IE 7 Vs Firefox 2.0
Frazier Barretto, Nov 12, 2006 1100 hrs IST
How about exploring the on-going tug of war between veteran browsers Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox 2.0?
The wait for IE to join the league of the more easy-to-use, feature-rich browsers is over. While Firefox just entered the ring with many already popular browsers to compete with, it still managed to capture a good percentage of the market in a comparatively short span of time. IE has remained the most used browser ever since its version 5 release with Windows 98. Firefox began penetrating right from day one of its release. Now both IE and Firefox have come out with a new version. For IE it has been a leap, while for Firefox it's just been a hop-over from its already evolved product to a more evolved version. Just lately, we did a feature of the Firefox 2 beta, you can have a look at here . Firefox 2 hasn't changed much from its beta release; so, talking much about it would just be a mere repetition. We will look a lot more at IE 7 and compare the two briefly. Let's kick off this concise feature about these two browsers as they battle it out for market share.
Looks
The looks of IE 7 have been bumped up to feel all fresh and new. It's basically the Vista look and feel. This isn't a beauty contest, but that's what Microsoft personally feels making most of the changes to the whole of Vista family, mostly cosmetic. IE7, being a part of Vista, has also undergone cosmetic changes, and at the same time has even become a lot more feature-rich than its previous version.
This version of IE gives that all-clear look. If you keep a window of IE 7 open beside a window of IE 6, you will notice the changes and for all you know you might just not be able to tell if it's IE in the first place.
That's unless you have seen or had a peek at Vista. IE 7 is better-looking than Firefox 2 (default skin) but that's not the only thing we actually want at the end of the day. While IE flaunts all the beauty, Firefox on the other hand hasn't changed much in terms of looks to make it look more cool.
Its previous version was very plain and simple and we all liked it. The newer version, looking at the competition, has the use of make-up and has done a few minor touch-up jobs. The buttons are neatly rounded off giving the button-bar a sweet look and at the same time has maintained its simplicity. IE 7, with its Vista look, has an all glass theme, the buttons and the whole look has been changed so that it syncs well with Vista. There is no doubt that IE 7 is better-looking, but Firefox with its simple beauty will still continue to capture more users.
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shiju | Bangalore | 17/12/07 04:46 PM | Report abuse
IE 7 is good, it has good security & good password protection
shiju | Bangalore | 17/12/07 04:44 PM | Report abuse Reply
yes fire fox is best.. IE7 cant get close to it
Lasantha Manju | Panadura | 04/09/07 10:05 AM | Report abuse Reply
Any day Firefox is better than IE 7 . Simple, fast and reliable.Whats more, it has thousands of themes to enhance the look.IE 7 has only copied the idea from Firefox of tabbed browsing.The great add-ons make Firefox everyones darling.
Chandan | Bangalore | 17/08/07 03:31 PM | Report abuse Reply
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virendra | jodhpur | 27/05/07 10:58 AM | Report abuse Reply
Horrible. Just stop writing. Get another job.
Inigma Gary | Los Angeles | 27/04/07 05:32 PM | Report abuse Reply
horribly written article
Anonymous | a | 24/01/07 11:05 PM | Report abuse Reply
I love firefox extenstions, they r very useful. <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions.php">Firefox Extensions</a>
parm | Chandigrah | 12/12/06 11:09 AM | Report abuse Reply
both of these dont have 1 thing which opera 9.02 has .. . in that if u press ctrl H. . .the browser minimizes into the system tray . ..VERY useful .. . is there any firefox addon for this??
Aatif | Mumbai | 12/11/06 03:48 PM | Report abuse Reply
there might be an addon for that .. . i cant find one for v2.0 though ..
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siva | trichy | 25/11/06 04:47 PM | Report abuse Reply
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siva | trichy | 25/11/06 04:49 PM | Report abuse
Hi Guys...IE7 is nothing near to Firefox when we compare the easy readability and useability of the firefox. IE is still leaps behind... if we need the looks mozilla provided with lots of skins to change and the firefox is much faster and it uses less system resources..
Albin | Bangalore | 22/11/06 05:46 PM | Report abuse Reply
Guys, MS has copied all the features of firefox and has released a version. This article also talks about the look and feel of IE 7, if you guys want to try firefox with Vista look, please try Vista Fire Fox 1.5. Its simply amazing guys.. Long live Fire Fox :-)
Subbu | Singapore | 22/11/06 11:36 AM | Report abuse Reply
Mozilla Foundation (Firefox + Mozilla Thunderbird) + Openoffice.org + Linux = Open Source Kings!! Open Source Rocks!!!
