Home » Reviews, Software

10 Reasons Why Firefox and Opera Are Better Than Internet Explorer

15 July 2008 467 views 9 Comments



I don’t know anyone who knows anyone who uses IE. Because… As most of us know, Internet Explorer sucks. Here’s why:

  1. No more ads! IE doesn’t have a decent integrated ad-blocking device. Opera and Firefox, on the other hand, have the excellent AdBlock plugin. Of course, if you like to support a site with a few clicks you can set it to show ads for that site. Bloggers (like me) are ever so happy when they get a click or two. ;)
  2. Fast security updates – Internet Explorer’s security updates come with Microsoft’s usual once-per-week schedule. By that time, Firefox has updated itself several times already. Fast updates are very important for security as they help to protect browsers from the newest security threats.
  3. Reasonable tabbed browsing – Internet Explorer’s tabs are quite a mess. Can’t close them when they’re open and no way to bookmark any at the same time.
  4. Accepting certificates – IE shows the finger to all security certificates it doesn’t trust for some reason. Using your company’s solutions can be quite difficult…
  5. Web standards – Firefox’s and Opera’s support of web standards is better.
  6. Portability – You can take Opera or Firefox with you anytime on a memory stick or flash memory device. Internet Explorer is stuck in your Windows.
  7. Only for Windows – IE is only made for Windows. Firefox, Opera and even Safari are all made for several operating systems.
  8. Customization – Opera has a heap of widgets to use. Firefox has tons of plugins and themes so you can make your favorite browser work and look any way you like. Try that on Internet Explorer! :D
  9. Password Management – Firefox and Opera let you choose to delete remembered passwords and Firefox even lets you set one master password to protect the others. IE remains unprotected.
  10. Speed – On Windows XP, both Firefox and Opera are much faster than IE7 when several pages are open. Internet Explorer’s speed is better on Vista, but come on – you need Vista for that!

Stay tuned for tomorrows post, “Firefox vs. Opera.” To bookmark us, press Ctrl + D (If you haven’t noticed yet, this week is Firefox week in xptricks.net)

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (No Ratings Yet)
Loading ... Loading ...

9 Comments »

  • Opera User said:

    Opera also has master password…

    # 17 July 2008 at 4:32 am
  • Eerik said:

    I didn’t actually know that… I’m more of a Firefox user.

    # 19 July 2008 at 9:09 pm
  • Bouncer said:

    one thing is for sure FF loves me

    I have heard sooo many people saying that FF crashes for them but it just hasn’t crashed for me in last 1 year even ONCE!!

    I updated to FF3 and still I am facing no problems

    # 25 July 2008 at 12:52 am
  • Briongloid said:

    Firefox is the king, no doubt. Opera I use to some degree. I used to use it all the time before Firefox. Problem with Opera, I find, is it doesn’t always display pages properly and sometimes there are problems with fields, plugins, etc.

    What I like about Opera is the speed dial function. In fact the only thing going for it is that I find it faster than Firefox both in loading and in loading pages so I usually start Opera and load all my mail, adsense, etc, via speed dial.

    # 26 July 2008 at 11:56 am
  • Eerik said:

    Yeah, that speed dial is why people use Opera. Would be great if Firefox had a plugin to do something similar…

    # 30 July 2008 at 11:21 am
  • How to: visit forums without registering | Windows XP tips & tricks (author) said:

    [...] Step 1. If you’re not using it already, get Firefox! It’s a lot better than Internet Explorer and here’s why. [...]

    # 27 August 2008 at 1:09 pm
  • anirban roy said:

    east or west firefox is the best.
    i hav tried opera too. but firefox loads pages the fastest in my slow connection.

    anirban roy’s last blog post..how to set gmail as your default mail client in FF3

    # 5 September 2008 at 4:00 am
  • Colan Kartopsky said:

    Of course all the reasons you mention is in my opinion really not important. There is a new browser called Gluon, which I use btw. and believe you me it is simple, nice and very useful, I find that all browsers should be simple. Nobody cares about standards, widgets, and addons. in the end getting and seeing the information you want to find counts.

    # 20 November 2008 at 1:29 am
  • Br.Bill said:

    Another reason: after updating to the latest FireFox, you never have to reboot. With IE, you often do have to reboot. Why? Because IE has a stupid, stupid design.

    # 19 December 2008 at 7:45 pm

Leave your response!

Add your comment below, or trackback from your own site. You can also subscribe to these comments via RSS.

Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam.

You can use these tags:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

This is a Gravatar-enabled weblog. To get your own globally-recognized-avatar, please register at Gravatar.

CommentLuv Enabled