The newest, coolest and most talked about web browser of the moment is called Firefox. Until Firefox came along most people assumed that web browsing meant using Microsoft's Internet Explorer which accounted for about 95 percent of the market. As of the begining of 2007 Internet Explorer has fallen to less than 90 percent of the browser market share in North America and below 80 percent in Europe. The improved security and advanced features of Firefox have attracted millions of users.

Find out more and download Firefox from: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Firefox is produced and distributed by the same people who distribute the Mozilla Browser. So what is the difference between Mozilla and Firefox? The actual Mozilla browser is now a suit of programs called Seamonkey which is the Swiss Army knife of browsers.It includes a web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing. Firefox, in contrast, is strictly a web browser. It is smaller, faster, and geared to its primary job, efficient, secure web surfing.

Find out more and download Seamonkey From: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/

Extending Firefox

As it comes Firefox is an excellent browser, but one of its best features is the ability to add features and capabilities by a system of extensions. To add an extension, click Tools on the menu bar and select Extensions. A window will appear with a list of the extensions alreadt added to your version of Firefox. If you've only just installed Firefox you will probably only find language packs listed. At the bottom of this window you will see a button labeled Find Updates. You can use this to keep your extensions up to date. Next to this button is a link - Get More Extensions. When you click this link, a new browser opens at the Firefox Add-ons site. You can also visit the site directly at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox

The Add-ons page shows some of the most popular and the latest add-ons available. You can search for extensions by category or list recommended add-ons. Extensions range from highly useful tools to make your browsing more efficient to the plain silly. Each extension has a description and a link to install.