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The Main Benefits of Using Mozilla Firefox
There are many good reasons to make the transition from your current browser to FireFox. With Firefox, you will enjoy an overall improvement in browsing speed, web compatibility, web security, and advanced features that improve the overall quality of your web browsing experience. To top it off… Firefox is free and easy to download.

Optimal Performance - Speed
Firefox is programmed with a powerful JavaScript engine that improves your browsing speed tremendously.  Unlike with Internet Explorer, you won’t experience the annoying delays loading new pages. If you use Internet Explorer, you are wasting lots of time waiting for pages to load.  Additionally, Firefox defends against unwanted Active X scripts. These scripts make your browsing environment  open to viruses, and greatly slow your browsing performance.

Tabbed Browsing
Firefox has a something called “tabbed browsing,” which simplifies the task of switching from window to another. Firefox loads multiple websites into a single window by using tabs. You can switch between these sites with ease by simply clicking on one of the tabs. It is a convenient and easy way to manage multiple open web pages that will save you tons of time and will eliminate the need to use the Windows taskbar repeatedly to switch between websites.

Pop-up Ad Blocker
Firefox has a unique option in the browser settings which allow you to block all of those annoying pop up ad’s you get while browsing. Firefox has a built in defense system that fights against those unwanted pop up ads and animated image advertisements. After installation, Simply click Tools->Options->Content and select “Block Pop-up Windows.”  You will never have to worry about those annoying pop up ads again. Firefox also allows you to remove annoying image advertisements.  Simply right click on the image and select “block images from this server.”

Firefox Plugins & Extensions
Plugins can help your overall browsing experience. Plugins typically help with special functions. Whether it is viewing a particular graphic format, or playing a specific video file(multimedia), Plugins are quick and easy to download, and they are incorporated directly into Firefox. Extensions are add-on updates you can download that improve a current plugin or web setting you already have installed. Plugins and Extenstions are available at the Firefox website.

Improved Security & Protection against Spyware & Malware
Chances are, if you are using I.E. or any other web browser, you have experienced the pains of dealing with spyware and malware. All of these problems usually originate from a website you are browsing. Firefox is specially designed to combat the newest and most intrusive types of computer viruses. Unlike Internet explorer, Firefox doesn’t automatically allow intrusive ads that breed spyware and malware viruses. To learn more about malware & spyware and why they are detrimental to your browsing experience, click here.

Privacy – Knowing that your browsing experience is yours alone.
Firefox has 3 simple options: Remember History, Never Remember History, or custom settings. They are built directly into the browser under “tools.”  With custom settings, you can manually select whether you want certain information stored, while other information is cleared. It allows you to accept or reject cookies from websites.  A “cookie,” is basically a settings file for any given website.  One use of cookies is to store your login information so that a webpage login form will be auto-filled when you return to the page.  Sometimes it is better to clear cookies if, for example, you share your computer with friends or family.  Firefox makes it simple to customize your browsing environment leaving it up to you what you share with other people who use your computer.

Easy Installation
You don’t have to be a know-it-all to install Firefox. Installation and setup are very quick and easy. The process is straight forward and takes no more then a few minutes. Additionally, you can import all of the settings from your current browser (i.e. favorites, bookmarks), and have them directly imported to Mozilla. Firefox also supports multiple languages, in case you’d like to browse in another language.