[Tfug] firefox

[John Gruenenfelder]

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 04:06:41PM -0700, christopher wrote:
>ok, without starting a bunch of flaming, I'd like to
>know what's so great about firefox. I love opera, but
>it's giving me some problems and I think it might have
>to do with javascript on Freebsd or something, but
>either way, opera has given me some problems, so I
>thought I'd try using firefox and maybe switch over, if
>I could handle it.
>
>It only took like 20 minutes before it drove me crazy.
>To me firefox is just as clunky as internet explorer.
>And really, the gui is disgusting to look at... ok, I
>could get past that if that was the only problem, but
>really, it just feels really clunky.

Honestly... bare bones Firefox is a bit of a let down.  I still prefer it over
IE any day, but there are definite advantages to Opera.

*But*, I find Firefox's greatest strength to be it's plugins.  There are so
many and they turn an average browser into a great browser.  I too dislike the
default look of Firefox, but there are countless themes to pick from (my
personal favorite for Firefox 2.x is Modern Pinball).

For usability, the plugins I must have:
  Adblock Plus
  Google Browser Sync
  Download statusbar
  BugMeNot

Less critical, but still handy are:
  Tabbrowser preferences
  Colorful tabs
  Fission
  Webdeveloper

And that's just my small list.  I'm sure other TFUGgers have their own
preferred plugins.  These are definitely what makes Firefox stand out.


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