Safari of Fire Fox? Help?

Question

I am deciding firefox or safari or IE for windows, but really I am deciding Safari or Firefox, and I have some questions,


1. Safari, IE, Fire Fox? and Why?

2.How do I give best answer? because it doens't say give best answer?

3. If I delete IE explorer will I have no more internet access if I have Safari Or Firefox on for one of my defult browsers?

Answer 1

Firefox is faster, more compatible, and WAY more stable than ANY software written by Apple for a PC. It also has thousands more add-ons than safari ever could dream of having.



Thew new Firefox 3.1 beta (with codemonkey engine) is FAST! as compared to IE or safari.



Do NOT un-install Internet Exploder... IE is absolutely *required* by the operating system for automated security patch installation. You can set Firefox to be the "default" browser, but don't try to un-install IE...

Answer 2

If you have already made your mind up that far I would go with Firefox over Safari, if only for the fact that more people use Firefox so there is a greater community to draw help from if something goes wrong.



If you have an open mind try Google Chrome, it is still catching up to Firefox in certain aspects, but it handles system memory much more efficiently, and has a better browser layout. The one catch is Chrome's pop up blocker simply hides the pop up in the lower right, helps if you need the pop ups on certain sites, but if its an ad and it has audio it will still play through.



As for IE, you can remove it, just make sure you do it cleanly/ I would keep it around as a backup browser just in case. There was one site while I was in the navy that refused to even serve you anything unless you were using IE and I didn't have the time to jack around with Firefox to get it to work.

Answer 3

1. Safari, IE, Fire Fox? and Why?

A] Firefox

http://www.getfirefox.com

using Firefox extensions:

safer:

Firekeeper is an Intrusion Detection and Prevention System integrated within Firefox. Its main goal is to detect and inform the user about malicious sites that

are trying to use some known browsers vulnerabilities to get control over the user's machine or to do some other suspicious action.

Interclue:Ever wanted to know what was behind the link before you clicked? Interclue tells you everything you need to know before you open yet another tab. does NOT

work in Yahoo e-mail

scramble passwords [ KeyScrambler ]

able to detect poisoned links BEFORE you click [ DR Web ]

Finjan SecureBrowsing is a free service that proactively alerts you to potential malicious content hiding behind links.accesses each of the URLs in its current form on the web, and scans the relevant pages in real time then displays a safety rating next to each link it has scanned.

LocalRodeo is a Firefox extension that aims to protect against attacks which lately have been summarized under the term JavaScript Malware.

LocalRodeo specifically counters two attack vectors:

* Intranet Exploration (i.e. JavaScript portscanning and fingerprinting):

The extension classifies all network locations to be either local or external, with local locations being part of the intranet. All http requests that have an external origin (i.e. were generated within the execution context of an external

webpage) and a local target (i.e. an intranet resource) are canceled by LocalRodeo.

* Anti DNS-Pinning: LocalRodeo detect this attack method by monitoring DNS answers. The switch of a given domain from external to local (or vice versa) is a clear indication of an anti-pinning attack. If such a switch is detected, all further requests from or to the malicious domain are prohibited.



B] browser helpers:

CoLT 2.4.1 makes it easy to copy either a hyperlink's text or both the link and the link's text (in a format you specify). Two handy context-menu items make this possible, and don't add clutter; the items are only visible when right-clicking a link!

download videos [ Unplug ]

evaluate links for connectivity [ Link Evaluator ]

preview image of page links in search results [ Google Preview ]

Forecastfox™ 0.9.7.7 Get international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com, and display it in any

toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable and unobtrusive

Update Scanner 2.2.3

Monitors web pages for updates. Useful for websites that don't provide Atom or RSS feeds.

Image Zoom 0.3.1

Easily zoom in, zoom out, fit image to screen or set custom zoom on individual images within a web page. All this can be done by using the context menu or a combination of mouse buttons and scroll wheel. Handy to see the finer details of smaller pics or to make very large pics fit within your screen Page Zoom - Zoom all images on a web page with a single command or make all

images on a page zoom with the browsers text zoom feature .

Cooliris "3D Wall" Transform your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for online photos and videos.Share Effortlessly drag and drop multiple images and videos from the 3D Wall to friends. Discover Politics, Sports, Hollywood . . .Channel surf the latest news from around the world. Shopping Brand new interface for shopping Amazon, iTunes, Nordstrom

Paste Email (original) Paste your email address into text fields. paste up to 15 entries

Link Evaluator is a Firefox extension designed to help users evaluate the availability of online resources linked to from a given Web page. When started, it automatically follows all links on the current page, and assesses the responses and covers each live link in green to indicate a live link

Google Tube

This is a must-have addon for all video-site fans!

YouPlayer is a video player with playlist similar to Winamp. You may add/drag a video link into the playlist and watch it or download it.Currently supported sites: Google Video, MetaCafe, MySpace and YouTube.

You may now even drag local files from hard drive into playlist and watch them!

GooglePreview Inserts preview images (thumbnails) and popularity ranks of web sites into the Google and Yahoo search results pages. shows a preview thumbnail of each page's front page



C] Firefox is the FASTEST browser on the web !



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Answer 4

Firefox definitely...faster...more stable...more versatile...and SECURE!