Saturday, January 21, 2006

A Robview. (Review)

I have wanted to do a post like this for quite a while now. I think I will incorporate a new type of post on here called "Robviews". The purpose of these posts will be to inform loyal Roblog constituents of PC or internet related products that I deem to be highly useful. The first "Robview" will be dedicated to the product "Firefox".
Firefox falls into the category of "internet related products". Namely, its a web-browser. A VERY good one too. It blows "internet explorer" clean out of the water in my humble opinion! Any thing that gives a Microsoft product a run for its money MUST be good. I have used Firefox for at least a year now. I will list the things I like most about this great browser.
1. Its very clean. Doesn't have a lot of useless cluttery toolbars etc. like IE. This, of course, gives you optimal viewing space on web-pages.
2. When you go to launch or "start" Firefox, it loads up quickly.
3. Tabbed browsing. You can open new web-pages in tabs instead of whole new windows.
4. Bookmarks (favorites) are easily customized. The "bookmarks toolbar" is especially useful for your most frequently visited sites.
5. Has a powerful built-in popup blocker.
6. Is not targeted by security threats near as heavily as IE.
7. Google search is built right into the top right corner of the browser.
8. Very few websites fail to function properly under Firefox.
9. Yes. Its FREE.

One small detail to make you aware of is this:
About the only thing you can't do with Firefox is get those, all important, "Windows Updates". You MUST use Internet Explorer to get those unless you have your PC set to receive the updates automatically.
In summary, you would do yourself a favor by downloading and using Firefox if you don't already use it. You will not regret it.
Click here to get Firefox > Rediscover The Web!
Has this edition of Robview been helpful or informative to you? If so, leave a comment below.

Coming up on the next Robview: A look at Plaxo! It could be the last address book/contact solution you will EVER NEED!

Cheers! Rob

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I agree, firefox puts the gates explorer to shame.