I use Mozilla's Firefox for most my browsing and Google's Chrome for downloading massive amounts of pictures. IE is buggy now and then and carries more risk for viruses, spyware, trojans, etc.
Firefox has all sorts of cool ad-ons you can use. I use Invisible Hand and when I shop online, it runs silently and unseen in the background and almost instantly shows me what site has the best price on any item I am looking at. When you shop, it puts a banner below the web address with the best price on the internet and a link.
I also use McAfee's free version of Site Advisor as an add-on. When you do a Google search, each site in the results has either a green check or red or yellow "X" nest to it to tell you whether the site is safe to visit. I have lots more add-ons that do all sorts of things.
Jump in and get your feet wet with Firefox. Ask for help if you need it. I was a die-hard IE user but love Firefox now. It's a pretty easy program. i also use Thunderbird, Mozilla's email program. All the above are freebies.
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Date: 2012-03-17 11:32 am (UTC)Firefox has all sorts of cool ad-ons you can use. I use Invisible Hand and when I shop online, it runs silently and unseen in the background and almost instantly shows me what site has the best price on any item I am looking at. When you shop, it puts a banner below the web address with the best price on the internet and a link.
I also use McAfee's free version of Site Advisor as an add-on. When you do a Google search, each site in the results has either a green check or red or yellow "X" nest to it to tell you whether the site is safe to visit. I have lots more add-ons that do all sorts of things.
Jump in and get your feet wet with Firefox. Ask for help if you need it. I was a die-hard IE user but love Firefox now. It's a pretty easy program. i also use Thunderbird, Mozilla's email program. All the above are freebies.