Internet Explorer 7 vs. Mozilla Firefox 2.0

Just two weeks after Microsoft delivered its highly anticipated Internet Exlorer 7, Mozilla has shipped a major update to its Firefox browser, according to cio.com. Firefox 2.0 was officially released just after 2 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, a day after an early version of the software was leaked onto Mozilla’s FTP site. But that early version was not integrated with Mozilla’s Web and add-on sites, making Tuesday’s version the first release that offered the complete Firefox 2.0 user experience, said Mike Beltzner, a user interface expert with the open-source project. New features in this latest version of the open-source browser include a spellchecker for Web forms, antiphishing warnings, and improved search and tabbed browsing capabilities.

As an everyday computer user, I do not find much of a difference between Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. I have heard varying stories from people about which one is safer to use. I have been a long time Internet Explorer user, but have switched to Firefox recently. I don’t feel that the new versions of these search engines will be much different from their predecessors. Maybe I will be surprised and one will stand out to me more than the other.