Browser Help Please?

Which do you use? I use opera for most of my browsing needs. Why do you feel it is better than IE? According to me, IE is very poor in security and won't block all popups and can invite viruses. What are the benefits of it? 1) Opera is having a good appearance, a modern look. 2) Opera has a speed dial in it, which is set as the start page and contains 9 sites with with thumnails of them. 2) It is secure and has a good pop up blocker. 3) A good download manager, better than the firefox's manager. Easy to resume the downloads if broken. 4) The password manager and bookmarking are good. 5) It also has a torrent client and an email client built in ( but i don't use any of them) What are the pitfalls as well? Some websites don't support opera, so they may have not optimized their websites for opera's engine. This may lead to some problems while using those site. I like opera more than firefox. i use firefox for web development purpose only. Happy mylotting

Hi Grandpa! Have you tried Mozilla Firefox? That is the one I use a lot but I still use Internet Explorer also. The reason I use Firefox is because it is much faster than Internet Explorer. I actually go back and forth between both of them, I guess that doesn't make a lot of sense though. But you can use windows on both of them. Take care!! SheliaLee

I use Firefox for most things. The only reason I have the Internet Explorer because I need the updates. I like Firefox because of the add ons that makes it easier and the password keeper. The only pit fall is when the browser is updated, some of the add-ons may not work. But it loads faster, it has a spell checker, and it does tabs easier. I also use the Chrome, but that is more for if you go to specific web sites all the time.

I sugest You go to firefox.com and take a look. I use this one. It is faster and easy to use. I can not say if it is safer however, I like this browser, and I know many people use it. Happy mylotting your self.

I have less trouble with Firefox than I do with Internet Explorer as far as aborts. Also when Firefox aborts and you restart it, it will (usually) restore all the tabs that you had open at the time of the abort. My friend was just recommending Opera the other day. She says it's much faster.

I use explorer but that new Safari looks excellent. I was going to try it out but I have not got around to it. My brother uses Safari now after using firefox for years. He says it is far better than firefox but thats his opinion. Go on a few sites and read some reviews. It might help you make up your mind and it will tell you if it is compatiable with all else you have on board.

Hi webeishere. I have used Internet Explorer for several years too. When Firefox was introduced I was not that enthusiastic. A new company is always trying to take the share of the other company and it might start on a good foot but then things deteriorate. It is not the case with Firefox. It has been going strong since its introduction. It has tabbed browsing and I do believe it is much more reliable and have more security features than Internet Explorer.

Hi Gb, Im a staff at an internet operator at kuta beach Bali, and we suggest our customer to use mozilla firefox than Internet explorer, firefos are more faster to load than IE, here. With firefox, we can also make a bookmarking page, so that we straight found login page and safe time. I bookmarking every site that important to me. We were still have IE as choices but we will told the customer that will going to be slow with that. Happy posting always GB, oxox'dian from bali island.

I first used Netscape "way back when" but don't know what it's like now, or even IF it is now. When I got my own internet connection, I used IE, right up until I got my current computer. It's a Mac, running OSX, which IE doesn't support. So I tried Safari, the recommended browser for Macs. I didn't really like it, as it was constantly telling me it "couldn't find" whatever website I wanted to visit. I heard about Firefox and downloaded it and found it quite easy to use and hassle free... until they started with the updates. (Why can't "they" leave well enough alone?) I've downloaded Opera, and like the look of it but find it confusing to personalize, so still have Firefox as my primary browser, even though it gets tired out and stops responding to the point I have to force quit it and restart. I used to use the restore session option, but found it just restored whatever the problem was that tuckered it out in the first place. So now, when I restart Firefox, I always start a new session, and it's good to go for another 10,000 miles before it runs out of gas again. I don't know anything about Chrome, but you're not partial to it anyway. You've asked if Firefox is compatible with your Norton stuff and Windows firewall... I would hazzard the guess that the answer is "Yes". It is a very versatile browser, and Windows does fully support it.

I was also using IE earlier. But I'm using mozilla firefox since last 4-5 years and I find it better because of its speed and reliability.

Hi Grandpa Bob! We have been using Firefox for the longest time now. I really don't know why my husband used this as our browser although we also have Internet Explorer in our computer. I didn't bother to ask since I never had problems with Firefox. So, I can't give you any details of the benefits and advantages compared to other browsers. haha..I am too dumb to understand it anyway, I just rely on my husband when it comes to computers. All I know is to turn it on, logged in and surf and then turn it off. haha.. Take care and have a nice day! lovelots..faith210

I've used Firefox for nearly two years and I absolutely love it! I hate IE, it's always getting errors. Firefox is easy to use, just about the same as IE but I never get any trouble from it. It takes getting used to, like anything new, but I think you'll like it if you try it. And it's free!

I think we should accept all kind of Browsers,some new companys of honesttogod can grow up.this way, not only provide good service for us and have be propitious to society to grow. why not do it?

Mozilla firefox is the best browser available in my opinion. these are the reasons: 1.Superior speed and performance 2.it has built-in password manager and download manager 3.its security is much more better than other browsers 4.it has a lot of great addons that add a lot of cool enjoyable functionalities to firefox 5.also it automatically integrates itself to your antivirus system so whenever a file is downloaded , it automatically gets checked by your antivirus system 6.i also love its smart location bar i think those reasons are more than enough to switch to firefox

I have used Firefox for many years now (Mozilla) instead of IE. There are some sites I still have to use IE for though. But Firefox seems faster and I know it is safer internet-wise. It has a lot of cool add-ons and is easy to use. It took me a little bit to get used to it, but now I really prefer it overall.

Well it looks like alot of people have suggested you try Firefox, well I guess I'll suggest it too..lol. I used IE for a long time too, and about 5 or 6 mos. ago I switched to Firefox, and so far I haven't had any problems with it, its easy to use, and I use Norton as my antivirus, and it works well with it. I have also found that its made my computer run alot faster than IE, it downloads pages faster, and your web pages just takes seconds to come up, and you can also switch back to IE easily if you want to. The only thing I found is that its not compatible with some web pages, mostly its online game websites, sometimes you might have to switch back to IE to play it, but the only one that it didn't work with was Worldwinner games, other than that it works fine.

You can use opera. It is better than IE. It is easy to use, tab browsing is good, have great widgets to download, download feature is better than IE's downloader. My vote goes to Opera.

I have only used IE and I honestly doubt I will ever change. I have not had one problem with it.

I use both IE and Mozilla. But when it comes to huge downloads I certainly advise Opra Mini. It is an excellent browser to run downloads as it gives you a clear detailed expanation on wat is happenin. But the pitfal is that number of websites are not configured for opra so they don't open up. Otherwise Mozilla is a perfect explorer

i have also been using IE but i discovered that IE some times gives me errors especially when i am trying to download a whole page, so i moved to firefox 3. I especially like the feature in firefox that allows you to download multiple pages at the same time.in fire fox,you can also save a previouse session and return to it later. for me i think i prefer firefox to all other browsers