Mozilla FireFox

Though it is just another web browser, it is by far better than Microsoft’s. I’m using FireFox as my default browser now on 3 of my systems. I still maintain IE6 on my system just for WindowsUpdates and blogging. I’ll summarise my observations from using both browsers, listing their advantages and disadvantages.


I’ll start off with Internet Explorer. Been using this since the day I went online. During this period I tried other browsers but they often take too much time to load. Currently, my blog uses HTMLArea. A piece of javascript that gives me a WYSIWYG interface for writing my blog entries. It works fine when I use IE6 but disappears when using FireFox. Either I analyze my code or find an alternative, I have no time for both so I’ll have to employ IE6 to do my task for now. Here’s a screenshot of how I prefer my IE6 interface configured and the WYSIWYG editor.


Internet Explorer 6.0

FireFox starts up as fast as my IE6. Best thing about FireFox is tabbed browsing, popup blocking, and blocking images(ads) from certain domains by just right clicking. Tabbed browsing is certainly a much neater, easier way of browsing websites without cluttering your taskbar. When browsing a website with a lot of interesting links I want to check, I simply right click and open it in a new tab.


Mozilla FireFox 0.9

I noticed that while the page is loading in FireFox, links that pop up new windows when clicked on will not work. I have to wait till the page finishes loading. I guess this is how FireFox currently works in blocking popups by blocking any window from opening while the page is still loading. The next improvement of IE6 in WinXP SP2, from what I understand, allows popups that are initiated by the user. Haven’t tried to confirm this yet.


Note that I’m comparing the pre-SP2 version of IE6 and FireFox 0.9.

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