Browser selection: “Horses for courses”
Some weeks ago I upgraded my Mac Powerbook from Panther (10.3.9) to Tiger (10.4.2). As I am wont to do at times, I switched to use native (ie supplied by Apple) applications. I started using Safari as my browser, Mail as my mail application, and Terminal to pop up shells on the various Unix/Linux/FreeBSD boxes that I use.
I don’t have any problems with any of the above Apple-supplied applications; they all do an good job. But, given that I use my Powerbook for the better part of 14 hours each day, I had come to appreciate, or even reply upon, many of the features of the applications that I had previously been using. So, just today, I reverted to Firefox, Thunderbird and iTerm as my respective browser, email client and terminal application of choice.
Along the way I auditioned Camino, Shiira and Opera as replacement browsers, but as good as they were they didn’t have the edge afforded me by Firefox which lets me browse in the manner in which I want to browse. I use four extensions written for Firefox – they make a difference for me:
So, Firefox is fit for purpose. My purpose. Your purpose will probably be different. “Horses for courses“.
