Fun with Firefox

My mom read about a new web browser in the San Jose Mercury News today. It's called Mozilla Firefox v. 1.0. The Mozilla people believe in open-source (meaning, sharing) as opposed to the evil empire otherwise known as Microsoft. Firefox is fun because you can customize six ways to Sunday (whatever that means). Oh, and it's free.

My Firefox currently sports a theme called Red Cats (green flavor). You can download skins for it just like WinAmp. I also enabled the code to make the program complete URLs as I type. For example, if I type "www.y" it comes up with "www.yahoo.com." By default, it will give you a drop-down list of possibilities, as in Internet Explorer, but I prefer the URL autocomplete.

Firefox is supposed to be more secure than IE. Maybe it's partly because you have the option to make your version different from mine, whereas everyone's copy of IE is virtually identical. Since it's open-source, all sorts of programming folks are working on it all the time, which is cool. There are more volunteers working on this than there are employees.

If you'd like to play with Firefox, too, go to Mozilla.org, and for future reference, the Firefox support page. (The forums will answer a lot of your questions.)

And just for reference, that bit of autocomplete code: browser.urlbar.autoFill (it's a boolean value, and the answer is true)

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Whenever Jenny does these quizzes, I end up taking them too.....

20 Questions to a Better Relationship

eXpressive: 7/10
Practical: 5/10
Physical: 3/10
Giver: 8/10

You are a XPIG--Expressive Practical Intellectual Giver. This makes you a Catch.

You are a magazine-cover, matinee idol dreamboat. Parents love you and want to set you up with their kids. However, first dates are tough because it takes time for your qualities to come out.

You are generous and kind. You think first and act later. You are cool in a conflict, but your practical side means if your partner throws out emotional appeals ("why can't we do what I want for a change?") they will grate on your nerves, even when the conflict is resolved.

You're a romantic. You enjoy the thrill of the hunt, and you don't just fall into bed with anyone. You pay close attention to your significant other's needs, and this makes you an excellent lover and partner. The problem is that your friends and lovers may find it so easy to express things to *you* that they lose sight of whether you feel as comfortable with *them*! This doesn't necessarily make you feel under-appreciated -- you're too well-adjusted and self-aware for that -- but you may feel restless. Thus you seek adventure in your life outside the relationship to prove and actualize yourself.

Of all the types, you would make the best parent.

You are coiffed.

Didja see "Big Fish"? 'Cause you're like Ewan MacGregor in "Big Fish."

Of the 147066 people who have taken this quiz, 9.3 % are this type.

Strangely enough, I sometimes do feel under-appreciated, and becoming a parent is about the last thing I want to do. And sorry, I didn't see "Big Fish."

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