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Got this too from the FAQ at the site:
Is Firefox more secure than Internet Explorer?
Yes, Firefox and all other Mozilla-based products are more secure. Why? Here is a list of the most important reasons:
* It is not integrated with Windows, which helps prevent viruses and hackers from causing damage if they somehow manage to compromise Firefox.
* There is no support for VBScript and ActiveX, two technologies which are the reasons for many IE security holes.
* No spyware/adware software can automatically install in Firefox just by visiting a web site.
* Firefox doesn't use Microsoft's Java VM, which has a history of more flaws than other Java VMs.
* You have complete control over cookies.
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IE blows because of two major reasons.
1.It's integrated with the Windows operating system, so that's where you get all that nasty spyware.
2.It's full of security flaws that people exploit.
Firefox when it's tweaked is just as fast as IE and so much more flexible with all the extensions and plugins you can get. With Google hiring on Firefox's main developer and registering the domain name gbrowser.com, look for some serious competition in the near future to Microsofts browser monopoly. Firefox has taken 5% market share in a mere few months
Top Ten Reasons to use Firefox
How to speed up Firefox
How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity)
Posted on 12/12/2004 12:45:50 PM PST by KoRn
Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:
1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.
2. Alter the entries as follows:
Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 100. This means it will make 100 requests at once.
3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.
If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!
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I have broadband and will have to try that out. Cheers Sandy! [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Andii, here's another good tweaking guide for Firefox
http://www.i-hacked.com/Computer-Com...r-Hacking.html
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Thanks buddy. I have 1meg broadband here and this shit seems a hell of a lot faster already to me than IE and i aint done shit with it yet lol. I suppose though, the more plug ins etc i use, the slower it'll eventually get.
I will check out the links Sandy. Thanks!
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Another thing I've found with Firefox (which
was missing in Mozilla), is that Firefox
actually over-rides my download-speed setting
set by our ISP, without any tinkering from me
whatsoever. Which is nice.
D.
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The customization you have control over with Firefox is very sexy [img]wink.gif[/img]
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Firefox coders are on the cover of Wired magazine.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...fox&topic_set=https://subscribe.condenet.com/image..._wired_190.jpg
Very interesting read...
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ February 04, 2005 11:42 PM: Message edited by: Sandy Hazard ]</font>
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That article is real, correct and lovingly lovely.
Firefox is great! IE is dead (I hope).
D.
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Thanks for the plugin. It's quite funny, prowling
around websites and 'removing objects' willy-nilly.
Sort of existential... if I remove everything,
what will be left? etc.
D.
