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[c9]

Is your web browser (which is 90% likely to be Internet Explorer) feeling slow, tired, and flaky? Are you ready for a change? Feeling like you should be rebelling against Microsoft since you're not really a shit-leaver-aloner in the rest of your life?



I just downloaded and installed Mozilla FireFox, the free, open-source high-speed web browser from the Mozilla (originally Netscape) gang. High quality, faster, more standards-compliant. I'm enjoying it so far. It's only a browser, nothing else (no chat, no email, no IM, no dancing butterflies, so it's quite speedy.



FireFox has cool features like tabbed browsing (rather than open tons of separate windows, it keeps them all organized by tabs at the top), and it has a Google search box right in the toolbar as well.



Not only that, but you can add any other search engine to the box, if you prefer others. Including cool ones like Babelfish's translater! So when jemappellevinny posts something new, you can more easily figure it out! :-)



The coolest thing I've learned so far is that "ottawa limos" is "acharné" in French.

Comments

[stargazen.livejournal.com]

I use Safari... TO HELL WITH MICROSOFT!!!!! :-D

Ps, MACS ROCK!

to hell with?

[petele.livejournal.com]

Hey, Microsoft is sort of your bread and butter dude! ;) Okay, so maybe it isn't, but it's quite a few of your friends bread and butter...

I also recall you have some MS apps on your Mac, including Windows XP ;)

Re: to hell with?

[stargazen.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what your talking about having MS products on my computer..

(goes into background and closes Word, Entourage, and Messenger)

Nope, nothing at all.. :-p

Yea I do have xp on my mac, as for if it works is another entire question... I think its broken and blue screening... :-(

Re: to hell with?

[c9.livejournal.com]

One of these days I want to setup my work laptop as a totally Linux workstation. I'm just chicken so far. I like my Outlook, Excel, Messenger, ...

Re: to hell with?

[c9.livejournal.com]

What a fascinating operating system that Windows XP is. Surprises all the time. :)

Re: to hell with?

[petele.livejournal.com]

ah, but have you installed SP2 yet?

some very nice security and other fixes. Once its RTW'ed, please make sure everyone you know installs it.

Re: to hell with?

[c9.livejournal.com]

Yes, ma'am!

(I can only think of like three people I know running XP. But I'll tell them all about it.)

[c9.livejournal.com]

*sigh* I want a mac. But I have no money. If you hear about any stolen PowerBooks crossing the border into Canada, can you tell me instead of, y'know, other protectors of the innocent like yourself? :-)

Note to self

[roosterbear.livejournal.com]

Keep vewwy close eye on my iBook when I go to Canada...

[ratonil.livejournal.com]

I use OPERA. Do you know it? You should try it :)

[kdborg.livejournal.com]

Opera is nice. But, I don't like the ad banner. And I'm too cheap to get rid of it.

[ratonil.livejournal.com]

You could download a cracked version then :)

[kdborg.livejournal.com]

I've been using FireFox (FireBird, Phoenix...) for quite some time. I had switched from the main Netscape / Mozilla browsers to save space.

You should try the Bookmark Toolbar... basically bookmarks as buttons. I've got some common ones there and it saves a few clicks. Weather, news, TV listings... all good ones.

Thumbs up for the change.