All browsers are not created equal

Sorry, but I’m gonna get a bit geeky now. I have been a loyal Safari user for a long time now. I’m kind of a mac loyalist and Safari has worked wonderfully. Never crashes, very fast and seemingly up to date with web standards. I know many people, especially web developers use Firefox, but I never really saw much of a reason to switch. A few months ago Firefox 3 was released and became the most downloaded app ever! Still not enough to make me switch. I’ve used FIrefox before and wasn’t impressed. Firefox is open source, which opens it up to many add-ons, but none of them really really interested me. Until now…

A friend told me about Firebug. This add-on really lets you manhandle a web page. It gives you the HTML, CSS and the DOM in an unobtrusive window. It lets you tinker with any website as if it were your own. It presents tons of information about the the layout in very organized ways that even Dreamweaver could learn from.  It’s also is a great trouble shooting tool for my own sites.

A couple more great add-ons.

Fire.fm - This internet radio has been getting more play than iTunes lately.

Morning Coffee - Opens all the pages I regularly visit when I wake.

Twitter Bar - Lets me post to twitter in my navigation bar.

Tags: apple, fire.fm, firefox, mac, safari, twitter, web browser