Is firefox Safe?

magick

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magick

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Just switched from IE7 to FF2. Have to say FF2 is much faster and efficient. Was wondering is FF2 safer for online banking?
 
Yes, very much so. I have always used firefox, my bank supports AES 256 bit encryption which internet explorer only seemed to do 128 bit.
 
burnsy2023 said:
I wouldn't say its anymore secure then IE, packet interception is unlikely if you have 128 or 256 bit encryption.

Burnsy
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What he said.

Yes Firefox is safe, but so is IE7.
 
they are both the same thing no? :rolleyes: go with FF, much better imo and with the funky lil addons that they have been doing for ages u cant go wrong.

i love Forecast Fox
 
firefox

adblock plus
filterset g
customizegoogle

(get those three extentions for it, and you'll get zero ads)
 
Not convinced by the speed thing with firefox after you've added a few bits and bobs but would definitely use it over IE any day of the week.
 
Digital Punk said:
The hundreds and hundreds of useful extensions you can add to Firefox make it a far better solution than IE.
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I'm a FF user, but the question is on security, which there is no real decernable difference.

Burnsy
 
burnsy2023 said:
I'm a FF user, but the question is on security, which there is no real decernable difference.

Burnsy
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Right. But as that was established very early in the thread there was no real reason to elaborate further on that particular point.

I was merely stating that as FF has a vast collection of extensions it becomes a better overall solution then IE.

The OP probably already knows this, but perhaps it might help someone else reading the thread who hasn't used FF before. :)
 
FF is also far better at rendering web pages according to the "Acid 2 test"

Should look like this:
http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/reference.html

IE7 shows it like this:
http://files.myopera.com/tarquinwj/albums/45511/2IE7.png

Whereas FF shows it like this:
http://files.myopera.com/tarquinwj/albums/45511/1FF15.png

And the FF 3 alpha aka "deer park" shows it like this:
http://files.myopera.com/tarquinwj/albums/45511/1FF3.png

Try the test yourself here
http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html
 
bledd. said:
firefox

adblock plus
filterset g
customizegoogle

(get those three extentions for it, and you'll get zero ads)
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Add NoScript to that list!

FF (bare) < IE7 < FF with extensions!

Although it is using about 120MBs of mem for only a few tabs... and that's not uncommon!
 
When doing a website recently and testing it in both websites I noticed how much easier text is to read in firefox. No idea why but it was simply clearer and sharper.

I've hardly used IE for the past 3 years though, I detest IE7!
 
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