What's The Best Free Web Browser ?

[achuzan]

SSL encryption is identical no matter what browser you use.

True the ssl is done with server side and client side certificates in any browser, but I think FireFox keeps the ceritficates more save when they are on your end because you don't have the spyware in firefox that can be in IE.
Just a thought.

 

[MrJim]

LOL you're killing me here

 

[poretz]

Here's some more "ammo(though after that last blast I'm not sure this is a good idea!)":

From Slashdot.org:

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 01, @01:37PM
from the finally-and-excellent dept.
Spy Hunter writes "The Scalable Vector Graphics format has yet to take off on the web, perhaps due to a small installed base of SVG-enabled browsers. That could soon change as the latest Firefox 1.1 nightly builds have started coming with native SVG support compiled in and enabled by default. If this feature makes into the Firefox 1.1 release (which is not certain, but likely, as the developers want it to happen) it will increase the number of web users who have an SVG renderer installed. But perhaps more interesting than that is the possibility of mixing SVG graphic elements directly into the markup of regular XHTML pages, freeing vector graphics from the small rectangle of a browser plugin and opening up a host of exciting new possibilities for web developers. This is enabled by the integration of SVG directly into the Gecko rendering engine, instead of as a browser plugin. With such a useful web developer feature available only in Firefox, could we soon start seeing websites asking their users to download Firefox to get the best browsing experience?" ( Read More... | 295 of 395 comments | developers.slashdot.org )

 

[4thwatcher]

i use firefox

 

[Wahwax]

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/

 

[ocean floor]

I've used Firefox since around August, and I love it. I tried Opera once, and hated it.

 

[FatBurger]

True the ssl is done with server side and client side certificates in any browser, but I think FireFox keeps the ceritficates more save when they are on your end because you don't have the spyware in firefox that can be in IE.
Just a thought.

Encrypted data isn't cached by any browser, and there are never any certificates on the client side anyway.

 

[poretz]

More data supporting Open Source (i.e. Firefox) browsers:

"According to secunia.com Internet Explorer has 20 out of 79 security vulnerabilities that are still not patched in the latest version (with all vendor patches installed and all vendor workarounds applied), while Firefox has only 4 out of 12 security vulnerabilities unpatched.

Based on information on secunia.com (1 and 2) we can see the benefit of an Open Source browser in the security field: while Internet Explorer only issued a patch for 52% of the bugs found and applied partial fixes in 14%, Firefox has not only patched 69% of its flaws but it has never used a partial fix or a workaround. Quoting Marc Erickson: "Its Open Source nature means that anyone can look at the code and either find or fix holes - and development can go on 24 hours a day, as programmers in different time zones around the world wake up and begin their day.

24 hour development is extremely difficult for most proprietary software companies to do - they need to be very large - like Microsoft - and then they run into large corporation difficulties - politics, turf wars, who gets credit for accomplishments, project coordination, how does a boss in one time zone supervise employees around the world when he has to sleep, etc.

If we look at Secunia's criticality graphs (1 and 2) we can see that Firefox has 0% extremely critical and 8% highly critical bugs while Internet Explorer has 14% extremely critical and 27% highly critical bugs."
http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=792

 

[mc2phat]

I was an Opera guy for years, then Mozilla, now Firefox. IE is only useable if one purchases AddSubtract Pro in my opinion (and Active X is disabled).

 

[ChrisLockhart]

I'm a huge Firefox fan these days. I used to be a Mozilla fan, though.. so it wasn't a big jump. I tried Firefox back at like version .74 or something like that and thought it had potential that it certainly wasn't realising yet. But today.. great stuff.

But, then again.. I use text-only browsers too.

 

[Wahwax]

Firefox Usage Continues to Grow
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews
May 12, 2005, 3:54 PM

Firefox continued to gain market share during the months of March and April, garnering a 6.75 percent usage share according to Web analytics firm WebSideStory. Altogether, non-Microsoft browsers accounted for a little over 11 percent of Internet users. The report also showed a continued drop in Internet Explorer usage, although at a slower rate than in previous months.

"Given its current growth patterns, Firefox is still within range of reaching 10 percent market share in the U.S. in 2005," WebSideStory wrote in its report.

The research firm also highlighted the disparity in the usage of Firefox among users in different countries. For example, as of late April, Firefox was used by 23 percent of all German Internet users, while in Japan the browser was struggling to reach a 3 percent market share..........

 

[Joseph E.]

I use Firefox...

 

[aChristiancalledCameron]

Mozilla and Opera

 

[ChrisLockhart]

yes, i think i am changing my previous vote from Mozilla to Firefox.

I do not like Opera, as I feel it is too bloated.. too much browser.

 

[jdw4jesus]

Firefox!!!

 

[ezing]

Mozilla FIREFOX!

Firefox is what i use most of the time. If i know I will want to enlarge graphics i use opera. I like Firefox better. For the Macintosh I like Safari.

 

[Ellethidhren]

I'm a Foxfire fan. Happy I switched from IE. Tried Opera too, but Foxfire has a lot to offer, and it's secure.

 

[InHisService]

I am a web designer so you can imagine the comparisons I have done with web browsers and trying to get sites to display the same in all browsers. And I say this will no hesitation...

.: Mozilla Firefox :.

 

[Livinloud316]

is this thread not dead yet? I think we've clearly established the technological AND moral superiority of Firefox, so enough said

 

[pgp_protector]

Free Firefox
Paid Opera