Who's You're Browser?

You may have already heard about the Mozilla Firefox 1.0 web browser. Ah, but have you tried it? I find it much superior to Internet Explorer or Opera, the other two browsers I've used.

My favorite feature is tabbed browsing. You can open new pages in either a new window or a new tab in your current window. Another great option allows you to block pop-up windows. It really works too! An Allowed Sites button gives you the ability to enable pop-ups for sites you want. For example I sometimes view the news slide shows on Yahoo.com. They load in a pop-up window. I can add www.yahoo.com to the Allowed Sites list to enable these valid windows. Firefox will also unobtrusively warn you if it has blocked a pop-up (it displays a thin notification banner at the top). You can then opt to allow the window or continue browsing without doing anything.

Here's a quick run over of the pros and cons:

Pros:

Tabbed Browsing
Integrated Pop-Up Blocking
No Exploited Security Holes (to date)
Interesting and useful extensions (more on that another time)

Cons:

Some websites don't like it (I use Internet Explorer for those)
I've had problems opening links to .pdf files (I know other users that haven't)

You can download Firefox at: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Or you can click the Firefox Rediscover The Web button on this page. Enjoy.