Firefox: Browser on a Roll

Well nothing really to saw execpt that ie has met it's maker!

Considering that MS is having enough trouble keeping up with patches, I don't think we're going to see any major changes in IE before Longhorn unless they offer another service pack (and even that wouldn't help people still using Windows 98). The rate of adoption of FF has been steady and I can't see any signs of it stopping in the near future (surely it will eventually plateau, but I doubt that will be before its the dominant browser). Hopefully when Firefox version 1.1 comes along (in March?), it will further hasten the migration away from IE...

As soon as Firefox came out I had my family switch. Unfortunately I have to use IE at work. Some of that percent is from people forced to use IE at work. If it wasn?t for that maybe your numbers would be different.

The main problem as I see it is that a large proportion of people dont really care what browser they use if they only do a bit of online shopping and casual surfing.
More computer savvy folk are the ones that have taken up Firefox,the general PC using public must be persuaded to change somehow....

IE users Virus! Spyware! Worms! Death to your PC!

This is the message we've got to send to neophytes who will never figure out tabbed browsing or how to add and use extensions.

The beauty of FF is that besides its feature set and security advantages it's easy to use and works in a way similar to IE.

So again, our message to the IE users must be...
...Virus! Spyware! Worms! Death to your PC!

I agree with Alex that many people use IE at work, which will for the forseeable future keep IE in the dominant position. What will really turn these numbers upside down is when corporate IS admins start turning FF loose on their intranets, and therefore introduce FF to a wider audience. As for M$ , I believe that they will do what they always do, wait almost too long and then jump in with both feet. I believe in this case, they cannot wait on Longhorn.

I switched over my PC, my wife and sons PCs and have never looked back. I hate that I have to use IE at work..

For all the people that fit into the "I have to use IE at work" group... wow, all I can say is, I hope you really like your job. Why?, well, I can tell you, that if I was ever told that, at a company I worked for?, I would quit.

Using IE, is like carrying a hand grenade, with the pin pulled... sure, most of the time, everything is fine... but would you do it? No, of course not, the risk is just way to high...

While the strength of the monopoly giants Microsoft Internet Explorer holds the masses, the people who are truly concerned with net security, useability and reliability are switching to Mozzilla. Not to forget the many cool themes that you can easily download and install to make your browsing experience even better. Make the switch today.

I installed FF at work a few months ago, but when an IT was working on PC, he saw it & uninstalled it...IE only is allowed. He was clueless about FF (as are most corp IT guys I have encountered).

I found this portable version a few weeks ago: http://portablefirefox.mozdev.org/

Portable Firefox is a fully functional package of Firefox optimized for use on a USB key drive.

I actually burned the files to a CD and then copied them onto my work PC HD & it runs great. I don't have admin rights on my work PC anymore. This version doesn't actually install.

I installed FF at work a few months ago, but when an IT was working on PC, he saw it & uninstalled it...IE only is allowed. He was clueless about FF (as are most corp IT guys I have encountered).

I found this portable version a few weeks ago: http://portablefirefox.mozdev.org/

Portable Firefox is a fully functional package of Firefox optimized for use on a USB key drive. It will also work from a CDRW drive (in packet mode), ZIP drives, external hard drives, some MP3 players, flash RAM cards and more.

I actually burned the files to a CD and then copied them onto my work PC HD & it runs great. I don't have admin rights on my work PC anymore. This version doesn't actually install.

I said good bye to IE, more than 3 months ago not with FF, but Opera. Unfortunately It's free version has Ads. I think FF is the best alternative. Thanks for guys at mozilla project.

I am a computer science student in Calgary. I have switched to Firefox and made sure that my friends and family have done the same. Unfortunately, my school still forces me to use IE. The plus side, next month my tech school is scheduled to allow both IE and Firefox. This is only the first step towards complete Firefox.

