Archive for July, 2005
Go Firefox
Microsoft’s IE 7 is going to be stiff competition for Firefox, for one main reason – tabbed browsing. This was the main reason I made the switch, as it is just so much easier to use this way, instead of having a whole host of windows all over the place to try and manage. However, when it comes out with Windows Vista, I think I’ll keep Firefox for a variety of reasons.
- Firstly, it’s open-source. This should be supported as it was Firefox and Opera that forced the giant that is Microsoft to introduce tabbed browsing in the first place. Also, security issues have been dealt with by Mozilla that Microsoft havn’t bothered fixing. This new software may pull Firefox back down and this happening would be bad. Open-source also encourages good community, generosity and helpfulness.
- Secondly, the security issues were fixed long ago in Firefox, where as Microsoft have only just started putting effort into it. This means that the Firefox team are more experienced and therefore can be trusted more to keep your computer safe. Then again, Microsoft are commercial and so can’t get things wrong.
- IE will probably send lots of user information to Microsoft. Normally I wouldn’t mind particularly, but it slows down the connection, and this can be annoying.
Camping Failure
We decided to go camping with the Edwards this weekend. However, it didn’t turn out as planned. It was raining and we decided to call it off…
Of course, the sun then came out in full force, so we decided to set off. The moment the words had passed our lips it clouded over again, worse than before. This time, we admitted defeat and retreated from the field of battle. However, I then had to sit and do nothing for several hours while the adults chatted…
In other news, I have managed to hook up the laptop to the monitor, keyboard and network so that it can be used normally – a feat that I am quite proud of. I will be returning to my mother’s house soon, yay!
This wasn’t a very good post was it? I need to get posting regularly again. It would really help.
WOW! Mail-To-Blogger Test
This is a test to see if mail-to-blogger works! Wow!
Hols
Ho hum, Holidays have begun!
I’m really getting slack on my blogging…