No force on earth can stop Mozilla Firefox from becoming the most popular web browser in the world
The release of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer version 7.0 is not going to turn the heat on Mozilla Firefox. The simple reason why all the critics of Mozilla Firefox are wrong in their presumption that an improvement in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer will make it numero uno again is the fact that Mozilla Firefox is a web browser designed to cater to various operating systems.
On the other hand, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is designed for the Windows Operating System alone. If you are not using the Windows Operating System, you will not have the option of installing Microsoft’s Internet Explorer on your computer. In fact, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer comes bundled with the Windows Operating System. In other words, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is offered free for all users who purchase the Windows Operating System.
Hence, if you do not purchase the Windows Operating System and if you do not install the Windows Operating System on your computer, you will not be in position to make use of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to surf the internet. This makes it obvious that IE is an operating system specific software application.
As far as software applications go, web browsing software applications are not very special or unique. Just as certain software applications are word processing software applications and others are spreadsheet software applications, web browsing software applications are software applications used by end users to surf the internet. There is absolutely no reason why any web browsing software application should not work in all operating systems.
The fact that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer operates only in the Windows Operating System indicates the unnecessary integration between the web browsing software application and the operating system. Considering the fact that a web browser acts as a bridge between the user and the internet and considering the fact that the Internet is full of malicious content and individual with malicious intent, using a web browsing software application that is dependent on a particular operating system is a very dangerous thing to do.
On the other hand, Mozilla Firefox is a standalone web browser that operates irrespective of the operating system installed on the computer. It does not matter whether you have installed the Windows Operating System or whether you have installed any other operating system, you can always use the Mozilla Firefox web browsing software application to surf the internet.
As long as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is restricted to all those individuals who have installed the Windows Operating System on their computers, Mozilla Firefox will always remain popular. For all those people who have not installed the Windows Operating System, there are not many good quality and user friendly web browsing software application. This is where Mozilla Firefox enters the picture. Since Mozilla Firefox is a standalone web browser, it does not suffer from the disadvantage that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer suffers from.
It does not matter whether the end user has installed the Windows Operating system or not, he or she can still install Mozilla Firefox and use the same to browse the web. It is difficult to imagine the number of end users that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has rejected just due to the fact that it is unnecessarily bundled with an operating system.
When Microsoft’s Internet Explorer could capture nine tenth of the market with all these drawbacks, it just a matter of time before Mozilla Firefox goes ahead and trashes all other web browsing software applications in the market. As compared to the disadvantages offered by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox offers many advantages.
It can be installed on any computer irrespective of the operating system on the computer 2. There is absolutely no unnecessary integration of the web browser with the operating system.The minimum integration between the web browser and the operating system enhances the security of the web browser.
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