Firefox is Made of Win

[catsplay]

I'm finally breaking down and switching to Firefox. I'm sick of the IE - the slow behemoth.

I need to find out other cool stuff Firefox can do. I know you can add extensions or something.

That is all.

** Update: How do I set Firefox as my default browser? For example, if I click a link from Outlook, it is still launching Internet Explorer.

Comments

[catsplay]

thanks for the heads up on that!

[johari_m]

good for you! firefox is much better!

[jenniferline]

I was really resistant to switching to Firefox a few years ago (change is hard for me LOL), but I love it now. IE was constantly crashing or freezing; I never have issues with FF. You'll never go back, unless it's kicking and screaming. :)

[kehlen]

So very true :-)

Welcome!

[nycangel83]

OMG! Welcome to the wonderful world of Firefox. My stepfather convinced me to switch a couple of years ago. I should mention that I seem to have this electro-magnetic field surrounded me that zaps computers and I used to be a virus magnet as well. I haven't had ANY problems with viruses or spy/adware since I switched. Plus, the add-ons are great. I download the themes. Right now I have one called "Naver" which is nice. It basically changes the look of your browser. They range from professional to quirky and weird and everything in between. Have fun!

[stradiwhovius]

Firefox kicks ass. ;)

You might want to check out Flock as well. It's built around Firefox but with a lot of integration with just about every major social networking/blogging/media sharing community (basically it's Firefox with a crapload of social networking extensions already built in).

[stradiwhovius]

Gah, me again. You might also want to read this blog post about color management in case colors on pages/photos look a bit off. It explained why an icon I made suddenly looked washed out after I uploaded it.

[catsplay]

thanks. since I am involved in photography that's important to know.