I use Firefox 3.5 for about a week or so now to test the latest and greatest features that the browser has to provide, and my conclusion is, it is still not nearly as good nor as fast as Chrome. I am bias towards speed and friendliness, so to me all other criteria is put on second.
To me personally the only advantage of using Firefox is the number of extensions it have, as you read this post there are nearly 3000 extensions ranging from video downloader to pop-up blocker. But for the average non technical user, it doesn't mean anything because they don't understand the concept of extensions in the first place. That's why IE still hold the crown as the most used browser on the Internet (stats from http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp)
I think what really matters to the user is how fast the browser load up on their desktop and how fast the page is displayed on screen. Of course the user friendliness is an important factor too. Just the other day I introduce Google Chrome to both my dad and my brother, both of them are not tech savvy but they pick up Google Chrome in a snap, and almost instantly they love the simplicity and the speed of Chrome. My dad and my brother are loyal IE user for years, now they finally make a shift to the next gen browser because of Chrome.
One neat feature that the normal user will appreciate is the support of HTML5, because of that piece of technology, you don't have to download a player anymore to play streaming videos, it is now managed by Firefox just like a normal jpeg or gif image. If you want a complete run down of the features, you can check it out at:
Mozilla
- https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Firefox_3.5_for_developers
Webmonkey
- http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Mozilla_Pushes_the_Web_Forward_With_Firefox_3DOT5
As a self proclaim geek, I will still introduce Google Chrome to the average Joe instead of Firefox 3.5, because of its simplicity and speed. I hope Firefox's developer can wrap their head together and think about usability and performance seriously.
At first I thought Snowl can help solved my messaging mayhem, I have GTalk, MSN + Yahoo!, and Facebook open at all times in order to keep track of all my buddies, I thought wrong. Snowl is just like an RSS reader where you subscribe to a feed and if there is any updates, you will know about it. For example let say you saw one of the post online you are interested in, and you want to participate in the discussion while you browse other side, snowl will let you know when a new message came in, so that you can respond on time.
To me it is not really a useful function, I can do the same with Google Reader without downloading and installing anything. Maybe they are moving towards the goal of integrating every messaging system in the future, but Meebo (http://www.meebo.com) already does that, and it does it well (If you could pardon the bombardment of ads)
I wonder if Mozilla is using their talented resources well, there are still many useful features I want to see in a browser, and I want all the features to run fast and less resource intensive, that is what I want.
I never really trust urban dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com) because most often, it gave me really weird explanation on a certain word that I find it hard to believe. But strangely, after a few laugh and giggles I sort of understand what that word means at the end, lets take the word "Haxor" for an example:
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N 1. someone who kicks mass amounts of ass by using his mad computer skills to alter an online game, or by making a program to further manipulate the game, and kick more massive amounts of ass.
N 2. The art of hacking
N 3. A script kiddy who is a self-proclaimed hacker, because he defines himself as a "hax0r" and speaks in "l33t"
Note: Most hackers rarely use leet, it is often a trademark of programmers who are either inexperienced, or want to be hackers. One who is haxor rarely goes by "haxor" or any other derivitave. It is a title given by another.
damn that haxor using the AIM bot, damn him to hell!
mwahahahahaha, pandas rule
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I guessed what it really meant was, Haxor is someone who is skillful at programming or hacking. Or it can be an insult for someone who claims they are skillful at programming or hacking.
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