I plan on writing a series of posts of why Firefox 2.0 is better than Internet Explorer 7.0 (no link, sorry).
Reason #1: Extensibility
Granted, both camps offer add-ons but the value created by Mozilla and its vast community of users far surpasses that of Microsoft’s with Internet Explorer.
The Firefox community provides thousands of add-ons from those targeted at developers and average web surfers. And if you are a developer, like me, you will find the add-ons provided to Firefox are extremely valuable when designing and debugging web sites. The other advantage Firefox has in this department is the one-click and restart installation that’s soo easy to do.
Installation of add-ons in IE 7 is too complex for it to be adopted by 90% of its user base. Not to mention there aren’t near as many available for consumers or developers. And what’s this? Some of them cost money!!! I don’t know about you but I’m not about to drop $50 for an IE7 add-on.
If you absolutely have to use IE7, than you should invest in these extensions:
Inline Find – Adds Find functionality similar to Firefox
Delicious – Adds delicious bookmarking functionality much like Firefox’s
Tags: IE7, Software, Firefox, Review, Technology, Add-Ons
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So there aren’t any extensions for firefox that cost money? None?
Not that I have seen. I may be wrong.
none of them do or ever will. check if you like.