Using the Firefox browser

In recent years Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has had the overwhelming share of the web browser market. However the Firefox browser – which was officially introduced in November – is gaining market share quickly and has reportedly been adopted by around 4% of web surfers to date and has set a target to gain a 10% market share within the next year.

Firefox is the latest browser released by the Mozilla project, an open source community. It is downloadable, free of charge and is very simple to install, allowing you to import your Internet Explorer bookmarks at the same time.

It includes some innovative features, such as the ability to browse with different ‘tabs’ in the same browser window, a built in search box (which you can use with a range of search engines) and good pop-up blocking and security features. It is also possible to customise Firefox to add a wide range of extra search features and completely change its appearance.

Try it out. It would also be worthwhile checking how your own site displays in this browser, although the variation from Internet Explorer is not bad. If you’d like us to check this for you (and send you a screenshot), please let us know.

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