Alternative Web Browsers

This weeks post is about alternative web browsers, and by this I mean browsers other than IE.

I will be covering Firefox, Opera, and Flock. Now you may be asking "why should I care? IE works just fine for me." However, IE is not all that great an browser, it can be highly obtrusive, and is quite slow at times, not to mention that most ads are targeted at IE.

First I will go over the pros and cons of Firefox. To start with, and this applies to all the browsers that I will cover here, it is free, so you don't have to worry about switching your browser hurting your pocket book. It also lets you customize it heavily with plug-ins and skins, meaning that you don't have to be stuck with the normal look if you don't want to. As far as the cons go, it isn't as innovative as some other browsers; but if you are just looking for a browser to surf the web on, it should do the trick.

Next up is Opera, this browser has been around since 1996, and is able to surf the web, check e-mail, has a built in phishing filter, is customizable via widgets, and can be skinned. All in all a fairly cool browser.

Last up is Flock, A relative new-comer on the scene of browsers. It is built with more social networking in mind, with tools that help with blog editing, connecting to RSS feeds, and other cool things like that.

That about raps it up. Oh and two things for you: one, the browser I use is Firefox. Two, Here are the sites that I used, to look up my information: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_browser_faceoff.php
http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/productivity/0,1000001108,39284445,00.htm
http://www.alternativebrowseralliance.com/browsers.html
just copy and paste the links into your browser navigation bar.

Owen, Signing out