Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on October 10, 2006 12:08 AM
"With the exception of tabbed browsing, Firefox really has nothing on IE" Excuse me? Tabbed browsing may be a specific difference, but you miss an extremely appealing component for anyone including academia - extentions.
There are currenly over 1500 extensions available for Firefox for language, science, communications,etc. These extensions greatly enhance the functionality of the browser - functions that IE does not have.
And have you overlooked the search engines dialog? Unlike IE6 (and IE7) Firefox has hundred of search engines that are neatly packed away in the dropdown window. And if you would like to add your own personalized search engine for a special site, you can make one and use it in your browser.
You may hav offered a logical argument (timeline) but you do not understand the typical end user- esp. the academic user.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on October 10, 2006 12:08 AMThere are currenly over 1500 extensions available for Firefox for language, science, communications,etc. These extensions greatly enhance the functionality of the browser - functions that IE does not have.
And have you overlooked the search engines dialog? Unlike IE6 (and IE7) Firefox has hundred of search engines that are neatly packed away in the dropdown window. And if you would like to add your own personalized search engine for a special site, you can make one and use it in your browser.
You may hav offered a logical argument (timeline) but you do not understand the typical end user- esp. the academic user.
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