Is anyone using this version? Is it worth installing or should I stick with what I've got?
Constance said:Listen to Mish...I have had nothing but problems with them!
Mozilla Firefox has tabs and is safer, faster, and more secure.Aurora said:I really like the tab feature that allows you to have multiple browser tabs open at the same time.
Alix said:Aurora, what is that tab feature like? And why do you like it better than the toolbar at the bottom? Just curious. Thanks all!
Aurora said:With IE prior to 7 each time you want to open a new website you have to open a new IE window which will allow you to see only one site at a time. With IE 7 you only need to run one copy of IE and it opens a new tab for each URL that is open. This uses less CPU time and makes it easier to switch between websites. Many computers with limited memory will crash or run very slowly if you open too many programs at the same time. This should not happen with IE 7.
I've been using Mozilla (FireFox) and NetCaptor (which uses the IE engine) for years for the tabbed browser functions however, there are some websites that I visit which will only work with Internet Explorer. Not all XHTML features are supported by FireFox and some sites look funky when run in FireFox.
I'm testing FireFox 2.0 now and while it is still buggy, it looks much more promising. There are so many new features and conveniences and the free extensions and add-ins make it much more useable than IE. For now, if you wish to try FireFox, stick with FireFox 1.5x for stability.