Your choice of browser can totally change your internet experience. As a person who spends lots of time online, I have observed that little advantageous features in my preferred browser often save me more time and effort. On the other hand, minor browser bugs can annoy the most patient of internet users.
Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer are two of the most reliable internet browsers on the planet. But here are some reasons why I think Firefox has a slight "winning edge" over Explorer:
Firefox Has The "Restore Session" Feature
In the event of a power outage, or if your computer stops responding, you can just exit and restart Firefox (don't restart your computer). When you relaunch Firefox, you will be given a choice to "Restore Session". When you choose this option, you will be taken back to any webpage you have been browsing before(including password protected pages).
Easier Access To Browsing History
With Internet Explorer, finding the 'browsing history' section is like finding the Holy Grail. I mean it! With Firefox, there's a highly conspicuous, separate tab fully devoted to your browsing history. In case you get lost while browsing 10,000 pages in an hour, you can just visit the 'History' section and toggle between pages that you have visited before. And yes, with Firefox it's easier to delete your history archives.
The Mozilla Firefox Interface Is Less Cluttered
Have you noticed that Internet Explorer sometimes takes longer to load than Firefox? This is because Explorer has more tabs/features/add-ons, and this is not necessarily good. When users browse online, majority of them don't care how many features are available on the browser. They just want to check their email, watch some Youtube videos, read the news etc...whatever they wanna do, they wanna do it faster!
Another thing, the Internet Explorer interface takes up too much screen space. Firefox is a breath of fresh air. It is less cluttered with features that you don't need anyway. There's more room for the webpage itself. (To be fair to computer geeks, Internet Explorer has more features to spend time with and explore on).
Firefox Automatically Opens .PDF Files -- No Need To Download
Online reports and e-books are pretty much popular online. These kinds of files frequently come in .PDF format (a file that can only be opened with Adobe Reader). With Internet Explorer, you cannot read .PDF files online. You need to download them before you can read them. That means, if the PDF file has some sort of viruses or malware attached to it, or if the source website is malicious, then you acquire those dangerous elements into your computer as well.
With Firefox, you can open PDF files online without having to download them. It's safer, faster, and it saves disk space. Ain't that convenient?
So, tell me, which browser are you using right now?
So, in a way, the route taken by MS Internet Exploder is "safer", because *you* will be the fool that opens a non-trustworthy file. But I doubt that Adobe Reader (or whatever Wintendo users use) doesn't provide an inline-plugin for MSIE.
Other than that: Good points.