Firefox is better than IE

>> that entry is an explanation of why they are not complying to 1.1 standards >> in IE7 It's not hard to implement XHTML 1.1 support. I, on my own, could probably do it on my own in a month, if given an XML parsing engine. Since XHTML is an application of XML, implementing it with an XML parser consists of including the DTD and an applicable CSS document with the browser. This could even be done in IE6 should they choose to do so. But instead, the only way to use an XHTML 1.1 document in IE is to use a non-standard change-- XHTML 1.1 should use the MIME type application/xhtml+xml and specifically should not use text/html. My site is not usable in IE for this reason. Also, although the importance of passing the ACID 2 test is disputed, it should be noted that Firefox 3 (which is already available as a public beta) passes the test. The next version of Internet Explorer will also pass, but there is not even a nightly version available. >> Extensions and themes, do you speak of? I'm not sure whether IE has themes >> or not, but it definitely has its own add-ons. True. IE does now have add-ons, but not nearly as many as Firefox. Does IE have a free adblocking add-on? There are numerous extensions for Firefox that do even seemingly minor things-- one of my favorite minor extensions is ColorfulTabs. It helps, because each site has a tab colour, which helps with grouping. Firefox also has about:config, which allows for changing of many settings. Firefox is also open-source, and as such is infinitely customizable. >> the majority of internet articles tend to not be capable of stating that one >> is better than the other when it comes to security. All of my security numbers are from Secunia, an independent security site. Internet Explorer 7.x has had 21 advisories, 7 of which remain unpatched. The most critical unpatched advisory is rated "Extremely Critical" (4/5). Firefox 2.0.x has had 19 advisories, 5 of which are unpatched. Firefox's most critical unpatched advisory is rated "Less Critical" (2/5). So Firefox remains more secure. >> ActiveX controls. These can be used to give pages abilities that other web >> browsers can't really live up to. The cold hard facts are that some sites >> use them, and only IE can utilize them. ActiveX controls are part of the reason IE is so insecure. It is a very insecure platform. The features people find useful can be implemented in Java or Flash. But such features should not be central to a website's usability. And since we're debated Firefox vs. IE, not any other browser vs. IE, I'll bring up that there is an implementation of ActiveX for Firefox [http://www.iol.ie...]. There is also the option of using IE tab. These are not optimal solutions, but they do work on Windows. On non-Windows platforms, IE can only be used through emulation. The fact that Firefox works natively on so many platforms is just another one of its advantages. >> IE7 by default has a much more minimalist interface- less space is taken by >> menus, allowing for more page to be viewed at once. At the expense of easily being able to access those menus. >> Also, IE7 has an actual 'page zoom' feature. If the FF page zoom feature is so bad, report it on Bugzilla. Or you could even fix it yourself-- again, Firefox is open source, so people can do such things. >> the page often ends up looking far different than it was supposed to. But web sites should not have an expectation of looking identical for everyone. If something needs to look identical for everyone, then it should be in a PDF. >> get to read the text on images that previously was also too small for them Unless the images is at too low a resolution and is made blurry. Users who need such features have alt text available to them. >> Firefox does not accommodate these needs. Again, that's the advantage of open source. You can report it on Bugzilla or fix it yourself. It's understandable if you don't want to program things yourself. It's unreasonable to assume everyone is able to do so. But you certainly could report your complaints to the people who do program the browser. The site you're looking for is [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org...].