Switching from Firefox to IE7
This past weekend I switched away from Firefox, and started using IE7. And I’m glad I did.
I’ve been using Firefox for years now - since version 1.0. I actually got switched on to it by my non-techy wife who started using it around version 0.8 after reading about it on a news website. And it’s been good. Pages have loaded, links have been clicked, bookmarks have been saved. Until the last few updates.
For some reason, Firefox started … stopping. It didn’t crash, or hang, it would just occasionally stop loading pages on all the computers I loaded it on. Even after stripping all the extensions I was using out of it, it still misbehaved.
So, lo and behold, I switched. I was told I needed five reasons (thanks Paul) but one is enough for me.
Internet Explorer is okay in its default installation, but it’s more like a puny wimp of a browser. IE7 needed some ‘roids for real web surfing! Plus, I’d become far too familiar with some Firefox features and extensions I couldn’t live without.
After a quick round of googling I discovered the holy grail for IE users - IE7Pro. Despite the poor grammar on the otherwise slick website, IE7Pro is fantastic. Ad blocking, download manager, spell checking, inline search, and bookmarks synchronisation between PCs (ala FoxMarks for Firefox, my killer feature for Firefox). I’m hooked.
Try it.