Because I've had a number of instances where I've pointed out some tech thing to friends lately and it's helped them out, I figured I'd post a number of blogs on some of the "lesser known things" that I use on the tech front. Now, nobody could argue that Firefox is lesser known, but it is essential for a number of the other lesser knowns that I'll be talking about later.
So, why Firefox? As I mentioned when the Mac Air came out, I'm one of those people who is diving in headfirst into the whole Web 2.0 (and maybe even Computing 2.0 or 3.0) approach. One example of this is that, the vast majority of my information, is now kept in the cloud, that is, on a remote server that I can access from any web terminal in the world (I'll post on where in the cloud later).
Because the key to my information is no longer my hard drive, but my Internet browser, having a browser that not only performs well but also has the ability to be tweeked for my personal preferences is of utmost importance.
While Firefox is a memory drain and doesn't run as quickly as Safari (although the soon to be released 3.0 edition is supposed to be a huge jump in these categories), the ease at which it can be modified through extensive plug-ins and scripts (I'll share some of these later) makes it my browser of choice.
I love Firefox but didn't know that it took up so much memory. Although I would argue it's significantly much less than IE. But you're a mac user. Anyway, I did notice that Safari is now available to PC users. I now have it on my comp. Would you recommend using Safari over Firefox, then? By the way...I use the Safari theme for my Firefox!
In the next few days I'm going to point out some of the plug-ins and userscripts that I use to enhance my browser ... those things aren't all available on Safari, or at least not without some serious hacking, so I stick with the Fox.