3C Consortium (in charge of defining a common way to display web pages, so they display the same in different browsers) while being designed with security in mind.

Instead of stuffing many features into the product, Firefox was built with a solid foundation and has the ability to get new functionality in the form of "plug-ins", which are installed by users when they need them.

There are many reasons to use Firefox, but these are the most important:

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 doesn't stop when they win. When Internet Explorer began his life in 1,995 nobody expected that it would threat the dominant position of Netcape, which had more than 90% market share. Microsoft worked very hard on Explorer, adding more and more features (and creating serious security risks because of the very fast developments) every year and suddenly, all developments stopped in 2,001 with Internet Explorer 6.0, till recently. This shows that Microsoft only moves when they are at risk.

3. Firefox is secure. Internet Explorer has many known security issues (some could be fixed, some not) that allows the execution of unknown programs in your PC. Other browsers don't have these problems. Even the CERT (the US Computer Emergency Response Team) advised people to use a different browser other than Internet Explorer. You can find the article here: http://www.securityfocus.com/news/8998

4. Mozilla brings complete Internet solutions. Not only they developed Firefox, but also created an email program called Thunderbird, NVU (a web page editor) and other programs that millions of people use every day.

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.

But the most important reason of all is security. When a program is built without logical structure, it is very difficult to fix any problems that arise and the only thing you can do is apply patches, exactly what Microsoft have been doing for years. You can wait till Microsoft develops a secure browser from the ground up, but you have the option to start using Firefox now and feel secure on the Internet.

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Rights reserved 2007 - Michael Primius has 4 years of experience commenting about Modzilla and the Foxfire browser. Get it now and enjoy a free course to stay secure on the net. ---1--- Get your own completely unique content version of this article.



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