Firefox 2.0.0.12
I feel a bit more secure with Firefox knowing the development team is nimble enough to apply fixes to vulnerabilities within days after being exposed. I’m not sure about the other browsers. To me, that’s what sets Firefox apart from the others.
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)
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Too I use Firefox and it agree with you. It the most safe browser.
I like Opera better. It is faster, more secure and isn’t a memory hogger like firefox.
I have no idea why anyone thinks that Opera is more secure…
“I have no idea why anyone thinks that Opera is more secure…”
Statistics, my friend
Opera:
“0″ of 12 Secunia advisories unpatched by Secunia
http://secunia.com/product/10615/?task=advisories
Firefox:
19% (4 of 21 Secunia advisories)
http://secunia.com/product/12434/
more:
http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html#Security
Al, take a look at http://secunia.com/
Opera always has been the more secure web browser. Its my favorite choice too.
Gizmo, Helder,
What do you guys really mean when you say Opera is “more secure?” Less vulnerabilities? Could it be just Opera is less popular and is less targeted….
I’m well aware of secunia. I work on security releases as my regular job…
The thing is, when you have a 1% or 2% market share, people don’t bother to publish exploits for you most of the time. It isn’t worth the bother. A lack of reports is not actually indicative that something is more secure.
Nothing like someone mentioning Firefox to draw the Opera fanboys out of the woodwork.
I’d ask why, if Opera is so great, everyone doesn’t use it but someone will probably trot out the EU lawsuit as some kind of proof that the man is keeping Opera down (unlike Firefox, it appears).
Firefox has a better marketing. that’s for sure. Like people say, it’s almost (?) a religion.
@Helder
If Firefox is “almost” a religion, does that make Opera the Anti-Firefox?
Yep. It was my cure from the fx problems, anyway.
The support’s terrific, I agree.
It’s also the rampantly creative third-party stuff that makes Firefox, for me. The likes of Foxmarks, and Mouse Gestures.
It feels like a package that’s continually under review, by people who really care, with technical input and addons by other people who also care.
In terms of feel-good factor - solid gold.