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| Time: 15:07 EST/20:07 GMT | News Source: ExtremeTech | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Though Internet Explorer is still the most common browser today, Firefox is catching up, and it's only a matter of time before it claims the top spot. While I'm sure many people get the warm fuzzies when they use Firefox because they feel it's safer and it offers tabbed browsing (though IE7 has tabs now), I found more value in Firefox through its extensions and add-ons. Why? There are hundreds of extensions out there for everybody—tailored to your specific needs. As the Web developer for ExtremeTech, I turn to quite a few add-ons to make life a lot easier. Plus, there's plenty of other ways to enhance Firefox, even if all you care about is surfing the Web. For this feature, I want to share with you the latest, greatest extensions Firefox has to offer. | ||
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| #1 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 2/11/2008 3:27:57 PM |
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"Firefox is catching up, and it's only a matter of time before it claims the top spot"
Maybe, maybe not! I think it depends on IE8. |
| #2 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 2/11/2008 3:31:56 PM |
| As long as Windows is the dominant OS and includes IE, IE will have top spot. |
| #3 By 7754 (206.169.247.2) at 2/11/2008 3:40:09 PM |
| I've said it many times before... until Firefox has an enterprise-grade and -geared update utility, it's a no-go for many, many companies--a perspective most tech reviewers rarely consider. Even then, though, that amounts to supporting *two* browsers, and for what? IE works just fine... I like Firefox, but it just doesn't offer enough over IE to make it worthwhile, and there are some things IE does better. |
| #4 By 22962 (74.236.229.87) at 2/11/2008 7:05:20 PM |
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I use firefox mostly but I use IE when the sites do not render very well on Firefox.
So I keep both browsers on my desktop. I also thought that IE had tabbed add-on before Firefox did. I could be wrong but I remember it from years back.. maybe IE4.. but I never used that add-on. Someone can confirm this. |
| #5 By 22962 (74.236.229.87) at 2/11/2008 7:08:10 PM |
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This post was edited by budmanjr on Monday, February 11, 2008 at 19:09. |
| #6 By 82766 (202.154.80.82) at 2/11/2008 7:55:05 PM |
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I doubt FF will ever hold #1 spot, solely due to the number of people out there with IE5 and 6, that "just don't care about such things" so they'll never install FF and they'll probably never would manually install IE7... of course, IE7 has a lot of security enhancements over IE6 (and below), which is why MS will push it out via Windows Update - IMHO, thats a good thing!
#4 - There are a number of non-Microsoft add-on's for IE which supported tabbed browsing in IE4 through 6, but IE7 was the first official tabbed browser from MS. |
| #7 By 89445 (72.135.255.212) at 2/11/2008 9:26:08 PM |
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I agree with #3. Right now, FF is one of the most unsecure browsers an enterprise can have. It is no secret that they've been plagued with many vulns in 2007 and since Enterprises must rely on the end user to keep FF updated (like that will ever happen), the only alternative is to track and laboriously update all the installations of FF.
Microsoft may patch a lot, but they have a mature platform for keeping things updated that enterprise IT can rely on. FF is not enterprise ready from that perspective and will have IT security saying "no" until FF matures enough and implements a patch management system that can compete. |
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