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Originally Posted by funkeodor
What about Netscape? they're the ones who came up with tabbed browsing to begin with, so why is firefox better? (Besides better scripting support)
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Netscape, since the 6.x days, has been based on the Mozilla browser. AOL basically takes the Mozilla browser and rebrands it, and adds in things like mandatory AIM installation, and removes things like ad blocking.
So basically, Firefox is more free than Netscape currently. You don't get encumbered with the AOL add-ons and you get to keep your ad-free browsing.
Which for me, at least, is the biggest draw - I can't even stand to browse sites with IE, big blinking banners everywhere, things popping up or skating across the article I'm trying to read... Using FireFox and the AdBlocker extension makes the Internet a livable place once more.
You should keep IE around for hardline sites that either don't support standards or deliberately break themselves (I can't stand sites that check my browser ID and then decide I can't visit them... Let me decide for myself! Luckily, there's an extension to spoof the ID). Get the extension that lets you open links in IE, so that when you find a site like that you can deal with it painlessly without interrupting your browsing.
Happy FireFoxing!
Bingle