{"id":338,"date":"2007-11-26T21:43:06","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T02:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/tutorials\/use-an-awesome-web-browser\/"},"modified":"2007-11-26T21:43:06","modified_gmt":"2007-11-27T02:43:06","slug":"use-an-awesome-web-browser","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/tutorials\/use-an-awesome-web-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"Use an Awesome Web Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you have a compelling reason (you work for Microsoft or you depend on websites that only work in IE), you should not be using Internet Explorer.<\/p>\n<p>I recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/firefox\/\">Firefox<\/a>. Why switch?<\/p>\n<ul>\n    <li>It&#8217;s free and &#8220;clean&#8221;&#8211;no spyware or ads or catches. It&#8217;s one of the finest examples of open-source software ever.<\/li>\n    <li>It blocks popups.<\/li>\n    <li>Built-in spell-checker.<\/li>\n    <li>It displays the blogs better!<\/li>\n    <li>You know how you type a whole thing in a form and then accidentally click a link away from that form and lose everything? That doesn&#8217;t happen in Firefox. You just go back and your text is sitting there waiting.<\/li>\n    <li>It supports really helpful plugins adding even cooler features.<\/li>\n    <li>It&#8217;s <em>free<\/em> and you can still keep IE installed in case you want to change back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what do you do? Click that link (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/firefox\/\">here it is again<\/a>). When it finishes downloading, double-click on the download to install it. It&#8217;ll ask you a couple simple questions and even let you import your plugins and all from Internet Explorer.<\/p>\n<p>Poke around a bit and get comfortable. And once you get over how much you were missing, download some extensions, which are add-ons that make Firefox <em>even better<\/em>. Some of my favorites:<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: To install them, just click &#8220;Install Now.&#8221; N.B. that there&#8217;s a 3-second delay before you can click &#8220;Install&#8221; on the window that pops up&#8211;this is a safety feature. How many times have you been typing and accidentally said &#8220;OK&#8221; to something? This ensures that you can&#8217;t accidentally install any extensions you don&#8217;t mean to<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/1865\">AdBlock Plus<\/a>: Firefox blocks obnoxious popups. This lets you block nearly all ads.<\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/12\">All-in-One Gestures<\/a>: Kind of a niche, but I&#8217;ve come to expect that any browser I touch supports this. A rapid right-then-left click (roll your hand across the mouse buttons from right to left) goes back, and vice versa. I don&#8217;t claim to speak for everyone, but for me, this is incredibly intuitive and is incredibly convenient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are plenty more, but this is a good starting point. A lot of them fill niche needs, so feel free to poke around.<\/p>\n<p>You can also change the way Firefox looks. The default is pretty good, but some other options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/12\">Vista-aero<\/a>: Great for Windows Vista users, or those who want to pretend.<\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/1315\">iFox Graphite<\/a>: A nice Mac OS X-ish look.<\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/6019\">Extero<\/a>: Just came across this one. It&#8217;s kind of spiffy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you have a compelling reason (you work for Microsoft or you depend on websites that only work in IE), you should not be using Internet Explorer. I recommend Firefox. Why switch? 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