The Truth About FireFox

February 15, 2007

Browser Speed Comparisons

So overall, Opera seems to be the fastest browser for Windows. Firefox is not faster than Internet Explorer, except for scripting, but for standards support, security and features, it is a better choice. However, it is still not as fast as Opera, and Opera also offers a high level of standards support, security and features.

Javascript Speed Tests 

Well, the conclusion is quite clear: Opera beats the shit out of everything else.

Top 150 Popular Firefox Extensions and Opera.

A great amount of the commonly used extentions are included as standard in other browsers.

FireFox Myths

10-15% of web sites aren’t completely compatible with Firefox.

Firefox has incomplete support of many W3C standards including HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.1, CSS 2.1, CSS 3 and DOM.

There you’ll learn that FireFox does not block all pop ups, isn’t innovative, and isn’t the most secure/fast/compatible web browser out there.

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  1. So swap to Opera!!! :)

    Comment by Chris — February 16, 2007 @ 7:36 pm

  2. I do nt think that this is THE truth about Firefox or even Opera. This is throwing results at people and not talking about them.

    - KB

    Comment by KB — February 17, 2007 @ 2:31 pm

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