Internet Explorer Vs. Firefox

 This is not the first time that you are going to see this subject matter comparing these two big name of browsers. Some people may still have this on their mind. Which of these two is superior than the other is it Firefox or Internet Explorer (IE for short)?

It is safe to say that in the corporate world it is dominated by IE due to the fact that most of the corporations buy branded computers. Branded computers “normally” come with pre-installed Windows as their operating system. So the users just prefer to use whatever there is on their computer. The other reason is, in the corporate world the non-IT employees have restricted access on their computer so they cannot install any software. On the other hand, most home users have the freedom to install any software they want on their computer. Regardless whether they buy branded or not. That is why you will notice in some forums that most of the people posting comments or questions are home users. Home users prefer to use Firefox because it’s customizable and there are tons of free add-ons. You can dress it up the way you want it.

Both Firefox and IE are put to the test by malware attacks and both of them came out with patches to counter those attacks. It is a common knowledge also that IE is more susceptible to most of those attacks. That is why it is the one that came out with more security updates than Firefox. The other security issues are the keylogger and password revealer. There are some keyloggers and password revealers that do not affect Firefox at all. As we all know, Firefox is an opensource they have volunteer programmers all over the globe collaborating to make it a better and safer browser. That gives Firefox the lead over IE because the number can be greater to that of IE’s programmers. Apart from that the fruit of labor of volunteers outshine the output of hired personnel because they do it on their free will. Though some people might say that since those are volunteers and Firefox team might not know them personally they can embed some form of malicious codes. Yes, that can be true but due to the fact that Firefox is an opensource the Firefox team can review the codes if they indeed do such thing.

When it comes to speed, it cannot be attributed on the browser alone because you have to consider the bandwidth of your internet, the speed of the CPU, the RPM of the hard drive and the amount of RAM. Browser takes space as well on the hard drive and on the RAM aside from the other applications running on your system, windows files, antivirus, antispyware, firewall, and so on. The more applications are open, the fewer space is left on the RAM for it to hold other information. The bandwidth of your internet plays a big role as well on how the browser behaves. The higher the bandwidth the faster the browser opens a page.

There is a glitch that makes Firefox a bit unstable, you might have encountered this already. If you close Firefox and re-open it a message will come out saying that Firefox is still running. If that message doesn’t go away then you will be forced to end Firefox on the Task Manager. That glitch is noticeable on Firefox and I never experienced that on IE.

Having said all of that, the users are the one who will decide which they prefer most. If you do online transactions you might want to consider which browser offers better security. If you are just going from one website to another you can choose IE because there are some websites that works better with IE than Firefox.