Firefox is a Web browser based on the engine of Mozilla which was the draft navigator which was created after the release of the source code of Netscape by its publisher. The main feature of the new Firefox is the fact that it does not include client email which makes it lighter than the previous one.

Firefox takes advantage from the power of Mozilla in loading Web pages much faster than Internet Explorer. Filters such as ‘anti-popup’ and ‘anti-phishing’ are included for the greater convenience and the navigation tab simplifies switching from one window to another. Also, a spellchecker which has been integrated into the browser underlines errors. The browser supports RSS and offers a variety of refinements that are missing in Internet Explorer, even if Internet Explorer corrects some of them.

The other advantage of Firefox is the large number of extensions that allow you customize the browser and to provide it with an even wider variety of features. Some of the popular ones are as follows:

·        IE Tab: to see the sites with the rendering engine of Internet Explorer

·        All-In-One Sidebar: to add a side panel comprising the history, downloads or certain compatible extensions

·        FasterFox: to improve the performance of the browser

·        ScrapBook: to capture and organize pages or fragments

·        FoxyTunes: to control your media player from Firefox

·        Sage: to manage and read RSS feeds

However, it must be kept in mind that Version 3.0 is a beta, only intended for testing purposes currently. It has not yet been widely accepted and hence may not be as stable as the 2.0 in this case. This software is part of the selection that the Google Pack offers and can be downloaded free.

Firefox is one of the best browsers at the moment. There is only one disadvantage, which is insignificant since it not the fault of Firefox but the website, as the display of certain website pages is poor because they fail to comply with the various HTML standards, even if their numbers had already declined considerably.

Mozilla Firefox is an Internet browser with many advantages compared to its competitors. It is a serious alternative to Internet Explorer, ideally suited for use in a professional or personal capacity.

One of the main advantages of Firefox is undoubtedly its security. It becomes, for example, impossible for a site to execute a program without your permission! The changing of home pages or getting toolbars installed without your knowledge etc. - all these annoying intrusions are eliminated with Firefox!  

Then, there is the speed with which the browser displays site pages; Firefox will help you rediscover the Web! The search engine for used pages, Gecko, meets existing norms and standards on the Web. This guarantees maximum compatibility with the sites that are properly programmed. Thanks to the availability of plugins, such as Flash or Java, for example, you do not encounter any problems with the sites using these programs.

Another feature that will change the way you surf the Internet is the use of tabs to open new pages. You use only one window browser, so as not to clutter up the task bar of Windows. All pages that you visit can be aggregated into a single bar within Firefox.