Firefox is a web browser that blocks viruses, spyware, and popup ads--making it much safer to use than Internet Explorer. It has useful features like tabbed browsing, Live Bookmarks, and an integrated Search bar. There are tons of free extensions and plugins you can download to enhance Firefox even further. Most Web pages work in firefox; it is very rare when I really need to open IE. I find that microsoft.com is about the only site that I visit where I'm required to use IE. I also find that Firefox also has more useful features and a more intuitive interface than the Opera web browser.
There are many great extensiosn for Firefox but my absolute favorite is Tab Mix Plus because it enhances Firefox's tab browsing abilities with features like undoing closed tabs and windows and other useful tab options. It also has a session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows. So, with this extension installed you'll never have to worry about renavigating to the web pages you last viewing after the browser is closed.
You have to be careful not to just go installing every extension that looks good because a lot of them contain memory leaks and things that will end up crashing firefox. Tab Mix Plus has been tested as safe and free from memory leaks unlike other tab/session extensions.
And for the rare times when you'll need to use IE, check out this article.
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Friday, April 28, 2006
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