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Should Be Using Firefox? The Top 5 Reasons Why.

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Firefox is the new browser from the Mozilla Foundation, which was built to carefully support the many standards given by the W3C Consortium (in charge of defining a common way to display web pages, so they display the same in different browsers) while being designed with security in mind.

Also, the security of Firefox is much better than other browsers because it was designed to be secure since its inception. Instead to creating a "bloated" product with a lot of features, they thought it was better that features could be added by users and created a mechanism called "plugins", which are created by third parties and add the functionality that users demand.

Here are the top 5 reasons why you should be using Firefox:

1. Internet Explorer was built to avoid standards whenever possible. If all browsers have the same functionality, it would be very easy for users to switch to another program, something Microsoft may dislike. This is changing now that Firefox is growing fast, but it seems that Microsoft intent is to lock you in the use of Internet Explorer as much as they can. Fight back and use Firefox instead.

2. Firefox is constantly improving. The life of Internet Explorer 1.0 began in 1,995. Netcape Navigator was the leading browser at that time, with more than 95% market share. Year after year Microsoft improved his browser and included it in all their products, Windows, Office, you name it, Explorer was there and it was impossible for Netscape to compete with that kind of monopolistic distribution. Internet Explorer 6.0 was released in 2,001, that is: 6 versions in 6 years. When Internet Explorer 6.0 got more than 90% market share, developments stopped till 2,007 when they released Internet Explorer 7.0. By then, Firefox and other browsers included many innovative features that Microsoft was not interested to add.

3. Proven Security. When the US Computer Emergency and Response Team (CERT) recommends that you should be using any browser other than Internet Explorer, certainly you should listen. In this article: http://www.securityfocus.com/news/8998 they warn people about the security problems of Internet Explorer. Firefox was developed with security in mind, so it is much less vulnerable.

4. Mozilla develops more solutions. The Mozilla Foundation is not worried about market share and develops useful programs as free Open Source, meaning that everybody could look at the source could if they wish. Not only they developed Firefox, but also, Thunderbird (to read email) NVU (a program to edit Web Pages) and many other excellent and useful software.

5. Totally Free. The Mozilla Foundation develops all their software in the open source model, meaning that anybody can see the source and change it to their own needs. This helps in the creation of a much secure product because more eyes are looking into the possible problems.

But the most important reason of all is security. When a program is built without logical structure, it is very difficult to fix any problems that arise and the only thing you can do is apply patches, exactly what Microsoft have been doing for years. You can wait till Microsoft develops a secure browser from the ground up, but you have the option to start using Firefox now and feel secure on the Internet.

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