What's In A Web Browser Anyways? Back To The Basics. 


Whenever I write a post about techonology and mention using Firefox or Safari I get emails and comments with the following questions:

• What is Firefox?
• I can't use Firefox because I have to use IE for my MLS.
• Why do you say you use Firefox and Safari?
• I want to use Firefox but it is just a habit to use IE.

So let's go over some basics:

When you buy a windows PC you get IE- Internet Explorer.
When you buy an Apple computer it comes preloaded with Safari.
Whether you have an Apple or a PC; you can download FREE Firefox web browser, you can have Safari on a PC also.
There are many other browsers out there for you to choose from.

These are all Internet Browsers.
You use these programs to browse, search or use the Internet.

You can have more than one browser on your computer at the same time.
In fact you can have more than one browser open on your computer at the same time.
For instance: you can have IE opened up and be on your MLS and have Firefox open in another window for gmail or Google documents and you can have Safari open to be surfing on the internet.

You can also have tabs open in Firefox; lots of them without slowing down your computer.

So what do we use and why:

We joined the Mac world in the last few months so we use Safari a lot now.
But before we got our Apple computers we had PCs and this is what  you can do to get the best browser experience:

When you need to get on the MLS you will click on the IE Icon and Internet Explorer will open.
When you are finished using the MLS, close out of IE.
Unless you are a really heavy gamer you do not need IE for anything other than MLS.

Firefox is a much safer browser. The new version is lightning fast!
You will get used to the speed that Firefox browses the internet and will wonder what took you so long to get Firefox. You can also save all your tabs when you log out of Firefox. There are so many features, too many to list. Just go to their website and read all about it. 

The next best part about Firefox is all the great add-ons.
I wrote a post about managing your social online life with Yoono, a Firefox Add-on.
I have Colorful Tabs- and add on that lets me see all my tabs clearly and I have lots of tabs on!
Then there is the Read It Later add-on that I wrote a post about here.
This is just the tip of the iceberg of Add-ons that developers make to use with Firefox.

Hope this helps! 

FTC Disclosure: I am not an employee of any of the browsers, I am not an affiliate of any of the browsers or add-ons. I do not make any money explaining how to use these programs. I may get a thank you from the company. I may get more subscribers to my blog because of sharing great information I find on the internet. At this time these are all  free add ons however since I don't know any of their marketing plan I do not know nor can not know if they ever plan to monetize their tools. I am only sharing my experience with these tools.

 What's In A Web Browser Anyways? Back To The Basics by Coach Katerina Gasset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License