Looking at the statistics available on W3Schools, Microsoft Internet Explorer, that comes with Windows system, was dominating no 1. web browser back in 2002, they beat all other competitors (Netscape, Opera and etc) badly. When Firefox creeped in, the game of web browsers had changed drastically and slowly, it began to take on Internet Explorer. Now, it’s evolved into a war between these 2 browsers.

I have used IE, Netscape, Opera and of course, Firefox. Firefox is my favourite browser followed by Opera.

6 reasons on why you should use Firefox

1. Tabbed browsing
Talking about tabbing browsing, Firefox has tabbed browsing which is similar to Internet Explorer 7 and Opera. Tabbing browsing is extremely useful as it doesn’t flood up your taskbar with a lot of windows. One browser, Many webpages. If you accidentally closed the the tab, you can always undo the closed tab with a few mouse clicks. Regarding to this, I feel that they should integrate shortcut to this function. Opera can undo the closed tab with just Ctrl+Z.

2. Spell Check
This function is very useful for someone like me who often misspells. It wokrs works.

3. Pop-up blocker
Unwanted Ads can be annoying at times. Firefox can control your webpage viewing with minimal disturbance from annoying ads. When Ads are blocked, Firefox will notify you via their information bar.

4. Open Source Rules
The concept behind open source is equaled to more secure because when there are bugs, there will be thousands of experienced and passionate developer to solve them together. With thousands of brainpower, these bugs can be killed within seconds.

5. Automated Update
When bugs are solved, Firefox will update itself automatically. No joke, it’s real when you enable the feature.

6. Extensive Extensions
I love these extensions! You can install extensions on top of the basic functions of Firefox. These extensions are additional tools for you to use such as Adsense Notifiter, Del.icio.us, Stumbleupon, Ads blocker, Google Toolbar and much more. It’s really more than meet the eye. They are available on Firefox Add-ons

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