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Sunday, July 02, 2006

Firefox vs. IE

To kill some time I decided to download and try out Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft's response to the success of Mozilla Firefox, which I have been using for at least the past two years. At first glance, IE7 is better looking than the default setup of Firefox, but looks aren't everything. Even so, IE7 seems to have more useful and streamlined features than Firefox and is a little more robust feeling. I originally switched to and got hooked on Firefox because of tabbed browsing, something that IE now has. They even do it a little better, with a "quick view" that lets you see all your open tabs layed out in thumbnail view. To top it off, migration of my bookmarks was pretty seamless so the switch was easy, making a permanent move likely. And thanks to free market competition, Microsoft has apparently addressed several security issues which answer my original concerns when I switched to FIrefox a few years ago.

Update: Nevermind, Firefox is still better. Try again, Microsoft.

Posted by Will at July 2, 2006 12:07 AM in Internet and Blogging

Comments

Yes but, for now at least, Firefox has better add-ons.

Btw, I read your about page -- I minored in anthropology the first time I went to college, so I'll have to blogroll you and live vicariously through your adventures. ;) ...This was before I knew what I wanted to "be", so I studied stuff that I found interesting.

Posted by: sarahintampa [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 2, 2006 01:39 AM