 Why
install Firefox?
Firefox had
18.41% of the recorded usage share of web
browsers as of May 2008, making it the
second-most popular browser in current use
worldwide, after Internet Explorer.
This free,
cross platform browser has got it all: it's
user friendly, mainstream product usable by the
average Joe, which means serious web sites like
banks will not ignore it and force that segment
of users into switching to Microsoft Internet
Explorer for their operations, it is
lightweight, fast, secure, and it contains
advanced features and personal customizations
for the power users out there.
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- History of
Mozilla Firefox
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Comprehensive Firefox shortcut list Firefox is very focused toward a better user
experience: it has tabbed browsing, making
it easier to open many windows without
cluttering your desktop, and pop-ups blockers
against those annoying ads that open windows
without the user's consent, with a good chance
of finally crashing the whole browser down. Its
Find function with the "find as you go"
behaviour makes it a breeze to scan a page for
specific keywords.
 It is an open source project with a big
community of enthusiasts throwing their talent
and creativity into making original and
practical extensions that could meet almost any
exotic demands from any user. Many of those
features would never be provided by other
browser makers because they are not corporate
friendly, such as ads blockers. Being open
source is not the end of its qualities,
Firefox also is very standard compliant, so
developers can count on it for adhering to the
latest W3C guidelines, which makes their work
easier and insures future compatibility with the
present web sites. Hopefully, one day, the
laggard Microsoft browser will catch up to Fire
fox (and Opera, and Safari...) and web site
developers won't have to program for different
browsers anymore, just one industrial standard.
 Firefox has also a great reputation for
on-line security. Because that browser is
not intrinsically tight up deep within the
operating system, like Internet Explorer, it
provides by default a certain layer of
protection to your computer. At worse, only that
particular application can become problematic,
which hasn't happened yet. Their lower market
share also makes it a less interesting target
for virus creators and other hackers. The auto
update feature will make sure you are always up
to date with the latest patch at the click of a
button. Regarding your privacy, Fire fox makes
it very easy to erase all traces of your
browsing activities with a simple click, if you
so desired, such as cookies, internet cache
files, browsing history, download history, and
more.
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