First I must say, that I have been so busy this week, I haven't had time to say "hi" to any of my blog friends. My sincerest apologies! You would think with kids being in school all day, I would have gotten a million things done in 1 week. Wrong! I am getting some things done though, and that is good.
Anyway, I did feel compelled to post about a huge revelation I had yesterday. I have had problems with my computer for a couple of years now. When I am on the internet, everything freezes up. Sometimes I have to hit the power button the computer just to get it working again. Also, when I'm surfing the net, the program will just turn off and I have to start over again. We hired an expert to come in and clear everything out of our computer and load all the software up again. A month later the same problems started happening again. I had no clue why.
This week all of a sudden I couldn't download anything, play any videos, or see some pages I have seen before. Couldn't figure out why. Ready to throw the computer into the street and smash it into tiny bits.
Then I remembered seeing Mozilla Firefox on my dad's computer, and a few weeks later reading an article about how it is a superior web browser. With my very limited computer knowledge, I thought "maybe getting a different browser will at least solve some of my problems." I went to Mozilla's website and did just that.
Now I'm going to shout this for the entire world to hear: FIREFOX SOLVED ALL OF MY PROBLEMS!!!!! Yes, every single annoying thing that my computer does while I'm on the internet does not happen anymore. I had no idea that my problems were all because of Microsoft Explorer. GGGGGGRRRRRRRRR.
Even little things like:
It would never remember my login information, even if I checked the little box that said "remember this every time I login." I had to type my e-mail login EVERY STINKIN' TIME! Now I don't.
I could not figure out how to alphabetize my bookmarks. I'm sure there is a way, but I wasn't about to spend hours figuring out how to do some stupid little thing that should happen automatically. Firefox imported my bookmarks from Explorer and instantaneously alphabetized them without me asking. Love that.
It's faster.
It has less buttons and stuff that take up time and space.
Easier to use.
I don't need to say any more. If you are frustrated with browsing, give Firefox a try. Very easy to install. It imports everything for you.
Next item to tackle . . . replacing Google Blogger which absolutely drives me nuts!
2 comments:
Thanks fro the tips, I've missed seeing your posts, glad you're back! :>)
You have been missed!
I have been using Firefox for years now and I LOVE it! I will never go back to IE!
I don't mind blogger. I like that I can do what I want to it with having to pay a fee. All other blogging sites I have found seem to require a fee if you want to be able to customize your blog. There may be some out there that do not or a way around that, but I haven't found it yet! If you do, let me know! :)
It's good to see you blogging again!
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