phi err faux..

Or Firefox!

So I downloaded firefox today. I had had a hearty argument with a friend last month, and I wanted nothing to do with Firefox. But then, there's no sense in opposing it unless I use it right?

Verdict I dont get what the big deal is? I mean I use Netscape Navigator (v7 or something) which is based on the same mozilla engine that Firefox is based on. I can see that if someone is using IE, then perhaps moving to Firefox is a great idea, but otherwise, its a lot of hooey.

I've been using Netscape (and the Mozilla browser) for a long time and for me, shifting to Firefox is actually a pain. It does have the absolutely essential tabbed browsing - but unlike Netscape there is no button for opening new tabs directly. One has to R-click and then open a new tab (Two clicks instead of one).

It does have the benefit of being lightweight, but once I install it, that really doesn't factor in. I didn't notice any appreciable change in speed of browsing. It took as much time as my Netscape to wake up from hibernation - which is really my processor's fault.

And finally the big selling point - Firefox blocks advertisements: Thats actually fodder for another post, but I will say this now; blocking ads might not be such a good idea. If one considers the revenue streams that Yahoo generates from ads, then those help to keep yahoo safe. Once there are no ads, who pays to keep Yahoo free?