Why do people prefer Firefox over I.E and Opera.?

Okay here's the deal, I want to know why use Firefox when Both IE7 and Opera have been proven better. Tell me one thing Firefox has that Opera and/or IE7 don't.

Oh and you can't use anything thats been debunked by www.firefoxmyths.com

Off the bat this means no saying it's faster or more secure, or saying that it has less holes or it has add ons while the other two browsers don't. Those are just the most obvious ones I wanted to put out there the rest are on the site. Oh and don't bother saying it has skins that's the least important feature for a browser i'm talking about security and userfriendliness etc.

Why do people prefer Firefox over I.E and Opera.?windows messenger

Let's first go back to WHY FireFox. This is a Mozilla project.

It would be against the law for multiple companies to collaborate to make the same product. The whole idea is the develop a specification that everyone owns. Mozilla is that specification of how a Browser can work. So IE, Opera, Netscape, Sufari and countless other browsers were made to work following that mozilla standard. FireFox is the baseline development of that standard.

Oddly enough, there are many differences between browsers. These are the tiny mistakes that designers make when inventing their own. Of course, Internet Explorer added the ActiveX crap that makes it unique.

It was in 2002 when spyware and adware really started to get RAMPANT on the internet, rendering IE nearly useless. Many Windows Users discovered that FireFox did not have these problems, because ActiveX was the target of many of these problems. But eventually IE caught up, so the importance of FireFox has dwindled. But FireFox made life easier for many Windows oriented people, so they are loyal to the product.

Yes, http://www.FireFoxMyths.com tells the story well. But that does not mean that people would SWITCH.

During the late 90s, each version of internet explorer leaped over the previous version of Netscape. Each version of Netscape leaped over Internet Explorer. Opera gained ground during the IE vs Netscape wars. Even today, there are many Netscape fans.

Hey, many people still hate IE7. It will take some time to grow.

I use IE6 and Firefox at the same time. I still use Firefox to visit unknown websites. It's just a habit.

Good luck and Happy Computing.

Why do people prefer Firefox over I.E and Opera.?microsoft works internet explorer

Well, one big advantage is that FireFox is open source. I don't know a whole lot about Opera, but I do know IE doesn't provide it's source code to everyone. That's a big advantage to developers especially. :)
I use Firefox because it has a lot of handy plugins, displays HTML properly(sites that can't be displayed by FF are coded badly =%26gt; not worth my time).

Also, my copy of IE (version 6) keeps closing quite a few times unexpectedly, which is more than annoying.

As for Opera... I don't like that it doesn't have the option of opening a new window instead of a new tab.

Regarding the fastness issue - to me they're all the same, really. Didn't notice any difference.

Not to mention that it can't interpret HTML properly (I'm a web designer/developer and while it takes me 10 minutes to code a layout for FF and Opera... when it comes to IE compatibility I need an extra hour to make sure it looks mostly the same).
It all depends on one's opinion. Most people find Firefox more user-friendly, more customizable and more robust than IE. Opera does beat Firefox in many respects, but it's not so well known yet and it is also closed-source, thereby not allowing any changes. I myself like Firefox and Opera, but I don't find ANY reason to be fond of IE.
I prefer Opera. It is more secure than Firefox as well as faster.

Also, you can make more adjustments with Opera than you can with IE and Firefox.

I tried Firefox and it was too much like IE.

So, not everyone perfers Firefox over IE and Opera.

Personally, Firefox sucks almost as bad as IE.
Well, it is simple, i use IE6 and Firefox. Neither makes my computer crash, now IE7 what a load of crap. If I go to more that one site at a time, lock up!!!

Never really got into Netscape or Opera. hope that answered your question.
Most of the myths on that web page are pretty ridiculous. First of all, it 'debunks' some random quotes about the market share of Firefox (which doesn't say ANYTHING about the quality of the program), and second: the page starts by saying:

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Disclaimer - This page is in no way affiliated with Microsoft, Comcast or anyone else.

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But to illustrate (for example) the Anti-phishing myth, it states:

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Myth - "Firefox 2's Phishing Protection is better than Internet Explorer 7"

Reality - "Internet Explorer 7's Phishing Filter finished at the top of 3Sharp's list as most accurate anti-phishing technology, catching nearly 9 out of 10 phishing sites while generating no warning or block errors on the 500 legitimate websites tested." - Source

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The source it refers to is

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http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/09...

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NOTE THE MSDN-PART!! That's a Microsoft site! Not only that, the first line of the second section of the 'proof' that IE7's anti-phishing filter is better reads:

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To help us answer this question, we asked 3 Sharp LLC to conduct a study of the Phishing Filter in IE7 along with seven other products

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A study that Microsoft paid for says that IE7 is better than Firefox. Big surprise!! It's very easy to claim a page isn't affiliated to any of those companies mentioned, but it'd be better if it only quoted from sites that aren't affiliated with any of those companies, EITHER.

But to answer your question... Why do I use Firefox?

Because

- it has tabs (IE6 doesn't), and because I like its menu structure better than that of IE7.

- Microsoft is too big a company, it needs competition. For years MS didn't work on IE6, but it shifted back into gear when Firefox was released.

The reason why I don't use Opera? Because at the time when I wanted to get something different than IE6, Opera only offered a free product with annoying ads. Firefox was free, and didn't have ads. Since then, I just never saw a reason to abandon Firefox.
Well i prefer firefox because of the extensions are many which satisfy my needs. Firefox is open source so you can write your own extensions.

Opera on the other hand has less extensions ie opera widgets. But opera is very good when compared on the security side.

IE is very very slow and dont prefer it at all.

Overall i accept that opera and firefox are both good for browsing but am never a fan of IE.
the question is illogical.