Firefox vs Opera vs Internet ExplorerFailure

Firefox has been my prefered browser of choice since the dawn of . . . well, I can't remember when I first got into firefox, before college I think. Anyways, I liked FF because the browser was fast, secure, and userfriendly. And tabbed browsing knocked the socks off of Explorer so bad that Explorer had to copy it a few months later. Even then, Firefox was already well ahead of Explorer


First of all, Explorer is slow. Not as in connection-slow, but browser slow. It seems to lag and catch while loading webpages or when switching tabs or opening a new window or whatever. Firefox was faster and smoother. Explorer made that annoying clicking sound every time you clicked on a link. Firefox was silent. Explorer interrupted what you were doing once a webpage opened or when you opened a new tab. Firefox silently loaded what you wanted and didn't bother you until you came around to opening it.

Another thing that pisses me off about IE is every single box that pops up. I typed in "Abraham Lincoln" once in Google using IE, which gave me a pop up asking me if I wanted to send this information over an insecure channel. Tell me, how exactly is "Abraham Lincoln" a security threat? Now if I was typing my credit card number (2787-5478-3782-7488 for those who are curious, security code 738), I'd understand. And IE does this a ton of times.

Of course, suddenly FF decided to be a jerk on my computer. It won't open any more. And by not open I mean, literally wait 2+ hours to open and then freeze when it finally does, so I was stuck using the craptastic peice of fail made by the morons at Microsoft (good company? HA! Glad they also had to screw up Microsoft Office up with the brand new layout you idiots. Now I can't even figure out simple formating basics. Don't fix what ain't broke, morons) Anyways, since FF won't open, I was using this failure browser until i got so sick of it, I downloaded Opera.

Been using it for ten minutes but so far, its power is on par with Firefox. It opens new tabs swiftly and silently, without making clicking noises or interrupting what I'm doing. It doesn't lag or take time. It's a clone of the good ol' days of Firefox (about two days ago). Opening a new window even takes only a split second, thats a few whole seconds faster than IE.

After using Opera for a bit more, I found that I enjoy the speed dial feature. However, it has a pop up every time it wants to save a password. I liked Firefox's handling of this better with the little, non-invasive bar. Also, Firefox saves password information into certain websites and I like that (really not to worried about someone hacking into my cracked.com account). Saved me typing. Still, I like Opera as an alternative. Much better than IE

But Firefox in the end has a cooler logo.

IE: 3/10 //Functional, used when all other browsers fail
Opera: 8/10 //working pretty good so far
Firefox: 9/10 //still a tad better though.

"The internet: where the men are men, the women are men, and the children are FBI agents" - Anonymous, but common advice

J Kuhl Signing Off