I use IE - should I use FireFox?

cleanbluesky · 14 Jan 2006 at 12:07

Simple question really. IE is there, I've no problems with it as such - but some people are pulling their eyes out over FF...

What does it do that is so much more useful?

_-J-_ · 14 Jan 2006 at 12:10

You have tabbed windows so saves having loads of windows open on the taskbar, more secure, i just find it better to use

marc2003 · 14 Jan 2006 at 12:15

try it and see. it's the only way. it's no good people pointing out reasons x,y and z why it's better if you don't like the feel of it.

mctiny · 14 Jan 2006 at 12:16

marc2003 said:
try it and see. it's the only way. it's no good people pointing out reasons x,y and z why it's better if you don't like the feel of it.

and you can get an IE plugin thats allows you to view IE only sites within Firefox.

SexyGreyFox · 14 Jan 2006 at 12:24

mctiny said:
and you can get an IE plugin thats allows you to view IE only sites within Firefox.

Bloody hell you can.
I hate it when once in a blue moon I have to open up IE.

I also have Opera installed.

Fillado · 14 Jan 2006 at 12:28

I love that plugin

Firefox is very good, but v1.5 has pretty shocking memory leaks (has gone up to 130MB before :eek:

) so i'd suggest having a look at both Firefox and Opera to see which you like

jegz · 14 Jan 2006 at 12:32

Because you can get an Ocuk plugin!

Personally i find firefox a lot more pleasant to use than IE due to little things like the tabbed windows etc...

And you can pimp it up with loads of cool extensions and plugins like the hammertime button! :rolleyes:

SexyGreyFox · 14 Jan 2006 at 12:32

Heres three reasons I love Firefox -

My Firefox

I also like how you can highlight something, right click and do a Google search for it.

|Ric| · 14 Jan 2006 at 12:58

as soon as you realise that you can middle mouse click on links to open them in news tabs and then middle mouse click on the tab to close it, tabbed browsing becomes your friend

FF is not faultless, it did have some horrific bugs in early versions, but less people are interested in exploiting them than IE, spyware is pretty much non existant in FF (I know you can be very careful in IE and avoid it but its a lot less effort in FF)

Clarkey · 14 Jan 2006 at 13:05

I use firefox because it allows me to customise it in ways not possible in IE, and tabbed browsing is invaluable to me now, IE does my head in with all the windows going on.
When all is said and done though, IE is faster than FF, and FF does use a ridiculous amount of memory, ive seen it hogging over 400MB before.

serlex · 14 Jan 2006 at 13:11

i use both

Chaos · 14 Jan 2006 at 13:26

The things I like over IE, as mentioned middle click links to add page to a tab, once you've tried tabbed browsing you will never go back.

Adblock extension combined with Adblock FiltersetG.Updater = practically no adds on any site.

Scythe · 14 Jan 2006 at 13:29

|Ric| said:
as soon as you realise that you can middle mouse click on links to open them in news tabs and then middle mouse click on the tab to close it, tabbed browsing becomes your friend

FF is not faultless, it did have some horrific bugs in early versions, but less people are interested in exploiting them than IE, spyware is pretty much non existant in FF (I know you can be very careful in IE and avoid it but its a lot less effort in FF)

I didnt know that, much more quicker, Thanks! Also you can make or download skins so you have a fully personalised browser.

Beansprout · 14 Jan 2006 at 13:31

Pfft, tabbed browsing is old school. Colourful tabs and Session Saver make for an amazing experience. After a few days you subconsciously associate a colour with a site, which makes tab navigation truly amazing

Aod · 14 Jan 2006 at 13:38

i use Opera. it can do everything people have said FF can do, and its faster than both and uses less memory than both. take that!

http://opera.com/ go-on my son. come to the light side of the internet

Mr_L · 14 Jan 2006 at 13:46

I use Firefox, Opera, Netscape and IE but that's because I have to test the way websites render in each one. For everyday use though, I use Firefox, IE just annoys me far to much.

Beansprout · 14 Jan 2006 at 13:48

Mr_L said:
I use Firefox, Opera, Netscape and IE but that's because I have to test the way websites render in each one. For everyday use though, I use Firefox, IE just annoys me far to much.

You mean you don't test in Lynx?

Mr_L · 14 Jan 2006 at 14:01

If you do I will.

Kainz · 14 Jan 2006 at 14:35

Try it for a few weeks and see how you go. Then you realised why everyone has been ranting on about it for years. IE afterwards seem totally plain.

FF is so stupidly flexible thanks to countless extensions that you can tailor the thing however you wish, you get to choose what you want. Not the other way around.

Treefrog · 14 Jan 2006 at 14:53

Much prefer FF personally. More friendly, and tabs rock - now I know what they are and what to do with them. And the security issue is a big plus too.