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Old 07-23-2005, 12:52 AM   #1
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Firefox vs. IE

whats better?

and is firefox secure enough?
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Old 07-23-2005, 12:56 AM   #2
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I use IE. I just dont see anything wrong with it.

I'm not sure why people would switch
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Old 07-23-2005, 11:21 AM   #3
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FIREFOX.

I personally love the built in pop-up blocker and the tabbing feature so you only have 1 firefox button on the taskbar. It is very secure, moreso than IE.
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Old 07-23-2005, 11:56 AM   #4
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When I am using a windows based machine, nothing beats firefox just as dan said the pop-up blocker and the tabbed browsing make life easier, also it has a nice interface that can be changed as well as it's reliability, as opposed to IE which has the tendency to crash at times.

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and is firefox secure enough?
Yes firefox is secure like IE, firefox uses the industry standard 128bit data encryption method when viewing secure pages. However unlike IE, firefox has the tendency to block malicious activeX files from being downloaded and installed onto your computer. These files in short and simple terms refer to SPYWARE & ADWARE.

Also when using an OSX {Apple} Machine, I am split down the middle between the Safari browser & firefox. All in all firefox seems to be the browser of choice among most users.
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Old 07-23-2005, 12:16 PM   #5
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hmmm.. well I guess I'll give it a try
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Old 07-23-2005, 09:50 PM   #6
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Firefox for sure
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I think I'll try it right now
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Old 07-31-2005, 07:42 PM   #8
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Firefox, the tabs are a beautiful thing. Plus the whole security thing, but the tabs hold all the appeal.
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anyone know if it will import all of your IE favorites?

I have a library of favorites that I dont want to lose :wings_uni
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Yep, you can import favourites from IE.
Bookmarks -> Manage Bookmarks -> File -> Import
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