Firing Up The Fox!

Made the big switch over the weekend. Well, actually, it was a little switch. Finally got rid of IE and set myself up with the Mozilla Firefox browser. Being a Mac guy for most of my life, it was kind of bugging me that everything I had on my PC was made by Microsoft, so I though I would break their stranglehold over my computer and give the new kid on the block a shot.

I'm happy to report that the set up couldn't have been easier, and you can even transfer your preferences and bookmarks right over to Firefox. I really like the dead simple layout, and the fact that you can customize you browser in about a million different ways. Also, since we are the last hold-outs still using a dial-up at home, I notice (and am thankful for) any little speed increase I can get. I notice that web pages open quicker with Firefox, and pictures seem to open one at a time, instead of the haphazard way they open with IE.

I also love the fact that I can control iTunes from the menu bar, and that I can configure the buttons in any way that I see fit. I even downloaded a plug-in that displays the security threat level right in the bottom corner of the browser window, just for comic effect (we are "elevated" today, btw).

Overall, I would recommend that anybody still using Internet Explorer give it a shot. It doesn't really change anything, and you can always go back to using IE if you don't dig Firefox. But I really do dig it already, and with all those Open Source developers working out there to improve it, something that seems pretty great already is only gonna get better.