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Today in History (1862) - The U.S. government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. On the same day in 1865, the Confederate Congress voted to enlist 300,000 black troops, granting them freedom with the consent of their owners. Lee surrendered a few weeks later. |
Mozilla, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox. That's the answer to Brad Delong's and Henry Farrell's [UPDATE: and Kevin Drum's] concerns about Internet Explorer's market dominance and consequent failure to improve at rates one would expect of a more competitive browser market.
Mozilla's Firefox has its problems (sometimes things are displayed funny, has some other funky bugs), but on the whole, I find it absolutely superior. Here's why:
2. Tabbed browsing. Perfect for keeping multiple URLs open without multiple windows.
3. Plugins and extensions. They come in all sorts, and new ones emerge continuously.
4. Customization. You can edit preferences with greater freedom, include bookmark folders in a toolbar, surf with different design themes.
5. The transition is effortless. Firefox will automatically import all your IE favorites.
To download, go here and click "Download Now" in the upper left corner. Totallly free of charge. (No, I do not work for them.)
March 23, 2004 5:07 PM | TrackBackI am trying very hard to convert. It is hard to get used to the tabbed windows. I am trying though. Because IE is noticeably slower and occasionally crashes. But I am a Luddite.
Posted by: Jeremy at March 23, 2004 5:57 PMNick, you mean "customization," not "Cutomization."
Posted by: durendale at March 23, 2004 6:17 PMIf you can show me where to stop it from taking over my .jpgs and .gifs, because quite frankly I'm perfectly content with Photoshop opening those, then I will agree with you. Otherwise I'll stick to Mozilla 1.6, which is also a decent browser. Much, much better than IE.
Posted by: yasm�n at March 23, 2004 7:02 PMin xp: right click on any jpeg or gif file, go to "open with", then "choose program", then select photoshop from the list or browse for it in your hard drive, click the box at the bottom that says "always open with this program" and voila!
Posted by: jon at March 23, 2004 7:45 PMThe built-in pop-up blocker, speed, and tabbed browsing are the greatest combo since bread, peanut butter, and jelly. Stick with it.
Posted by: bt at March 24, 2004 12:18 AMwhat about my mac! Safari is good but yet running 100% on all sites...
Posted by: Nicolas at March 24, 2004 4:11 AMBread and peanut butter, that's great. But jelly with it, that's gross...It may even be toxic!!!
Posted by: Iysam @1 at March 24, 2004 9:14 AMI like Mozilla, and I'm playing with it, but I'm a bit befuddled by the 'speed increase' people are claiming. I've timed it on a couple of sites, and IE is generally comparable. Can someone give me a page that should load faster in my Mozilla than IE?
Posted by: A. Rickey at March 24, 2004 12:59 PMHow about an all around statement claiming that right now all the newer browsers are much better than IE. Mozilla being the favored of course, but I'm biased. ;-)
Posted by: yasm�n at March 26, 2004 3:55 PMHow about an all around statement claiming that right now all the newer browsers are much better than IE. Mozilla being the favored of course, but I'm biased. ;-)
Posted by: yasm�n at March 26, 2004 3:56 PM