Should I change to Mozilla Firefox from Internet Explorer for more stability?

Even if you decide to switch, remember that Internet Explorer will still be available to you on your computer, and should remain so, as certain functions in the operating system do rely on it. This tutorial will cover switching from Internet Explorer to Mozilla Firefox as it is the browser, other than Internet Explorer, that I am most familiar with. Though this tutorial covers switching to Firefox, many of the other available browsers support the methods discussed here.

Mozilla was the original project name of the popular web browser Netscape Navigator. In 1998 Netscape released the source code for their popular Netscape Communicator, which is a full featured application consisting of a browser, mail client, newsgroup reader, and html editor. With the release of this source code, Netscape helped to establish an organization called Mozilla.org.

This organization was an open source project that entails creating free open source applications based around this source code. Since then there have been different browsers or applications released based upon this source code that include Firefox, Mozilla, Camino, and Thunderbird. Firefox is released purely as a web browser with the team of developers focusing entirely on the browsing experience.

Thunderbird is a mail client and newsgroup reader based on the Netscape Messenger application. Camino is a web browser developed for Apple computers and Mozilla is an application that consists of both a web browser, email and newsgroup application, and HTML editor. As you can see many projects were developed based on the source code of the Netscape Communicator version released in 1998.

Each has their particular niche that they fit in and should be used accordingly. Firefox is a browser that belongs in the Mozilla family. It has been gaining increasing popularity and has a large user base due to its ease of use and speed.

Below I have outlined some of the features that Firefox has that Internet Explorer does not. Pop-up Blocker - Firefox comes with a built in pop-up blocker. If you enable this feature then by default Firefox will block all pop-ups that may occur.

If you would like to allow popups from certain sites, then you can configure the pop-up blocker to allow them from that site. Extensions- These are pieces of software that you can install that extend the functionality of the program.