browsers

Rank

IE 7 vs Firefox 3.x

  1. I am forced to use this browser for certain sites

    64% 36%
    IE 7 29 out of 45 picked IE 7 over Firefox 3.x Firefox 3.x

  2. This browser launches fast

    42% 58%
    IE 7 40 out of 69 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  3. This browser is minimal

    40% 60%
    IE 7 39 out of 66 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  4. This browser feels native

    40% 60%
    IE 7 35 out of 59 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  5. This browser is resource hungry

    33% 67%
    IE 7 37 out of 56 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  6. This browser is fast to use

    21% 79%
    IE 7 45 out of 57 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  7. This browser is easy to use

    17% 83%
    IE 7 52 out of 63 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  8. Pages render fast in this browser

    13% 87%
    IE 7 52 out of 60 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  9. Most sites render correctly in this browser

    12% 88%
    IE 7 55 out of 63 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  10. Most sites work correctly in this browser

    11% 89%
    IE 7 55 out of 62 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  11. I use this browser for work

    11% 89%
    IE 7 56 out of 63 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  12. Pages look pretty in this browser

    9% 91%
    IE 7 45 out of 50 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  13. This browser has features for tasks other than web browsing

    7% 93%
    IE 7 47 out of 51 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  14. This browser has a large feature set

    7% 93%
    IE 7 60 out of 65 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  15. This browser is pretty

    7% 93%
    IE 7 52 out of 56 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  16. I regularly use this browser

    5% 95%
    IE 7 157 out of 166 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  17. Javascript runs fast in this browser

    3% 97%
    IE 7 49 out of 51 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  18. I am confident that this browser is secure

    3% 97%
    IE 7 60 out of 62 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  19. This browser is extensible

    1% 99%
    IE 7 55 out of 56 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  20. There is a good community around this browser

    1% 99%
    IE 7 57 out of 58 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  21. This browser has many user created extensions

    100%
    IE 7 56 out of 56 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

  22. This browser is customisable

    100%
    IE 7 56 out of 56 picked Firefox 3.x over IE 7 Firefox 3.x

What's going on here?

The absolute rankings are interesting for large scale comparisons but when you want to know about two specific languages it's much more informative to look at how the two fare when they go directly head to head.

Here are all the statements which we've got enough comparisons between IE 7 and Firefox 3.x to be meaningful and which of the two our users picked.

The order in which we're presenting them is a little arbitrary (sorry), but we've tried to put the things which they're both good at first so as to give you the most interesting picture of it.