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Originally Posted by wige
Firefox is a bit more standards compliant. Also, because FF is less commonly used than IE, and not tied directly into the operating system, and is patched more frequently, it is more secure. Firefox is also more extensible than IE, with literally thousands of plugins available for almost any need. LiveHTTPHeaders, YSlow, SEO Toolbar, Total Validator, and Firebug are just some of the diagnostic addins I have in my Firefox, which help me troubleshoot network and web site problems, and none of which have an IE counterpart. |
firefox is not safer than IE
also firefox takes more RAM
and FF is not as fast depending on your profile.
the best browser when it comes to reading html/xml/css is OPERA and you check that with the ACID test:
Acid2 Browser Test - The Web Standards Project
most important of all though: i use firefox and it's the shit, i don't know why people still use IE, it's just a bad browser.
you should hit the extensions site here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
get some addons and get some themes, customize your browser a bit and make it your own.
some great extensions are:
firebug (why isn't this standard with firefox again ?... )
the web developer extension (must have for developers)
seoquake (must have tool if you're doing
seo)
search status (get it here:
SearchStatus | Firefox SEO Toolbar Extension )
mouse gestures (great for productivity and lazyness)
and useragent switcher (makes a site think you are a different browser, for the haters out there)
enjoy.
EDIT: if you want to get really technical you can type in about
:config in the address bar of FF and start changing some stuff there too
edit edit: oh and foxyproxy, that could be a good one if you like to check your rank in google through different geolocation but want to connect to a proxy server uber quick