Although Internet Explorer is still most used, the OpenSource Browser Firefox is catching up fast
Download is far smaller than IE and it's quick and easily installed. Download and install (free download)
- Firefox 3 delivers helpful new features to make your online experience more productive.
- Firefox continues to lead the way in online security, and now includes active protection from online scams to keep you safer.
- Choose from over a thousand useful add-ons that enhance Firefox. It’s easy to personalize Firefox to make it your own.
Recommended add-ons:
NoScript
Winner of the “2006 PC World World Class Award”, provides extra protection to your Firefox.
This extension allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site.
Such a preemptive approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even unknown!) with no loss of functionality…
ShowIP
Shows the IP address of the current page in the status bar. It also allows querying custom services by IP (right mouse button) and Hostname (left mouse button), like whois, netcraft. Additionally you can copy the IP address to the clipboard. This extension was formerly known as ipv6ident.
IE Tab you can switch the browser engine inside FF with a click. There is a small icon showing in the status bar. This is a great tool for web developers, since you can easily see how your web page displayed in IE with just one click and then switch back to Firefox
You might also think about: Opera Browser
By far the easiest of mentioned three browsers to install is Opera ( free to download)
Got an integrated module for e-mail management and is very safe as well
