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For the consumer, and considering that as a standard update, XP users will experience tabbed browsing, RSS fee management, in browser search etc etc, features which us Firefox/Opera users have been used to for years for the first time, this ios a good move forward; however Firefox and Opera are always ahead of the game.
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Uhm yea great, that's why I switch browsers...for an N
I like the Opera 0 or the Firey Firefox... the IE "e" is just E for evil...
Many people are just not fussed; they dont do, or even know what Web Development is, they do no serious web use, we all enjoy Firefox, we know its good, but for the mass audience, they will have access to some of the features Firefox has; for tom, who used to have IE6, it will be a vast improvement for him.
However, just go to www.firefox.com and you'll see the difference
In my experience it is also slow and laggy, and it is also too graphics intensive, and addons? dont bother with them, get firefox for that.
IE is also 14MB as opposed to the less than half the size FF2 download!
IE7 is a bloody leech, at times it takes up to 100 megabytes of my system ram. This is quite irritating, even though I have 2 GB of it. Not only does it leech RAM, it also leeches about half of my processing power.
I use both Firefox and Opera; Firefox is quite possibly the most tweakable browser I've ever used, and tweaking software/hardware <3 is my passion. Opera is good for multiple downloads, seeing as downloads take ridiculously long to appear, for some odd, ballistic reason in Firefox (I hate having to clear that cursed list..). IE is the big, fat security hole and always will be. I ONLY use it where it is needed; say like, on www.mapleglobal.com; it's an IE only site. If I need to use a site that requires Active X, and if I think it's safe, I go to IE and let a rip. Ever since I've started to use alternate browsers, I've been spyware/adware free for a year now Even taking extreme measures (installing spyware/adware protection) it seems IE has still let a few critters in. Here's my prioritiy list for browsers..
1. Firefox = (Fastest browser imo , extremely tweakable, but has a nasty memory leak and sluggish download list)
2. Opera = (Stable browser and allows for quick, multiple downloads, though has a minor memory leak as well.)
3. IE = (Keeps good track of the memory it uses, but opens a huge security hole for hackers, spyware/adware, viruses, etc. to enter)
I don't care how many times you update IE, there will always be a security hole. Do you ever see Firefox or Opera let this nonsense in? I know I haven't..atleast, not yet.
EDIT: Your siggy made me crack up by the way, konspakatak XD
I'm a firefox fan, and I don't have too many complains with it. What I like about it the most is its tweakability and customization features. The browser is so ungodly tweakable you can run stuff that is out of the HTML standard, possibly overloading servers It has always seemed faster than IE for me, and I don't have to patch it every week with some M$ patch, <=/ sorry MS HQ, I'm sick of downloading patches..guh. Here's what I DON'T like about Firefox: Load time, 10 seconds for one browser to load is out of the question for me, IE takes no more than 3 seconds to load on my pc, but I don't use it. Secondly, I don't know how why this is a problem, but as the download list increases from past downloads, the process of downloading a file is absurd, your browser basically goes into "Freeze mode" for about 5-10 seconds. Thirdly, it's a memory hog. After you've used Firefox anywhere from an hour to all day, you'll discover it's eventually taking up atleast 200,000k (yes, 200mb) in your windows task manager, EVEN after closing all those unused tabs. I've yet to find a working fix for it, but for the time being, I'm not complaining. ANYWAY, and my opinion on Opera.. It's a good browser, don't get me wrong, loads fairly quickly, but I can't seem to find that many tweaks for it, and it doesn't like gmail that much..go figure. I have no further rants about Opera.
xD Sorry to rant again.. *didn't even notice I replied in this topic a while back, until now..such a n00b.. -_-;*
Firefox has recently been crashing a lot and also of letters to .net magazine report the same, it is also very slow to start up now, and is a little unstable.
All who download now will not have the excellent experience there used to with this browser.... although on my Mac its fine.
For the developer its amazing with the developer tool bar,for the consumer I would not recommend IE, but Opera. It just out performs Firefox and its as simple as that; however i'm still using firefox and I probably will stick with it for the one reason; its extensions; although there are some great widgets and built in features in Opera, and I do switch between them a lot, Opera is very viable. I cant fault opera but i'm in love with firefoxes extensions!
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... the IE "e" is just E for evil...
Even taking extreme measures (installing spyware/adware protection) it seems IE has still let a few critters in. Here's my prioritiy list for browsers..
