Maybe so, but NetCaptor was only a browser shell for Internet Explorer as opposed to an actual stand-alonbe browser such as Firefox or Opera. Also Opera did have tabbed browsing around the same time, but the ones in Netcaptor were closer to browser tabs as we think of them today.

Anyway, Firefox is about the most well rounded browser currently on the market.

I have limited experience with firefox. I am used to IE and seem to always end up using it. I really don't see much of a difference between the two. I have two different work at home jobs that each require use of one or the other, so I have both on my computer and actually use both. I have also noticed that if a page doesn't want to open in one of the browsers it will often open in the other. For example, a chat room that I frequent (work related) sometimes will not open in IE, but if I open FF it will generally open right away.

tanner have you tried downloadng some of the IE simulators for firefox? I know I have one for my graphic design but I've never tried logging into a site with it, just loading a coded page to see if its hideous or not.

I have tested other MS products. Office 2007 was loads of fun to test out (when it wasn't crashing the computer). I also played with the post-it note one and something else that doesn't come to mind. We have a spare computer that serves as the printer/network hub so we load the betas there and use and abuse it.

I don't think FF is a memory hog, as I have had many tabs open at once and my machine (which is not the latest and greatest) does not seem to slow down or crash, using XP.

I keep reading about the superior security features in FF in relation to IE. I personally use FF when I want to log in to my banking site, etc. Any comments on the security features of FF, anyone?

bball, the problem with memory and FF 2 was that it did not give back memory once you closed tabs. Not all of it anyway.

So when you open stuff, then close it, the memory is still taken up. Open some more stuff, and slowly but surely your system slows down and becomes laggy.

But it's sorted now.

Flumpet- that is interesting. Has that problem been fixed only in the latest version (3.0) of Firefox?

I currently use both IE and FF on my computer, I use them for different reasons and I have had no problems, it was actually sometime in February I downloaded FF and it's ok so far.

I think they fixed the memory leak issue at some update point with FF2. At least I don't recall ever seeing a problem such as that after a point. I have an older system at home that can't handle IE as well as FF, so I would notice it choke on memory usage (at least I assume I would). The latest version of FF3 definitely has it fixed and is modified to be even faster than FF2.

You can add me to the Firefox bandwagon. While Internet Explorer is "OK" with me I much prefer Firefox as I feel it is more friendly and easier to use. Unfortunately many companies and corporations go the IE way because of all of the other MS products they use.

I haven't tried the latest version of FF yet but will have to look into getting it.

George

The memory leak was indeed only fixed in version three. I don't know why they didn't fix it before, but they did say over and over that it wasn't an error with version two, rather a way of doing it that didn't work out so well. It was however intended to be that way unfortunately.