I do not think Firefox is faster than IE. There are more viruses to IE just because it's more popular and Firefox is pretty new. If FireFox occupies 80% of the market, who knows what will happen. It's nothing about ActiveX technology. There is nothing that is bulletproof. 5 ^! D' l: r& ?6 |: z8 B5 J+ u7 m$ @) A/ u9 I% I. B9 q9 b
So just choose based on your own needs.
For whatever reason, Firefox should be safer, I am not saying faster though. But spyware/adware can make your computor very slow. Check you folder: & G: c; O$ j. ] 6 a/ C0 g- Y! y5 J% {+ u" I% UDocuments and Setting\(your user name)\cookie or folder system32 to see what kind of adware\sypware already in your system ! \$ o6 Y. x* i' d5 X8 R* k
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[ Last edited by 醉酒当歌 on 2005-2-23 at 09:27 AM ]
Why you call all stuff under ***\***\cookie spyware/adware?+ M% E% U- Y' t, r
9 H- D3 n3 X" h) U7 z4 jAll of them are just cookies. If you do not like the activeX, in XP, you can just disable it in the IE configuration. : h1 w) n! w; ~4 ]4 g; Q$ i2 D1 k+ z* @; I8 p8 @
I am using Mozilla in my Linux and IE in my XP. Besides the muti-tab feature, they are almost the same.
Originally posted by SW12345 at 2005-2-23 09:02 AM: & j" i5 b7 i8 Y6 H1 D0 } U% TI do not think Firefox is faster than IE. There are more viruses to IE just because it's more popular and Firefox is pretty new. If FireFox occupies 80% of the market, who knows what will happen. I ...