Firefox: The Real Internet Explorer

Firefox is a great browser that can enhance your online experience. I've been using Firefox since about version 0.8. I'm normally the kind of person that goes around and tries out new bits and pieces. Most things I download don't last very long. Firefox is different. Whilst Mozilla is a bit clunky, Firefox is sleek, not full of junk and a pleasure to use.

You will find Firefox is compatible with most sites, although you may occasionaly have to load up IE. There is also no Google sanctified Page Rank tool for Firefox... Google search is nicely integrated into Firefox though.

Firefox has many advantages over IE.

• Tabbed browsing. This is even better since they started warning you that you have multiple tabs open. This used to be a bit of a pain when you forgot and shut down all those windows you had open. You can hit Ctrl and click on a link to bring it up in the same browser, but in another tab. This is really great, because Firefox will retain focus on the window you are, so you can click on a bunch of links, watch to see when they have completed loading and then go check them out in at your leisure.
• Firefox is not such a target for spyware and other malicious attacks.
• There is a built in pop-up blocker (IE apparently has one in the latest SP 2 for XP).

Googles, "I'm feeling lucky" is built into the Firefox browser bar. You can just start type some words into the browser and quite often you will end up where you want to go... not today... right now.

• You can use
• Firefox find is nice. As you you type in the search term, it is highlighting and focusing on th first occurence in the document.
• You can type "dict " in the browser bar. Hit go and it takes you to a definition of that word.
• Firefox has some nice features for developers. The Javascript debugger is nice, as is the view source.

Find out for yourself how nifty Firefox is. Download Firefox using the banners here. Don't be afraid if it is a release version, in my usage of the product, it is more reliable than IE. It is only about 4.5 meg and once you start using it, you will most likely love it.