So I’ve been using Firefox for a while now (almost 2 months), and I’m impressed. This is coming from someone who used Safari almost exclusively since it was available and barked at anyone who tried to tell her anything bad about it. Firefox, at this point in its development, is a more sensible browser than Safari. Note that I didn’t say it was a better browser. Firefox is a great browser for people who like to tinker. If you’re not scared to get your hands a little dirty, install some extensions, play with themes, and do a little reading to see what works and what doesn’t, Firefox is the way to go. Some people are content to use whatever browser they download or whatever comes with their system as is. If you’re one of those people, you can stop reading now. Cool things about Firefox: * You can install extensions by clicking on web links for them * There are a lot of themes (but make sure they work on Firefox 0.8 for your OS before you install them * There are TONS of sensible extensions that make your browsing very slick * It’s available for Linux, Windows, and OS X; one browser to bind them * It’s quick like a bunny - no joke * You can add multiple search engines to the search box: Google, Froogle, Amazon, Wikipedia, and IMDB are just a few of my engines * The whole browser is themed in CSS: if you can’t find a theme you like, make your own Currently I am running the Apollo theme done by Aaron Spuler which some people are delighted about. I am also running the Tabbed Browser Extension which allows me to open links from other programs and new page links in tabs in my existing browser window. Today I also picked up Adblock which strips out 95% of the ads on the internet with a little help from the filters on Aaron’s site. With those two extensions, I have a really comfortable surfing experience. I am going to look into other extensions and if I see anything else worthy of mention, it’ll get posted here. Got any extensions you want me to try out? Drop a link in the comments and I’ll check it out.

Ladies and gentlemen… this is the most exciting news that I’ve had all year. NETSCAPE IS GONNA CALL IT QUITS! YAY FOR OUR TEAM! Once Netscape bows out, then I can REALLY make use of my CSS book for sure!

Everyone who’s online needs to browse the web. Everyone needs to pick a browser. I know I am going to burn in hell or conceivably get shot for saying this but Netscape is the most horrible excuse for a browser I have ever worked with in my life. Not that Internet Explorer is perfect, but it is hands down the cleaner browser right now. If you’re looking at this journal right now and it looks like it’s embedded in my homepage, you’re most likely using some flavor of Internet Explorer which is HTML 4.0 compliant (this is an iframe). If it made you click on a lamer link to open it in a new browser window, you are MOST LIKELY using Nutscrape. I don’t care if the Linux users string me up for saying this: “Internet Explorer is the better browser.” Regardless of its evil factor.