Firefox

Firefox is a new web browser, the most powerful competitor for Internet Explorer. The main advantage is that you can add new features through the add-ons options. Add-Ons are improvements developed by third part who have different features. The most popular Firefox add-ons are Firebug, Adblock Plus, StumbleUpon, Firefox Companion for eBay, Cooliris Previews, ChatZilla and Forecastfox. There are thousands of extensions available for free addition to this browser.

Once you build up a large list of bookmarks, keeping track of them all can get a little messy. To stay organized, you can assign tags to your bookmarked sites: just double-click on the star icon and you will be prompted to enter your tags.It includes strict anti-phishing and anti-malware measures, plus easy ways to tell the good guys from the bad like our new one-click site ID info. It has more than 5,000 add-ons to help you customize it to fit your exact needs.

In tools option you can manage addons. A major advantage is that you can enable or disable any extension installed. If a extension was installed you must restart application before take effect. Extensions are grouped by category on the developer website (feeds,privacy, bookmarks,language,multimedia, toolbars,tabs,web development etc.). Can choose themes for appearance(Vista-aero,NASA night and others).The dictionaries extensions will translate your pages in the foreign language desired.

You can add quick search window for the most popular search engines and web sites (Ask.com,Lonely Planet,del.icio.us,Wikipedia,Yahoo! Answers etc.)This windows will appear in the right top of your Firefox page.

Plugins are developed for some usefully actions :
- Acrobat Reader will allow to see pdf documents
- Adobe Flash Player will allow to see Flash applications
- Quicktime, RealPlayer, Shockwave and Windows Media Player are designed for improve faster multimedia capabilities while you are surfing the Internet.

You can build your personal add-on. Help or documentation is available at developer.mozilla.org . You can block cookies, scripts, undesired advertisement and pop-ups and the internet navigation is now more easier with this browser.

Pros: Active security features and the industry fastest response times.
Thousands of free ways to personalize your online experience.
Superior speed and performance.