Firefox VS Windows Internet Explorer

In my years as an IT professional I can not tell you the number of times I have had a client ask, 'When you go online, do you use Internet explorer? Are there any other choices? Are they better? ' In the world of computers, indeed in most professions, it is rare that you can give a straight short answer to any question. Eagerly I answer the first two questions with 'No ' and 'ABSOLUTELY! ' Unfortunately the last is a little harder to answer and its best short answer is, 'it depends. ' That, of curse, begs the question, 'On what does it depend? ' and that is what this paper examines.