The wonders of open source, the excitement of countless developers coming together playing a part in making Firefox the de facto standard. This is only a few of the many benefits of Firefox. Following is a list of some of the features are think are most pivotal.

Let us first define what exactly is open source, with each day passing more and more individuals are seeing open source products come out on the market. Some examples include, Open Office, which very much like MS OFFICE without the high price tag and frustrating non standard formatting, Firefox which we are exploring here, a Internet browser with increased security and easy to use add ons improving on its ability to be the way you want it not what Microsoft decides to throw at you. Open source simply means something that is truly built and operates for the people without the extensive commercialization. Constant updates with each moment numerous developers are doing there part to make that Firefox suite the best it can be. Improving usability and availability for the masses. There are many others worth mentioning, though another topic entirely will not explore them now.

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To understand to see why Firefox has been open source and standards based from the beginning, the article quoted above goes into more detail. To speak about Firefox is to speak about a revolution, an opportunity for something that is not corporate based to have a fighting chance in a market that was long being strangled, by the likes of Internet Explorer, the only browser that came preinitialized with windows for far to long. A program that is not standards based and has caused more pain then it was worth.

Firefox as the alternative has continued to gain momentum, in the same field as Google Chrome which itself is a recent addition to this war. The wonders of Firefox is it’s extensibility, standards based and community based, being more stable and more secure then Internet Explorer could be in it’s most simple form. What is your chosen browser and why do you choose that over the others?