firefox?

United States
November 14, 2006 7:46pm CST
I just got a reply to one of my discussions and they mentioned firefox can anyone explain to me what that is. I think it is like internet explorer because they compared it to internet explorer.
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13 responses
@caribe (2465)
• United States
17 Nov 06
Thank you for having this discussion. I know nothing about Foxfire and this has been a very informative discussion for me too.
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@mgmagana (3618)
• United States
15 Nov 06
it is another search engine, i think it's better then internet explorer, if u want to try it go to mozilla.com
• United States
15 Nov 06
what is mozilla?
• United States
15 Nov 06
Mozilla is who makes Firefox. They make other programs as well. Like Thunderbird (e-mail program). http://www.mozilla.org --- --- --- "I certainly think Britney Spears is the devil. The way she projects herself and the fact that she is so obviously vacuous. I think it's such a shame that she became so influential to very small children." -- MORRISSEY --- --- ---
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• United States
15 Nov 06
thank you don't think I'm an idiot I have been using the internet forever but I have never heard of firefox or mozilla. I might give it a try. can I use both internet explorer and mozilla? I am a little afraid of change.
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@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
12 Jan 07
Firefox is just like Ie. It's a web browser, I think it's slightly better then internet explorer, because we don't get as many pop ups with Firefox.
@sahyd2don (2942)
• India
10 Apr 07
I am using firefox and Internet Explorer both.I find firefox more faster than internet explorer also i like its feature which allows us to open multiple windows under different tabs.
@Pmcbride (1081)
15 Nov 06
Oh yes firefox is the best thing since sliced bread, it is an internet browser, a lot more secure than internet explorer, has tabbed browsing(this is excellent) and you can download popup blockers etc for it separately i just love it i've been using it for about 6 months now, have a look and see for yourself - you won't be disappointed: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/central.html
• United States
15 Nov 06
can you use it just like you can internet explorer?
• United States
15 Nov 06
You can use it like IE, but it's better. It doesn't use the ActiveX controls/scripting, though. Which is a GOOD thing cuz that can really screw things up. I believe you CAN download an extension that'll allow ActiveX, but I don't recommend it. --- --- --- "I certainly think Britney Spears is the devil. The way she projects herself and the fact that she is so obviously vacuous. I think it's such a shame that she became so influential to very small children." -- MORRISSEY --- --- ---
@sahyd2don (2942)
• India
10 Apr 07
There are many browsers in the market.They all are free.One of the browsers is firefox which is getting popular day by day.I have heard many users saying that they find firefox faster than Internet Explorer.
@shubhang (13)
• India
17 Apr 07
mozilla is another search engine. it is much much better than IE. it also provides so many additional features. that helps in surfing internet much easily.
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
14 Jan 07
Firefox is much better and safer than the IE browser and even better than the newer IE 7 browser, which also has tabbed browsing. It was mentioned earlier that it is safer and more secure but I just heard from a friend that you should not use Gmail on Firefox because of the way Gmail is set up which allows spyware and hackers to access your computer. If you use Gmail, you may want to use IE for that. Otherwise it is a great browser and much faster.
@wathanjim (2214)
• United States
15 Nov 06
Firefox beats explorer hands down.Uses less resources and runs faster.
@mirage108 (3402)
• United States
15 Nov 06
firefox is just another web browser just like internet explorer. it does offer pretty much the same features. I mainly use IE instead of FF
@Violette13 (1048)
• United States
15 Nov 06
That would be myself i think that responded to yours. :) It's another internet browser, but it way better than Explorer. ;D
@dan2003 (147)
• Romania
17 Nov 06
I use Mozilla Firefox since last year and I can tell you it is, in some ways, better than Internet Explorer.For example, in Mozilla Firefox you can open multiple pages in the same window and you can easily switch between them, without changing the window. You can download Mozilla at: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ After dowloading, you can easily install
@kingsix (46)
• Qatar
6 Mar 07
It is an anti-virus program.I think it is not that effective because it did not help me to delete some virus in my computer. Perhaps I just do not know how to use it. Anyone,can tell me how to use it well. I am thinking of deleting it because it seems it is useless.
@santuccie (3384)
• United States
7 Apr 07
Mozilla Firefox is a browser. Internet Explorer, Opera, Netscape Navigator, Avant...these are all examples of browsers. A browser is software that you use to view webpages. Firefox is a bit safer than Internet Explorer, particularly because it isn't as widely used. This is the same story with Opera, which is even safer than Firefox, and the fastest of all well-known browsers. Firefox is still relatively safe, and supports some ActiveX controls (you use these to run programs over the Internet). It's not much faster than IE though; basically people use it because of all the fancy plug-ins they can get, or because they aren't sure of their security software. Personally, I don't have much use for it. I use strong security software, so I can stick with the universal standard, Internet Explorer. When I use a particular website often, and have to login to use it, I will often save the bookmark and login on my portable Opera browser. Otherwise, I use IE for the functionality, as well as SiteAdvisor.