Is Firefox "lighter" and smaller of a program than Explorer? (Browsers)
2006-07-06 22:05:25 · 8 answers · asked by heart_focus 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Wow, good answers, but Smokin is weighing in with a totally different answer!
2006-07-06 22:36:32 · update #1
Yeah, Firefox is lighter than IE. It is lighter in size and in CPU usage. And somken, the size of the program file's Internet Explorer is misleading. Since most of IE's file is not located on the Program Files' entry, most of them is located in the WINDOWS folder, scattered in it, mixed with other Windows files.
Note: Be a bit careful with usage, Explorer might refers to Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer.
2006-07-07 00:43:03 · answer #1 · answered by Lie Ryan 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
The simple answer is yes. But the issue is more complex than that. IE 6 is bigger and heavier than Firefox, has more security issues, is slower and is much older than Firefox. But some webpages were built for IE and won't load well in any other browser.
Firefox has a smaller size, a smaller footprint, and is very user friendly.
My advice would be to download Firefox and use it a while. See which one you like better, it or IE 6. Get Firefox from Mozilla at --
http://www.mozilla.com/
You may also want to download and try IE 7, beta 3. It has been much improved thanks to the competition from Firefox. Get it from Microsoft at --
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx
2006-07-06 22:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by merlin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definetely, The current version of firefox is 1.5..0.4 and the total size is 4.88 MB and the current version of internet explorer is 6.0.2800.1106 and total setup size is 11.0 MB. Other than this, IE is now outdated and more vulnarable to current security risks while Mozilla Firefox is a full featured, new age and most secure than IE. So i will recommend to go for it, b,coz both are free then small size to download then why should you take chance. You can download it from http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/central/
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2006-07-06 22:26:58 · answer #3 · answered by Smart Guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you mean by its fuctions. Its more user-friendly, and highly recommended. Explorer is getting old, but keep it for backups. There are some sites that doesn't support Firefox (which they should).
2006-07-06 22:10:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya its lighter and smaller then IE , as i think. the setup is only 4.60 MB and IE setup is near about 11MB. Firefox is a good brower, dont think just go for it.
2006-07-06 22:10:42 · answer #5 · answered by Abhishek 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
measure it through its performance and not size ie ruled the market ,though firefox is cathching up .firefox sure is ahead of ie in javascript support
2006-07-06 22:34:16 · answer #6 · answered by software engineer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uuuhhhh... no. i have just reinstalled windows XP today and put a fresh copy of FF on this comptuer. as you can tell by this pic, http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3226/ieissmaller7kt.jpg , FF is much bigger then IE. but FF is hell of a lot better then anything out there.
2006-07-06 22:24:56 · answer #7 · answered by Somken 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the UI of the programs...ff is good, and try the new ie7beta...
2006-07-06 22:16:29 · answer #8 · answered by hyfeneph 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