Arnov Sarkar | New Delhi | 15/11/06 10:00 PM | Report abuse Reply
Only empty heads use Internet Explorer.
ashish | shyamlaya | 12/11/06 07:18 PM | Report abuse Reply
Only Bull heads use FF
Navneet | Nagpur | 15/11/06 04:39 PM | Report abuse
i have been using internet for past 6 years . i have used many types of browsers and all latest browsers too right from ie 5.5 to ie 7.0 beta 3 and opera 7. 2 to opera 9.02 and firefox the day it was released for windows platform. Certainly , i have concluded in overall aspects firefox is the best and it will remain best . ie new version is nothing just copied firefox functionalities mostly,even opened a site for add-ons like firefox got . and firefox got many many features and it's pop bloc is best and the password remembering another good once plus the themes and add ons extensions many extra feature and ie spell check make it really good to use . IE takes long time to open the page and its tabbing browsing actually eats up the space and the password remembering doesn't work properly. where as opera got few good things like thru voice we can do many things and it's pop block up is best,but misses the extra features whch firefox got like extensions addon and download accelerator and ie spelling check .but certainly better than IE . finally ,Firefox is best then opera and followed by internet explorer
rohit | bangalore | 15/11/06 02:24 AM | Report abuse Reply
when it comes to saving a complete web page (exectly as we see it while surfing),firefox saves a web page in a second or two where as IE takes a much longer time to do so.internet explorer could loose its market share at faster pace now due to addition of stupid genuine advantage with no real advantage seen over firefox.they are just trying to cath up with firefox with IE 7 and upcoming vista story is no different to MAC.
sachin | goa | 13/11/06 11:00 PM | Report abuse Reply
As a user of all three browsers,firefox 2 is the fastest browser after u have installed fasterfox beating even opera 9.02 and ahead of ie7 by along way.Just the magnitude of extensions available for firefox should make it the best browser[u can even dl videos from you tube and google video with one extension].Just the fact that microsoft worked with firefox to make it compatible with vista shows its popularity.The only gripe with firefox is that uses a lot of memory compared to the the other two.There is even an extension in firefox which can change the rendering engine to ie.The best browser for me is firefox 2 , period
ab1 | mumbai | 13/11/06 01:49 AM | Report abuse Reply
dead on mate
rip | Delhi | 13/11/06 09:35 PM | Report abuse
y the hell dont u ppl comapre opera and firefox?????????
tektree | yo | 13/11/06 10:27 AM | Report abuse Reply
Opera already is overwhelmingly better than Firefox - no comparison there - i.e why TechTree is not doing a review of Opera vs Firefox. Honestly - other than "Adblock" which I must add is currently implemented from Opera 9 onwards - Opera is way better than Firefox. Extensions do add flavor to Firefox, but then I am so much comfortable with Opera - I have rarely felt the need for another browser. Especially love the mouse-gestures (which Firefox implements using extensions) which are there by default in Opera.
Pats | Bangalore | 13/11/06 06:08 PM | Report abuse
long live firefox
saty | New Delhi | 13/11/06 02:50 PM | Report abuse Reply
this is so one sided...its all abt IE 7 than FF.
funky town | punk | 13/11/06 10:55 AM | Report abuse Reply
Did you read all the way down to the conclusion?
bunk | bunky town | 13/11/06 12:24 PM | Report abuse
We are all sure that FireFox is better than IE7 in all possible ways... But still IE users are high in numbers, because of its association with windows... If M$ stopped attaching IE with its every windows (itz NOT GOING 2 HAPPEN), then FireFox can prove itself in "No. of users" contest also....
Prasath J | KaulaLumpur | 12/11/06 11:47 PM | Report abuse Reply
The MinimizeToTray Firefox extension doesn't use Control-H, but allows you to minimize to the system tray when Firefox "closes." Truth is that Firefox, with all its extensions, far surpasses any other browser in terms of functionality. The only thing Opera has on Firefox is speed. Of course, speed is important to a lot of people.
A.Y.Siu | USA | 12/11/06 11:45 PM | Report abuse Reply
I've had so many problems with IE 5 that I probably will never go back to it. Firefox is so easy to use and very versatile. Since I've gotten Firefox, I have had no browser hijacks, no viruses, and virtually no spy or malware. Thanks Firefox for creating an easy to use browser that's safe
Dan | Toms River | 12/11/06 06:07 PM | Report abuse Reply
Firefox is certainly better. Press control and + key, your text size increases. Use - for decreasing. In advanced options, one can turn on the feature to start searching as we type (instead of pressing ctrl + F). My only gripe is earlier 'find next' and other options would also appear once searching is started. Now it does not happen. Maybe, that too can be enabled somehow. Will have to find it out.
badvt | Chennai | 12/11/06 01:26 PM | Report abuse Reply