Alternative Web Browsers

[George W. Maschke]

In view of the many serious security flaws in Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser, which many people are using by default, you might want to consider safer, free alternatives.

Firefox is a fast, free, open-source browser that may be downloaded here:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Another alternative is Opera, the latest version of which may be downloaded here:

http://www.opera.com/download/?lng=en&ver=7.51

[George W. Maschke]

Those using Mozilla Firefox may wish to install Jaap Haitsma's "ReloadEvery" extension. This will allow you to automatically reload a web page (for example, this message board) every so many seconds or minutes:

http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=115&vid=270&category=

(With Opera, this feature is built-in.)

[George W. Maschke]

The "final" version of Mozilla Firefox (1.0) was released on Tuesday, 9 November 2004:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

[George W. Maschke]

On Tuesday, 29 November 2005, the Mozilla Corporation released Firefox 1.5. It may be downloaded here:

http://www.mozilla.com