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Here are some tips for FireFox users.

If you are not using FireFox yet then you are loosing out big time on an Internet experience of a lifetime and I suggest you change to FireFox. Get it at http://www.firefox.com

I will add tips as I discover and implement it. I just love working with FireFox and there are some real nifty plugins you can use to make it work better for you.

1. Open search results  in new tab.

When you use the search function in the toolbar of FireFox it opens the results in the same window or tab as where you are currently working. This drives me nuts as I would like to keep the page where I am working open.

You can set FireFox to open the search results in a new tab, this is how: Read more »

I am glad to see that more and more Internet users and coming to their senses and start using a better browser to view the Internet.

I make no secret of the fact that I very much dislikes Internet Explorer because of its inability to cope with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)  This results in web sites not displaying as they should and the users not enjoying their browsing experience as much as they could if they used another browser. Internet Explorer created a head ache for web developers as you always have to build in extra functionality to let IE understand your web pages which other browsers understand by default.

The only reason IE is the most used web browser in the world is because that is the default browser that gets installed if you install a Microsoft operating system. Most people, especially novice Internet users, do not know that they can use anything else.

I notice from my web stats that on some web sites only about 40% of the visits came from Internet Explorer users.

Below is a screen shot from the stats:

Browsers visiting my sites

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A while ago I complained about FireFox which became extremely slow and resource hungry. I then switched to Google Chrome as my default browser. Although Chrome is much faster in standard form it is a bit frustrating working on it since it lacks some basic functionality.

Today I found a cure for the slow and resource hungry FireFox. I implemented the changes and I am glad to report that FireFox is working like the speed of light again and I am using it as my default browser again.

This is what I have done:

Open FireFox and in the address bar type the words about:config and then hit enter.

about:config

Your browser will now display a list of setting which you can change (if you know how to). Note the “filter” box at the top.

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This morning I had a slight problem on one of my web sites. I was not aware of the problem since it only affected Internet Explorer users.

While looking for a solution to fix the problem I had to open my web site in Internet Explorer. Something I have not done in the past year. While waiting patiently for the page to load I wondered “Why the heck are clever people still using Internet Explorer?”

I mean it takes ages to load a page and then it has all kinds of “security”  measures and stubbornness built into it which will prevent its loyal users to open all the web pages they want to see.

I think it might be because most Internet users do not even know that they can use another browser. (a browser is the program you use to open the Internet pages, ie the program you are using to read this post at the moment). When you buy a new PC with Windows installed on it, Internet Explorer will be the browser that has been installed and most people will just keep on using it for the rest of their life.
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