Akbar Goodbye Firefox November 14th, 2007
I have been Firefox user for a long time. Maybe four years. Maybe I have used it since 0.8 version. Why did I choose Firefox as my main browser? Maybe I was opensource supporter. Maybe I liked the logo. Firefox is tremendous platform. You can install many extensions and themes. There are many useful extensions like Firebug, Web Developer, Swift Tab, Flashgot.
But right now I have to say goodbye to Firefox. The main reason is its sluggishness. It often lags. Sometimes it freeze. Sometimes you can not close the tab. Most of the time, it is not responsive. I can not tolerate this anymore.
So good bye Firefox. So what browser do I use? Internet Explorer is out of competition. It is Opera. The performance is superb.
What do I miss from Firefox in Opera?
Flashgot? Opera built in download manager is superb. It can resume very well not like Firefox. Sometimes after stopping download, resuming is not an option anymore. You must restart the download. If I have to download the big files, I just use download manager directly.
Firebug and Web Developer? Okay, these are the tough one. Opera has Developer Console. The function is similar with Firebug. But it is still in alpha phase.
Foxmark? Nah, I failed to use Osync. I got many errors. But Opera 9.5 supposed to have this feature built-in. Okay, I wait it.
No doubt. Firefox is more popular than Opera. It means there are some websites which display perfectly in Firefox but not in Opera. Okay, I tolerate this. Just like I tolerate website which display perfectly in Internet Explorer but not in Firefox when using Firefox.