#FIREFOX OR OPERA FOR MAC DOWNLOAD#
No matter how you slice it, it's pushing three times the download size of Opera or Firefox. Of course, that bloated pig, Internet Explorer 7, tips the scales at 14.78MB. But get this: Opera's International edition (which is what came down when I clicked the main download link for Opera 9.02 on the Opera home page) is 6.27MB, while the Windows version of Firefox 2.0 from the main download link is 5.62MB. Opera's only true advantages are small size and solid performance. The rough edges are apparent everywhere you look. Opera's designers are great at thinking small, but not great at thinking small and smooth. That's only part of the reason, though, why it has such a clunky interface. That's so '90s! Opera bristles with bells and whistles most of us are never going to use. It's all about features, features, features. No other browser comes close to Firefox's array of third-party customizations. You can't even uninstall many of the browser add-ons that are available for IE7. In fact, the excellent toolbar system from IE4 to IE6 is partially missing in IE7. You can't tweak Internet Explorer 7's interface all that much. In the end, Firefox's rich pool of third-party customizations puts it over the top. A standard that's no longer standard is, to many, a lot less valuable. Many enterprise users are finding that IE7 breaks this or that required Web site or Web-based enterprise application. That's no longer the case with Internet Explorer 7. In many ways, IE6 gave Firefox more competition because it was the de facto standard. The funny part is that it's not about features for Firefox users, it's about compatibility, customizability and convenience. Even after Microsoft played catch-up patty-cake with the release of IE7 earlier this year, Windows users who truly know the Web are continuing to choose Firefox. The people who live and breathe the Internet will all tell you the same thing: Firefox is the best Web browser for Windows and the Mac.
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