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cmpm:
All right, been running Firefox for a few days and am really happy with it's speed and simple design.

The more add-ons I add the slower it is on my computer but still faster then ie7.
Firefox gives many options on add-ons that ie7 does not.
Mainly that the list of add-ons is readily available whereas ie7 you must hunt them down.
Although on both ie7 and Firefox there are add-ons that are not expedient.

Firefox is faster I believe because it uses less internal system resources.
Whereas ie7 is seems tied to everything in the computer.
In other words when bringing up ie7, you also start more then needed.
Firefox is a stand alone application and can run with out additional resources from the main operating system.

With Firefox I have 5 add-ons.
With ie7 I only had a few that I intentionally added-iespell and spybot.
The rest is automatic to use ie7.
Of course there is always java that needs to be there for me.
Not sure exactly what add-ons are inherent in Firefox.
Though I see a spell checker is already there and ready.

In conclusion-
I will use Firefox as my main browser.
At this time anyway...lol...Opera and others are looking for attention also.

Thanks.

cthorpe:
I recently returned to Firefox after having used Opera for months.  The main reason for the switch back was that I think Firefox is more useful for web research with integration with notetaking tools, delicious tagging, etc.  For the most part, I haven't lost any of the functions that I used in Opera, and have gained quite a few that I am already making use of.  If Opera were to ever open up an API for extensions, I would switch back in a heartbeat.

Carl Thorpe

Wordzilla:
Great. Firefox is clearly a better choice over IE7 (IMHO).

Talking about add-ons, I currently have the following installed and enabled:

1. Fire Bug
2. Web Developer Toolbar
3. Restart Firefox
4. ReloadEvery


You might be interested in this topic as well: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful   :)

dhuser:
I like and use Firefox because of the add-ons, open-source, and not being made by a giant software maker. IE7 has some improvements over IE6, but still I will use Firefox.

And the Update process is easier. No IE6 > IE7 upgrade fiasco...
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html
The installer removed existing files, the installer failed, then did not put back the files it removed. I lost every IE component. System Restore then did not run, as it runs on IE. I ended up just re-installing Windows XP. The reason why this happened is that ZoneAlarm was installed... IE7 eventually installed with the new re-installed system. I was smart to install it before ZoneAlarm.

Go Firefox! 8)
dhuser

cmpm:
That link is ok Wordzilla,
But it's dealing with Firefox 1.5, currently using Firefox/2.0.0.3.
Not sure on the updates.
Speaking of updates, I assume you have to update Firefox yourself.
Seems there may not be an auto update feature in Firefox.
Which is no problem.
I check filehippo.com regularly.

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