Some of the advantages why would I use Firefox as a web browser when surfing the internet are as follows:
- Standart Compliant
Support Gecko rendering of that has been standardized W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). Code and how its use allows a web developer to build a website for Firefox - Available for various OS platforms
Firefox is an open source application, the application is available for various platforms, ranging from Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. - Prevent phising activity into your computer
Phising is an attempt for someone t steal personal identity that you have that you usually put on the computer, usually in the form of mail, password, telephone numbers, bank account number and other important data you have.
Firefox stores many database of phising website, so if by chance you visit the site, Firefox will warn you to not visit it. - Many add-ons that can be integrated
Point is the most distinguishing Firefox with other web browser. You can add all sorts of add-ons that will add to the functionality of Firefox itself.