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Why use firefox or opera over IE?

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  • #32
    Aquos76
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,045 Mod ✭✭✭✭Aquos76


    Slightly of topic

    Is anyone else have problems with Bandwidth tester tonight. For some reason I keep getting Not responding message and then causes firfox to close. Was working fine earlier on this evening.

    By the way I pre Firfox by a mile over IE and only gave opera a short trial but i got to attached to Firefor


  • #33
    LakeHMM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭LakeHMM


    Well, there is absolutely NO doubt that both are far better than Internet Explorer. They have tabbed browsing, have far more other features, are faster, more stable, and more secure, among much else. But as to which of the two to choose, it's really which features you prefer the most. I have both, and have tried both extensively. I personally use Opera much more.

    Firefox seems to run faster just because it lacks many of the functions Opera has. That's not to say that Opera is slow, though. On Mac OS X it is slow (but so is everything else). On Windows XP, which I use for the most part, it's great. If you do web development, especially with JavaScript, Firefox does have some handy inspectors and debuggers for that. Other than that, both browsers have RSS features, but only Opera has mail features. They both have skins. Firefox has extensions, while Opera does not. There are a lot of little conveniences with Opera that have won my preference. I would recommend you just try both out. But...IE...just no.

    Oh, and what you said about Opera not being free is incorrect. It has a free version and a paid version. The ONLY difference between the two is that the free version has a modest advertising banner in the top right corner. Besides that, it has all of the functionality. I think there might be differences in the technical support you receive or something, too. Anyways, Opera is basically free, unless the ad bar bothers you that much.

    Between the two, it comes pretty close.


  • #34
    LakeHMM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭LakeHMM


    ai ing wrote:
    Why does nobody mention that to get Opera without the banner ads it will cost you $39?

    Because it's really not that big of a deal. The banner's just...there. I never notice it. It never does anything. We have a healthy relationship.


  • #35
    Infini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,573 ✭✭✭Infini


    Quite simply, Firefox is safer, doesn't have swiss cheese holes in it like IE, blocks unwanted garbage and in general is easy to use fast, free and allows you to pause downloads without having to cancel and restart them. :)


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