When I read the article on Firefox I said my goodbyes to IE and made the switch. Uncle Bill & the boys in Redmond need to sit up & take notice cuz there's a new sheriff in town and the name is Firefox. It's easy to use, easy to customize and just a pleasure to work with all around. I would recommend to anyone to make the switch to Firefox.

I have been using Firefox since before it was called Firefox. I also use Thunderbird as an email and NG reader and am beginning to use Sunbird for my calendar. Mozilla rules. I use IE at work though I hope the company will switch. IE has met its match and I will never go back.

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I have to admit that Firefox does have a nice interface, and tab browsing is a nice feature I wish IE had, but I also must say that I have been using IE for as long as I can remember and I've never had a problem such as viruses, trojans, etc... I just have the proper safeguards in place. I have a hardware and software firewall and anti-virus, and I keep them up to data. I surf the web probably about 5 hours a day, and my computer is always connected to the internet and whenever I run spysweeper, spybot search & destroy or adaware, they don't fine a single problem with my computer.

Firefox also doesn't load all pages. IE is fine, and if you get a trojan, virus or whatever, most of the time it's because you weren't careful enough. Get educated, than start commenting on matters like this. Once Firefox becomes more dominant, and virus and trojan writer start focusing on Firefox, then you'll see how many holes Firefox has also.

Have fun.

I am an Electrical Engineering student and today in class my professor asked us who uses Firefox and about half of the class raised their hands. I also know that after he asked that, other students who did not know about it, looked into it and I know one of my classmates downloaded it and fell in love with it. It is a great browser, much better than Miscrosoft.

When I was using IE, I had to run Ad-Aware every day to clean up all the spyware, and there were a lot. Since I switched to Firefox the spyware is non-existance. That alone is worth the switch.

Anyone have a good link to a site
that has info about how to use all the cool features of FF.
Like the Themes, extensions and tabbed browsing

I switched to Firefox a few months ago at the advice of a techie friend and it's wonderful. The only thing lacking is that some places I visit online don't adopt some browser compatibility. I have to open up IE for a lot of my schoolwork, like when I register for classes and such. Although my university now offers Mozilla. But it's just too Netscape for me. I prefer FF.

Good bye to IE ,hello to FF , nice knowing you IE, welcome FF. Thanks Mozilla for coming to the rescue!!

Good bye IE ,hello to FF , nice knowing you IE, welcome FF. Thanks Mozilla for coming to the rescue!!

Using Internet Exploder is like going on a high-volume, worldwide brothel tour without condoms or any other means of preventing STDs... you use it, you're gonna get infected. Firefox is the heat right now because it hasn't attracted the attention that Microsoft has from 14 year old Y chromo mammals script kiddies and their ilk. once everyone is onboard with Firefox, same stuff, different day.

I downloaded ff on 2 different os's and was disappointed I couldn't visit some sites even after downloading the required plugins. IE works and so I think I'll stay with the evil empire a while longer.

I've been using Firefox for a few weeks now. I appreciate its security advantages, but it's no miracle drug. FF freezes a lot, and I have to reboot it seems like once or twice a day. It is especially problematic with Java-based programs, including chatrooms. It also seems to get ornery with the new generation of advertisements. So, yes, FF is a reasonably good product, but I'll be delighted to see upgrades.

HEY I LOVE FF USE IT ALL THE TIME. BUT STILL HAVE USE IE TO CHECK MY MAIL AND THE KIDS PLAY THE MSN FREE ONLINE GAMES THAT DON'T WORK WITH FF.HOPEFULLY FF WILL FIX SOME DAY THEN IT WOULD BE MY ONLY BROWSER

still there is a problem by using Firefox is that some of the websites are only readable for IE. LIke Yahoo launch music is an example. But I have a thought that firefox will take over the browser world soon

I use both Firefox and IE. I use IE for sites that sites that i know are bug-free such as cnn.com or this site and Firefox when i do online searches or visit new sites etc.

bye bye billy and his bad os!

