Internet Explorer Vs Firefox Vs Opera
By ruseneca
@ruseneca (212)
Bulgaria
October 25, 2007 4:08am CST
Which one do you use and why?
Personally I use Internet Explorer.I know this browser make some problems,but I don't prefer to use Firefox or Opera.The level of security is too low!
8 responses
@loginc (197)
• India
25 Oct 07
Hi ruseneca,
Security is low in Mozilla Firefox and Opera, but good in IE? You are joking, right? Firefox is far more secure than IE. Probably the most insecure browser among the popular browsers was/is IE 6.0. Firefox was the reason for creation of IE 7 after 5 long years of insecurity with IE 6.0.
Mozilla Firefox is far more superior than IE with all those extensions that improves productivity. Opera is also a great browser and it is far more better than IE. Opera is the only browser that passes Acid2 Browser Test. Firefox does a good job than IE, but still is not good enough. Don't even ask about IE on Acid2 Test, as they don't care about standards.
The problem was that a good majority of desktop users really do not understand or do not just care about security which is one of the reasons why number of IE users was high. Also, it came bundled with MS Windows. Now, people are slowly realizing the security issues after getting their machines infected with spyware/adware/trojan/viruses and having seen too many popups and are looking to better alternatives like Firefox and Opera. Their market share is now actually increasing.
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@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
27 Oct 07
Those are just IE shells. Avant and Maxthon I mean. Not real browsers.
And just adding on IE makes some features but since its based on IE security holes are still possible.
But whatever makes people happy.
Be careful with those browsers if you use them. Disable Active X too unless you absolutely need it.
Personally I just don't get how some people thing Firefox and Opera are bad or are hard to use. They are EZ. I might try Maxathon 2 though.
And for fun how other computer users rate the browsers
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7813_102-0.html?forumID=14&threadID=107316&start=0
http://www.download.com/5416-2007_4-0.html?assetID=9763755&orderBy=creationDate+desc
So basically no matter what you ask, you'll just get a bunch of different opinions.
@Lightlord (378)
• Greece
27 Oct 07
I use Mozzila Firefox simply because it is the best browser out there. It has perfect secrurity if you know how to manage everything. I hate Internet Explorer because it is too much problematic. I usually get my Windows completly stucked when I try to use Internet Explorer and that is why I don't use it and never will. AT ALL!
@chris57455 (283)
• United States
30 Oct 07
I havent had a chance to give Opera a try yet. but i have used IE and Firefox, and out of the two of them i would choose Firefox.
@davecoolz (16)
• Indonesia
26 Oct 07
I really don't care with the speed of the browser, it doesn't make a big problem. And I think everyone really really didn't feel the difference.
I like the display of opera, and it doesn't use a big resource. Cool soft software looking.
Firefox and IE usually hang if I open a lot tabs, but opera doesn't/
@dude09 (93)
• Malaysia
26 Nov 07
I use all of them! But Opera is in my top list! I use Opera 90% most of the time because it's the fastest one. I use to love Firefox, but it became useless now... because my computer can't keep up with this resources-hog! If they could fix the serious "memory-leak" problem, then I might give Firefox another try. Well, IE7 is not really my favorite but it's a backup for Opera when any website doesn't work properly in Opera.
