Jason Oh offers the following royalty-free article for you to publish online or in print. Feel free to use this article in your newsletter, website, ezine, blog, or forum. ----------- PUBLICATION GUIDELINES - You have permission to publish this article for free providing the "About the Author" box is included in its entirety. - Do not post/reprint this article in any site or publication that contains hate, violence, porn, warez, or supports illegal activity. - Do not use this article in violation of the US CAN-SPAM Act. If sent by email, this article must be delivered to opt-in subscribers only. - If you publish this article in a format that supports linking, please ensure that all URLs and email addresses are active links. - Please send a copy of the publication, or an email indicating the URL to [email protected] - Article Marketer (www.ArticleMarketer.com) has distributed this article on behalf of the author. Article Marketer does not own this article, please respect the author's copyright and publication guidelines. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this article. ----------- Article Title: Dueling Browsers: Explorer 8 vs. Firefox 3 Author: Jason Oh Category: Information Technology Word Count: 419 Keywords: internet explore, firefox Author's Email Address: [email protected] Article Source: http://www.articlemarketer.com ------------------ ARTICLE START ------------------
Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft's most recent warrior in the constant browser battle became available in March of 2009. And it's most worthy opponent? Mozilla's Firefox 3. It only makes sense to compare them side by side and see what all the hype is about. Several internet experts took the time to compare performance in several categories, all of which both browsers claim to excel in. Availability: both Explorer 8 and Firefox 3 are only available (for now) through manual downloads from their respective online download centers. Microsoft has not yet specified when it will push Explorer 8 through the Windows Update service, although Explorer 8 beta users will see an Explorer 8 Windows Update before the general public does. Speed: in tests conducted by Nick Mediati of PC World, the speed of both the browsers was compared using nine of the popular Web sites: MySpace, Amazon, PC World, Yahoo, YouTube, Microsoft, Apple, Wikipedia and eBay. Each site was loaded ten times into each browser and the process was repeated the next day to eliminate the possibility of any network traffic or server issues. The results? For all intensive purposes, it was found that Internet Explorer 8 performed well, and won out over Firefox 3 in the biggest percentage of the time trials. However, in most of the testing, Explorer 8's advantage was half a second or less, and never more than one second, a difference that will probably be lost on most internet users, especially with the widespread access to broadband these days. Security: both Explorer 8 and Firefox 3 boast enhanced security as one of the most important reasons to download them. But are either really any safer? Explorer 8's new security features include more protection against hacked sites, ActiveX lockdowns, malware site blocking and a private browsing mode. Likewise, Firefox 3 includes Firefox 3 attaches anti-malware features onto the browser, which use much the same mechanism as found in the anti-phishing feature in Firefox 2, harnessing a Google-generated blacklist of sites that are the hosts of malicious code. The Firefox 3 blog also includes the results of tests looking at the period of time that sensitive information is vulnerable on both browsers, obviously finding that Firefox 3 users were vulnerable only nine days out of the year, compared to Explorer 8 users who were allegedly vulnerable 284 days. As several computer publications have noted, security features have gotten to be a constant area of competition between Microso ft and Mozilla, with both companies constantly releasing updated versions to trump the other. Jason Oh has an interest in computers and technology. His blog http://refurbishedcomputerexplained.com provides detailed information on refurbished desktop computers. The website also offers useful tips of what to look for before purchasing refurbished desktop computers. ------------------ ARTICLE END ------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
