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

Internet Explorer Add-Ons

Firefox Add-Ons

Tags: IE7, Software, Firefox, Review, Technology, Add-Ons