Why You Shouldn't Use Firefox
Many Firefox fanboys proclaim that their browser is safe, lightning-fast and standards-compliant. However, this is totally wrong.
Firefox is not safe
During a LAN MITM attack I issued on my own home network, IE 8, when going to gmail.com, responded with a full page error that you can click away, but the address bar goes red, and after a browser restart the error comes back again. Firefox does not have a click-away option, and always remembers the certificate, never displays a MITM error again, and does not change the color of the address bar. I also have a 3rd party test:
http://nsslabs.com/browser-security/
Firefox is not standards-compliant
The most obvious problem of the Gecko engine is that it DOESN'T SUPPORT FLASH IN <OBJECT> TAGS. It is really annoying to add an <embed> tag in a <noscript> tag when devving websites. You need to update both of the tags when the content changes. Furthermore, have any of you downloaded the IE9 Platform Preview and compared that to FF Nightly? The JavaScript of IE9 is REALLY fast, and not to mention the hardware-accelerated (X)HTML5.
Firefox is not fast
In all of my browser tests, Firefox lags behind in terms of CSS/HTML rendering speed, which is extremely important. "Hey," you say, "Just ditch the FF Plugins!" However, let me point out that IE speed does not slow down with a bunch of shovelware toolbars, this-bars, and that-bars. Plugins slowing down speed just means that the Mozilla codebase is bad.
Firefox is getting worse by the release. If you are an anti-Microsoft guy, then please try Arora. If you like MS, then use IE8 or IE9 PP. You'll get a new definition of security, standards-compliance, and speed.
Many Firefox fanboys proclaim that their browser is safe, lightning-fast and standards-compliant. However, this is totally wrong.
Firefox is not safe
During a LAN MITM attack I issued on my own home network, IE 8, when going to gmail.com, responded with a full page error that you can click away, but the address bar goes red, and after a browser restart the error comes back again. Firefox does not have a click-away option, and always remembers the certificate, never displays a MITM error again, and does not change the color of the address bar. I also have a 3rd party test:
http://nsslabs.com/browser-security/
Firefox is not standards-compliant
The most obvious problem of the Gecko engine is that it DOESN'T SUPPORT FLASH IN <OBJECT> TAGS. It is really annoying to add an <embed> tag in a <noscript> tag when devving websites. You need to update both of the tags when the content changes. Furthermore, have any of you downloaded the IE9 Platform Preview and compared that to FF Nightly? The JavaScript of IE9 is REALLY fast, and not to mention the hardware-accelerated (X)HTML5.
Firefox is not fast
In all of my browser tests, Firefox lags behind in terms of CSS/HTML rendering speed, which is extremely important. "Hey," you say, "Just ditch the FF Plugins!" However, let me point out that IE speed does not slow down with a bunch of shovelware toolbars, this-bars, and that-bars. Plugins slowing down speed just means that the Mozilla codebase is bad.
Firefox is getting worse by the release. If you are an anti-Microsoft guy, then please try Arora. If you like MS, then use IE8 or IE9 PP. You'll get a new definition of security, standards-compliance, and speed.