6 Reasons Why Firefox Is Better Than Internet Explorer

Web browsers are a useful every-day sort of thing. You're using one right now to read this page. How do you know the one you use is keeping you safe while you surf? If you use IE7, here are some things to keep in mind.

Reason 1: Better Management of Personal Info

Internet Explorer stores information about the web sites you visit in several location. Not all of them are removed when you clear your cache. Some information about the web sites you visit is stored in the Windows registry on your PC. This information can be stolen by spyware programs.

Firefix stores your information in one location, which can be cleared at any time. You can even set it to clear the info each time you finish your browsing session and close the browser window.

Reason 2: Less Vulnerable To Attacks

Most malicious programs which exploit web browsers are written for Internet Explorer, which has required more patches to fix problems over time.

Reason 3: Extensions and Plugins

Firefox has a variety of useful extensions you can download. Some extensions are good for security such as CookieSafe, which blocks cookies from all web sites except for the ones you want to allow. You can tell it to allow the cookie for that browsing session, or forever. There is a similar extension to only allow JavaScript to run on a per-site basis called NoScript.

Reason 4: Themes

You can skin Firefox! Choose from a huge selection, download as many as you want, then pick one you want to use. The rest are saved if you want to switch to a different one later.

Reason 5: Organized Interface

Another reason Firefox is better than Internet Explorer is that buttons are less cluttered. It also takes away the annoying problem of accidentally rearranging the menu, which happens in IE7 occasionally.

Reason 6: Search Bar Includes More Than Just One Engine

The search bar which is integrated into FF includes Google and other popular resources. It has a menu which can be pulled down to quickly select where you want to do a search. IE7 only includes their Live Search feature.

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