Random Thoughts of Mine...

I tried doing this post before, but the stupid Opera server ate it before I could even save it to notes So here I go again.

Recently, Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer (it should instead be called Insecure Explorer) 7 were released by the Mozilla Foundation & Microsoft, respectively. I have found some reviews comparing them both from PC World & from CNET. PC Magazine compares Opera 9, FF 2 and IE 7 here. Here's a PC World Techblog post about those browsers.

I first heard about Firefox from a PC World magazine article. I decided to try it out and downloaded it (this was when the browswer was called Firebird). I tried it and loved it. Later I heard about Opera from a PC World magazine article. When Opera had it's 10th anniversary party, I downloaded it then (this was when Opera was charging for the browswer and offered it free for a limited time). Opera is a great browswer also. FF is the fastest browswer, followed by Opera, then finally, IE. Some people have said that FF is a resource hog, but that is not the case with my experience. FF hardly uses any resources on my PC, but Opera is a resource hog though. It does slow my PC down, so that is why I browse with FF alot more than I do with Opera. I use IE as a last resort. Eventually I will download both of them and try them out, but will still hardly use IE. You know how Microsoft copies off of others, and is slow to patch vulnerabilities in their software. IE 7 already has 2 vulnerabilities: Windows Injection & Redirection Information Disclosure. Microsoft tried to play catch-up with Opera & Firefox, but they are still behind. Maybe in another 5 years they will try and fail again


Anti Spam