Gordon's WebLog

Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox for short, is a free Internet browser.

"What's wrong with Internet Explorer?" you say - well despite being a good browser, Microsoft was getting complacent. Internet Explorer's vulnerability to numerous security breaches was growing by the day, yet many simple things MS could do to patch these up were left undone. Internet Explorer lacked many convenience features often requested. And Internet Explorer did not adhere completely to web standards; it pretty much set its own standards. Internet Explorer lacked competition.

However all that has changed since Firefox became a legitimate challenger. Firefox has forced Microsoft to incorporate many much needed security and customization features into the latest version of the world's most used Internet browser, Internet Explorer 7. All of this has been spurred on solely by Firefox's existence and growing popularity.

Aside from helping improve Internet Explorer, what else makes Firefox great? An easy to answer is that it has all the useful and familiar features of Internet Explorer, yet provides additional features, better security, adherence to web standards, less of Internet Explorer's quirky behavior, and most important of all greater potential for customization. In releasing Firefox 2.0 in October 2006 the Mozilla Foundation has further improved Firefox, adding useful new features and tightening its code base to prevent new security vulnerabilities. Now more than ever, Firefox stands as a true competitor to Internet Explorer, and has massive customization potential with add-ons, extensions and themes.

Find out for yourself just what Firefox can do for you. Believe me. Once you have used Firefox you won't want to return to any other browser. Visit the download site by clicking the following graphic. And if you want a great guide to the new version click here.