Why Mozilla Firefox is the Best Internet Browser Out Today

Google Teams with Firefox, Excludes Internet Explorer

Mozilla Firefox is a completely free, open source browser, designed in such a way that it protects your computer from viruses, spyware, and pop-ups more efficiently than other browsers like Internet Explorer. (IE requires users to upgrade to Windows XP and download its Service Pack 2 to be best protected from viruses and avoid the most pop-up ads, a hassle for those who already have other versions of Windows). Firefox has won countless awards over the past several years, most recently the PC Magazine Technical Excellence Award, Software and Development Tools category, January 2006; the PC Magazine Best of the Year Award, December 27, 2005; the PC Pro Real World Award, December 8, 2005; and the CNET Editors' Choice Award, November 2005. Compared to Internet Explorer, Opera, and Apple Computer’s Safari, Mozilla Firefox is by far the best Internet browser available today.

Mozilla Firefox uses very little memory in general compared to Internet Explorer. It also takes up far less space (4.6 megabytes, as opposed to Internet Explorer’s hefty 80 megabytes [with Windows XP Service Pack 2, that is]). This allows Firefox to run much more quickly and smoothly than Internet Explorer does, since there is less to load. Forbes, using Secunia Stay Secure as its source, states that the proportion of patched security vulnerabilities in Firefox is 10% higher compared to those in Internet Explorer (69% to 59%, respectively). Firefox also boasts the least amount of unpatched vulnerabilities at 15%, while Internet Explorer clocks in at a staggering 36%.