How to Choose a Web Browser for Maximum Features

You can get a Web browser with maximum features if you consider the newest plugins and add-ons offered to enhance your browsing experience. While it can be easy to find new additions for most popular browsers, those additions don't matter if you won't use them. Whether your focus is music, gaming or safety, your Web usage will dictate the most useful browser for you.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer with Internet access

Learn About the Main Features of Mozilla Firefox

1. Go to the main page of Mozilla's Web site to read more about Firefox features (see Resources below).

2. Learn about the tabs feature. Mozilla Firefox opens individual tabs with their own 'Close' button to make your browsing easier. You can open as many new tabs as you want.

3. Take advantage of built-in spell checking. You won't need to copy and paste into a Word document to check your spelling.

4. Keep your work safe with Session Restore. Firefox will open all your tabs, windows and in-progress downloads that were being accomplished at the time of the unexpected close.

5. Learn more by reading user comments in the Firefox forums (see Resources below).

Find Out More About Internet Explorer Features

6. Get acquainted with Internet Explorer's capabilities by checking out the newest features, listed in the Help topics newsgroup (see Resources below).

7. Use the newest RSS feeds detector on Internet Explorer. You can click on the icon to subscribe to RSS feeds and read them directly in the browser.

8. Know that you can now navigate through tabs as thumbnails in a single window.

9. Complete Web searches in the tool bar for quick access. You can choose from different providers in a drop-down box to avoid having different search boxes in your tool bar.

Learn More About the Features of Netscape

10. Use Netscape's security center, which tells you at a glance which security features are active, inactive or need to be updated.

11. Manage your RSS feeds the same way you would bookmarks. Netscape offers easy detection of RSS content, too.

12. Browse the Netscape Navigator forums to read about the browser's maximum features (see Resources below).

Tips & Warnings

• Before you choose a new browser, check to be sure your computer meets the stated minimum requirements posted by the browser's manufacturer.
• Find help for your browser by selecting Help from your browser menu, or by visiting the FAQ/help page of the browser's manufacturer.
• Investigate the security features as part of your study of a Web browser's features. Look for anti-phishing technology, the ability to detect forged Web sites and pop-up blockers.