I do not think Firefox is faster than IE. There are more viruses to IE just because it's more popular and Firefox is pretty new. If FireFox occupies 80% of the market, who knows what will happen. It's nothing about ActiveX technology. There is nothing that is bulletproof. ' [5 {8 m% L; R0 ^+ \& G8 T# k 0 d# B8 \' j+ y- Y1 p5 L( \So just choose based on your own needs.
For whatever reason, Firefox should be safer, I am not saying faster though. But spyware/adware can make your computor very slow. Check you folder: ' H. y% E; Y; O 4 b4 R" R" Z- u4 vDocuments and Setting\(your user name)\cookie or folder system32 to see what kind of adware\sypware already in your system + e W2 b8 O5 Q$ {8 t
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or folder for you flashget if you are using* j. q2 N6 t7 T" E' g4 l* }3 t
Why you call all stuff under ***\***\cookie spyware/adware?% k- W2 u+ |$ q7 l1 @
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All of them are just cookies. If you do not like the activeX, in XP, you can just disable it in the IE configuration.( N- _" R# Z" Z* \$ c
+ p- D4 }5 f! l8 C: YI am using Mozilla in my Linux and IE in my XP. Besides the muti-tab feature, they are almost the same.
Originally posted by SW12345 at 2005-2-23 09:02 AM:4 Y& h, P6 [" Y
I do not think Firefox is faster than IE. There are more viruses to IE just because it's more popular and Firefox is pretty new. If FireFox occupies 80% of the market, who knows what will happen. I ...