If you buy a new Windows Vista PC, it comes with a decent built-in Web browser, Web Explorer 7. whether you buy a new Macintosh computer, it comes with a decent built-in Web browser, Safari 3.0. So why would you want or need a different Web browser?

That is the question that Mozilla, the nonprofit organization that makes the leading alternative browser, hopes to reply that month when it releases version 3.0 of its Firefox Web browser. In some tech-industry circles, Firefox already is preferred by Microsoft’s World Wide Web Explorer and Apple’s Safari, but it still isn’t used by most public, and Mozilla is hoping to broaden its appeal.

The new version will be released simultaneously for Windows and the Mac’s OS X operating system, as well as for Linux. While each of the three editions will have the visual style of the operating system on which it runs, all three will have the same features.

I’ve been using pre-release versions of Firefox 3.0 for months, and have recently been analyzing a near-final version and comparing it closely to IE and to Safari. I have tested it on multiple Windows PCs and Macs, on desktops and laptops, by slow connections and fast ones. I have tried it with well by 100 Web sites.

My verdict is that Firefox 3.0 is the best Web browser out there right now, and that it tops the current versions of both IE and Safari in features, speed and shield. It is easy to install and easy to use, even for a mainstream, non-technical user. It can be downloaded, free, on their Web site by clicking on “Firefox 3 Sneak Peek.”

that situation may change. Microsoft is working on a new version of IE, scheduled to be introduced later that year, with some impressive new features. And Apple is…

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