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[ImRJ]

di ba may kasama naman ang windows na internet explorer

bakit gumagamit pa kayo ng iba e built-in naman 'to at libre din

 

meron ba kayong requirements na di nagagawa neto

ano mas ikinaganda nyang firefox, opera, at avant sa internet explorer

para maintindihan ko naman...

ganyan din yung iniisip ko dati pre... bakit pa ko gagamit ng iba e may IE naman.

 

talked to a friend who used firefox tapos sinabi niya sa aking yung pros about using firefox. medyo naging curious ako so i tried it, and i haven't gone back ever since. minsan na lang talaga.

 

dati kasi wala bang tabbed browsing sa IE, firefox had it back then. tapos meron pang mga extensions and add-ons na pwede mo -download depende kung ano kailangan mong gawin. may extensions para mas lalong bumilis yung pag-open ng webpage, may extension para maka-download ka ng videos sa youtube, etc. etc. why not try it dude? para makita mo difference. kung di mo magustuhan madali naman mag-uninstall eh. :cool:

[businessgeeks]

For those who would like to know, Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. While it is true that Internet Explorer is free like Firefox, it is how Internet Explorer was built that makes it a possible security issue.

 

For example, in a lot of cases Internet Explorers allows easy installation of activeX controls regardless of the source. This makes IE more open to malware code and since Internet Explorer is well integrated into the operating system (Microsoft Windows) if you're browser gets hacked, there is a high probability that your operating system will be hacked too. On the other hand, Mozilla firefox does not use these ActiveX controls and is not integrated into windows so that reduces the risk especially if you are fond of browsing porn sites .

 

I am not saying the Mozilla Firefox is not hacker proof, but from experience, the developers of Mozilla firefox are more attentive to these security issues as they respond more to security bulletins and Microsoft has a record of neglecting Internet explorer when it comes to security updates.

 

My 2 cents... if anyone can offer a bit more information or if they think i got some details wrong, feel free to let me know

 

Thanks!

[tito_john]

Di ko alam kung mas-secure ang Firefox dahil sa software mismo, but at least the hackers aren't concentrating on it as much as IE.

 

Firefox has a lot -- A LOT -- of add-ons, and many of them are excellent. Weather tray, download all pics from a site, block ads, atbp.

 

Firefox doesn't use Active-X controls at all. Much safer that way.

 

Opera is also very nice, but not compatible with a lot of web sites. The best thing about it is the "mouse gestures." Right-click and move the mouse to the left, it goes to the previous page, for example. It's not free, though. I think Firefox is the best right now.

[pizzatraffic]

The main advantage (difference) of Firefox over IE is, it's open source.

which basically means we (consumers) and programming professionals around the world can read through and criticize the software for security issues before it is even released or after it was released.. this in turn helps the distributor to patch up quickly their software (Firefox) therefore minimizing the incidence of malware and privacy issues in our pc..

 

in contrast, we are forced to believe Microsoft that their browser (IE) is safe, fast and stable bla, bla, bla because they said so in their ads.. but we don't know for sure because it's not an open source software, we have no idea what's happening behind the scenes when the program is running..

 

hackers (or malware writers) in turn exploits this scenario because they know that most web surfers use IE because it's built into their OS.. how they do this? nah.. it's a long story.. in the end, it's up to us to decide which browser to use..do we take Microsoft for their word? (it's all marketing if u ask me) or do we go for something that is transparent when it comes to source code?

 

i go for the latter.

[johnlove]

Microsoft makes money from selling XP. How does Mozilla makes money if Firefox is free?

Edited January 1, 2007 by johnlove

[pizzatraffic]

Microsoft makes money from selling XP. How does Mozilla makes money if Firefox is free?

 

http://geocities.com/pizzatraffic/mozilla.jpg

 

Firefox is a collaborative effort from individuals around the globe, anyone can contribute to the product (provided that you can think of a cool feature that can be added into the browser as an add-on) and you will appear as the author for that particular add-on :cool: imagine all MTC members contributing for a common project like let say "MTC Media Player" that plays nothing but porn movies and sharing it as a free download here in the forum. Anyone who wants to use the name "MTC Media Player" into whatever marketing ads they want have to obtain a license from us (MTC) and we can charge them for that..

im afraid we won't get as rich as Micro$oft's Bill Gates though..

 

if you like the product of Mozilla and wanted to support them, you can always shop on their website or something.. buy ur girlfriend a bag or whatever.. hehe

[magnomedella]

oks mozilla. pero minsan parang memory hog sya. pero mas-ok sa IE.

 

wat ever happened to netscape by the way?

[nightingale]

i love firefox :heart:

[haliotis]

downloaded the latest IE version. . . haven't been able to open IE since. :grr: . .downloaded Firefox and asked myself why did I not use it before. . . :cool:

[Jeremiah Snake]

Mozilla Firefox fo me :cool:

[namanama]

Mozilla Firefox mas okay talaga. Tsaka oo nung wala pang tabbed browsing yung IE, mozilla na ginamit ko kasi mas madaling gamitin, hindi ka na mag-oopen ng napakadaming windows.

Mas safe din sa Mozilla Firefox hindi agad nakakapasok yung mga virus etc.

[businessgeeks]

Mozilla Firefox mas okay talaga. Tsaka oo nung wala pang tabbed browsing yung IE, mozilla na ginamit ko kasi mas madaling gamitin, hindi ka na mag-oopen ng napakadaming windows.

Mas safe din sa Mozilla Firefox hindi agad nakakapasok yung mga virus etc.

 

As of Internet Explorer 7, IE now has tabbed browsing. and it looks cleaner. its ability to hide its menu give users a bit more screenspace for viewing sites. But I still prefer firefox or Opera.

 

:thumbsupsmiley:

[jo27]

Mozilla Firefox.

:mtc:

[TheFixer]

I used to be a fan of Avant... but now...not sure anymore. All seem pretty at par when it comes to stability and tabbed browsing.

[karim06]

Yup I have encountered severe problems with IE even if its genuine OS of Microsoft (WinXP). The units are used on an internet cafe. That time I was using bitdefender as my anti-virus. I have set IE as the default browser and guess what happened. Java scripts flooded the IE cache with worms and viruses along with it. Bitdefender then was not able to block the attack.

The processor usage and hard disk activity goes up leaving you with an unresponsive unit.

The unit hangs up during start up. Why? Bitdefender tries to block it but it causes the system to stop up or worse hang up.

I removed the harddrive then and have it virus-scanned in an another unit.

During the scan the anti-virus finds lots of it in the IE cache and the Windows/system32 folder as well.

That was such a headache for me so I decided to return to Mozilla Firefox.

I didn't encountered anymore problems and I replaced my anti-virus as well with AVG(FREE).

 

Firefox browser is still the best.