Top Reasons Why You Should Use Firefox 3

If you are not using firefox web browser, chances are you are using Internet Explorer (IE). Don’t get me wrong, IE is good and excellent web browser but I found Firefox perform better than IE. As a part-time web developer, blogger and avid web surfer, I have both browser installed in my machine.

Let check out why it’s time for you to switch over for secure browsing using firefox. I found out that Stand Blog (http://standblog.org/blog/post/2008/04/19/10-reasons-to-choose-Firefox-3) has done a good job there by expressing the important points. Let check out the following :-
Safer browsing

* 1 - Proven security track record, with more frequent, transparent updates, so that you use a safer browser
* 2 - malware protection to be protected against unwanted downloads such as viruses and trojan horses

Better browsing, with thousands of improvements

* 3 - Awesome bar, so that you can find places you’ve been before with a couple of keystrokes
* 4 - “Save on exit” so that when you launch Firefox, you’re immediately ready to surf, with last windows and tabs open
* 5 - Remember passwords without a dialog box, so that you decide to save the password after you’ve logged-in
* 6 - New download manager, users can pause a download and resume it later, with a search box to easily retrieve previous downloads
* 7 - Customizable: change the look and feel (themes) and add features (extensions) to Firefox through the built-in add-ons manager. More than 5,000 community-built extensions are available for free!

Better performance

* 8 - Fastest on complex Web applications, such as GMail so you are more comfortable, even on old machines
* 9 - Uses less memory than any other browser, so you’ll get more mileage out of your computer
* 10 - Moving the Web forward by supporting advanced Web standards so that the Web keeps evolving and benefits users in the long term.