Browser Wars!
If everyone drove a Volvo, wouldn’t the world be a boring place? Just imagine how many cars you would see on the road if there was a massive recall. The same applies with your browser. After all, it is the true window from which you view the Internet. While Microsoft may lead you to think their built-in Internet Explorer is the only way; there are quite a few browsers out there worth looking into. Here are a few of my current favorites.
Firefox is currently the one I use. I’ve used it since version 0.4, long before it started showing up in universities and on the news. While it has enjoyed many features not found in IE (Internet Explorer), the competition has started taking notice and will be incorporating many of these features in their upcoming version.
Another browser to recently attract a massive following is Opera. A few months ago, they have decided to follow Netscape’s tactics and started to give away their browser without charge or annoying banner pages. One of the features I like about Opera is the zoom feature for viewing sites.
As of this writing, yet another is poised to be a big hit. Flock is based on some leading edge technology in web trends including RSS, blog editor, and web based Favorites/Bookmarks. The later is a favorite of mine since how many times do you ever wish you had a favorite link from your home computer when you’re traveling or on someone else’s machine? This one is still in beta so please use with caution.
The battle between IE and Netscape is over but the war is far from being won.
