The ‘we offer more features’ argument against Mozilla Firefox does not hold good any more
There are many end users of the Internet Explorer web browsing software application who justify the huge setup file of the web browser on the grounds that the Internet Explorer web browser offers a lot more features as compared to the Firefox web browsing software application.
While this argument would have held well with reference to Firefox version 1.0 and version 1.5, it certainly does not to hold good with reference to Firefox version 2.0 or with the soon to be released Firefox version 3.0. When the Firefox web browsing software application was first released, the setup file was less than five MB in size.
Since then, version 1.5 and version 2.0 of the web browsing software application have been released. Version 3.0 the Firefox web browsing software application is expected to be released by the end of the year. However, the size of the setup file of the Firefox web browsing software application is not expected to rise in excess of ten MB.
Since the release of version 1.0, a lot of features have been added to the Firefox web browsing software application. Version 2.0 offers the in built spell checker, the anti phishing feature, the changed display configuration for Firefox extensions and themes and also the session restore feature.
Despite the addition of these essential features into the Firefox web browsing software application, there was a negligent rise in the size of the setup file. Today, version 2.0 of the Firefox web browsing software application offers as many features as the Internet Explorer web browsing software application does.
In fact, the Firefox web browser offers more. In such a scenario, the argument that the Internet Explorer web browsing software application is bigger because it is better simply does not hold good. Version 3.0 of the Firefox web browsing software application is expected to offer even more features.
Version 3.0 of the Firefox web browsing software application is expected to offer the Places feature instead of the Bookmarks feature, support for web application and many other accessibility related features as well.
The support for web applications is going to change the way the world uses were not only the World Wide Web but computers. However, despite the large increase in the number of features, there is absolutely no doubt that the setup file of the version 3.0 of the Firefox web browsing software application is not going to significantly increase.
All said and done, one is forced to conclude that the Firefox web browsing software application is a lot of better than the Internet Explorer web browsing software application and all other web browsers in the market. There is no other reason why the Firefox web browsers should pack so many features into such a small setup file.
Now that the superiority of the Firefox web browsing software application has been clearly established, the onus is upon the end users to choose whether he or she wants to continue with an inferior web browsing software application or whether he or she wants to choose a superior web browsing software application.
If you want a superior web browser, just the click on the link in download-firefox.org and watch the setup file of the Firefox web browsing software application being downloaded into your computer. The Mozilla Firefox web browsing software application was always a lightweight web browser and the developers intend to keep it that way. This commitment of the developers towards their original goals and principles is credit worthy. This commitment towards the basic principles of the web browsing software application is seen only in case of the Firefox web browsing software application.
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