FF rocks! Hey if you really want to not have to worry about whether you have the latest AV updates get a Mac mini and surf the net with no worries at all.

I have stayed far away from IE since version 4.0 came out in 1997. I won't get into the horror stories with the early IE4 versions screwing up Windows to the point of having to reformat. To those who thought I was paranoid back then, I get the last laugh now. :) Thankfully there is litepc.com which will optimize Windows dramatically and remove IE for good. Firefox is easily the best browser out now, but I also use Opera, Netscape, Lynx, and a slew of others in order to take advantage of the best of all worlds.

I got FF about a month ago, and absolutely love it. The only problem is some sites don't display very well - gotta keep IE around for them.

My concern is that one FF usage reaches a critical number, wa better watch out for the malware storm!!

It's embarrasing too read the kind of sensational drivel that gets posted on these supposedly tech savvy blogs.

Firefox did not get to 18% of the web in 2 months. People have been downloading it for a much longer time than that.

Second, would you like to guess how many users of Firefox ALSO use IE on their machines? May be a useful statistic before trumpeting a new kid on the block.

Many IE users do not *need* a new version of IE. Give MYIE2 and SLIMBROWSER a swing, which make your IE work on steroids. Both have an equally compelling interface as Firefox, if not better because I don't need a thousand 'extensions' to make things work. Both have a plugin architecture though if that's really needed.

For power users, nothing, nothing, even comes close to Opera Beta 8.

Great news guys, IE aint in the firing line on the latest virus hackings ... its firefox and mozilla products.

Good news to those of us who have used Firefox and actually given up on it down to its lack of compatibility with alot of web pages and products. It also turns a chat room from my site upside down!

SP2 and IESP1 is still at the top with all the patches MS have done well

Just as a note. ActiveX components are COM DLLs encapsulated in a CAB archive file. FireFox plug ins are XPCOM DLLs, with the same attendent risks and level of system risk, packaged in an XPI file. Both browsers, when viewing a page with XPI/CAB software, will display the info bar asking do you want to install this 3rd party software with virtually the same wording.

You cannot use lack of support for ActiveX as a selling point for FireFox. As much as I love FireFox, XPCOM is just as dangerous.

> SP2 and IESP1 is still at the top with all the patches MS have done well

So it's a shame then that Secunia have reported more vulnerabilities, post-SP2.

Another of the great things about Firefox is platform independence. I'm so much safer just by virtue of running Linux.

I have been using FireFox for about two months and its faster at surfing the internet. I haven't ever had a problem with spyware because i run Webroot spysweeper and i had a program called IE-Spyad that was the best protection if you were using IE 6 with Serivce pack2. I would recommend firefox to anyone and their thunderbird email software is great.

All you have to do is note the number of pop-ups, pop-unders, pop-sideways ads you DON'T GET with Firefox to know you have a better product. Their Thunderbird mail program kicks Outlook Express' butt as well. Of course, if Microsoft runs true to form, they will release some "Critical Update" and suddenly we will all find our Firefox browsers and Thunderbird mail getting kind of glitchy.

Our IT people won't LET us use IE at the college where I teach. They suggested that people use Firefox, and then get the IEView extension, to aid Forefox/Mozille/IE integration. Here's the address: http://ieview.mozdev.org/ -- with that in place, you can right-click on a Firefox page, and it comes up in IE. Then you can close it again.

what about Netcaptor guys ? It seems to be better as well.

I switched to Firefox about 3-4 months ago, and love it!! I told the computer director at my school that we have to switch, but he said no! Then, 3 months later, The entire network was brought down by a virus let in through IE!! Who's ahead of the game now????!!!

I won't use IE save for Windows updates . It had left my computer more vulnerable than a virgin on prom night. I use FF and have NO spyware. That's right kiddies, I have NO spyware and NO spyware blocking tools, just removal tools. How about that?