What's the significant difference?

Firefox has tabs.










Seriously though, Firefox is an open-source browser, which means the source code is freely available, which means anyone can modify and distribute the application, or use elements of it in other applications. It also adheres more strictly to W3C web guidelines. It also supports RSS feeds and, as noted, has tabs. Firefox uses a different rendering engine, too, which is somewhat faster than IE.

IE, of course, is developed by Microsoft, and as the default browser on the Windows platform, it enjoys a larger market share than Firefox.

i like FF better because it's safer. and tabs make internet so much more easier!!! and yes, it's fast.

ie7 has tabs. it seems pretty rad.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7...sXP-x86-enu.exe

Yeah, I heard IE7 has tabs, but I still like Firefox because it's safe and I bookmark A LOT and it really helps to have bookmarked tabs. [but basically, protection from popups and viruses is great]

I get shorter title bars (err... that's an add-on.). &I can right-click open things in IE (err... that's an add-on too.). Well, so basically I'm saying that we get cooler features because of all the add-ons (because of it being open-source, as mipadi mentioned). Not that I use Firefox - I like Mozilla better.
Tabbed is nice, but I don't really use it, I tend to automatically look at the bottom bar.

I like neither. Firefox sometimes would make fonts/links on my websites show up incorrectly, and that's something that really annoys me.

I currently love AOL Explorer, because I'm not getting pop-ups and everything is displayed how it should be.

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I like neither. Firefox sometimes would make fonts/links on my websites show up incorrectly, and that's something that really annoys me.

That's usually a coding problem. (Or in the case of the font "Terminal", a font problem.) And that's why the "open in IE" add-on is my best friend.

FireFox. For a longtime Java hasn't worked for me well on IE. When I got FF, it was a dream come true.

I love FF, Tabs are awesome. and I dont know why but my code on my site works on both IE and FF. So I dont really have any problems with that. Also, my myspace layout is aligned in FF & IE.

ie7 has tabs? *rolls eyes* posers.. hahaha
I dont like IE cause I get pop-ups & viruses.

I would definately say that Firefox is better. Mozilla put out tons of add-ons for it, and a lot of times third party companies/bored coders will create their own add-ons. So really, firefox has a lot of possibilities.

BUT, being a webdesigner, I know that IE is STILL the internet standard. Firefox is growing. But urg... I am forced to code in F**King XHTML so stuff works in both.

::deep breath:: Basically,


IE =

Actually, right-clicking in Firefox gives you more options as well.
I don't have a specific example... but compare the 2 when right-clicking links and images and you'll see a difference. Basically, I think it's more convenient to use FF.

Haha, I currently just switched from IE to FF, and I think I like it better. I like it because Ctrl+U gives you the HTML source for that page. Puahaha. And Ctrl+L highlights that browser opener. Hellz ya. *ctrl+u*

Also, in FF you can add little extensions to 'enhance' (oooo long word ) your web browsing, like session saver which remembers all your tabs and html editior and stuff. Just a nice little browser in general.

I like Avant better than both of them. Firefox is just ugly.

I cant stand FF. When I want to do things like do a marquee it doesnt work properly and it really irks my nerve. What do I care that I can tab my browsers. And I still get the same amount of popups in firefox as ie. I'm forced to use it cuz my boyfriend has it and I'm on his computer, but I dont care for it. Stuff doesnt work right. I spend an extra couple of hours on my website because firefox is weird. But it all worked happily in IE. Like my upwards marquee. Its all sorts of messed up. SO I said screw FF users, I'm not messing it up for everyone else.

By "screwing" Firefox users, you cut yourself off to about 10% of the web surfing population—a pretty big chunk.

The reason <marquee> doesn't work in Firefox is because it's not really an HTML tag—Microsoft added it to IE even though it's not a formal part of the IE spec.

Firefox is more stable. IE has many flaws.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4925606.stm

yeah thats true, but when I say screw firefox, its just the marquee. Cuz I'm stubborn. lol. Everything else works. JJ people see still pictues, and IE sees moving ones. Works for me heh.

Firefox is SOOO Much better!! It protects you from popups and supports clean scripting.

^Don't bump topics that are pretty old...

Maxthon

Reppin' the FF clan homie.

I'm trying to make a website and I got it validated by W3 but guess what? It works perfectly in Firefox but in IE? IE gets confused and my layout is all messed up. As someone said above, IE isn't strict about the scripts which sucks for all us web designers. I still have to learn to get my way around things.

IE7 has tabs and RSS feeds. A host file in the WINDOWS/system32/drivers/etc folder will also block popups. [for the added effect as IE7 has a popup blocked and plishing filter] And Firefox is not faster than IE. That would depend how your system is modified. Maybe yours is modified so that Firefox is faster?

IE 7 isn't even officially out yet, and performance tests have shown the Gecko rendering engine to edge out IE's. I don't think it's significantly faster anymore, though, so I concede the point that speed alone is not a very good reason to use Firefox.

Of course, there is the further point that I could at least modify Firefox to make it faster, which I can't do with IE. But I don't use Firefox often anyway, so it doesn't matter much to me.

I started using Firefox for reasons that have already been discussed in here (speed, tabs, etc). But as Michael said, since FF is open-source, there are so many extensions that customize the browser for the user, and you can't get that with IE. No matter how many updates are made with IE, I'll still be sticking with Firefox for the time being.

Mozilla also has this cool "colorzilla" extension. I don't have to open Photoshop to get hex codes and can eyedrop the colors on the webpages opened in FF. Pretty awesome :D

Firefox,because there're loads of problems happened when using IE.

i guess you mean ugly like appearance? well, you can download different themes so that it looks different, which is what i'm going to do right now. they even have one called pimpzilla.

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/wrongWithIE/
^^Proves all browsers are superior to IE, you should read all the pages.
I still use IE because it's convenient, but those articles really make me want to use Mozilla.

Eh, I use IE but also have Firefox installed for cross-browser checking and really... it's not that bad if you have a good set of anti-virus/pop-up programs installed. I don't remember the last time my computer got a virus. I don't tend to use it for downloading, though, and I've never ordered anything online with it *shrug* I suppose I just know my way around it better, but Firefox feels clunky and it confuses me having so many windows open at once. And tabs and windows; what is the deal with that? Its enough to make a girl's brain implode ^_^

Firefox: add-ons and themes
IE: nope

Firefox: tabs!
IE: copycat tabs someday

Firefox: Open in IE tab
IE: FF? what FF?

Firefox: Built in rss
IE: nah

Firefox: CORRECTLY DISPLAYS EVERYTHING
IE: supports crappy coding (marquees are tacky anyway)

Firefox: Download manager
IE: nah

Firefox: Safer, open source, etc
IE: standard on all computers

Any freaking questions? Seriously, I don't understand why you WOULDN'T use firefox. Or Mozilla. Heck, even Safari or Opera. But not IE.