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I’ve been testing out Mozilla’s free new Web browser Firefox for the past few days, and so far it has been pretty darned good. I had downloaded an earlier, beta version and wasn’t impressed. Not so this time. I love it.

My only complaint is that it won’t automatically import my bookmarks from Safari. Moving them over has been a pain.

I’m really looking forward to Mozilla’s e-mail software, Thunderbird. Its beta program looks pretty zippy, but it hasn’t worked all that well for me yet. Still, the name brings me back to my pre-Germany high school days, when Thunderbird was the preferred brand of wine because it was so cheap and carried a nice kick. You could get a case of that stuff for next to nothing, which was all the money we had back then.

Ah, good times. Good times.

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Nov 12, 04 @ 1:28 pm

Comments

FireFox is the beez kneez.

That is all.

Comment by Chris Rhodes Friday, Nov 12, 04 @ 1:53 pm
Amen to that. And blogger seems to post better.

Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Nov 12, 04 @ 3:21 pm
and the Tbird w/a cap meant you did not need a corkscrew!

Comment by Anonymous Friday, Nov 12, 04 @ 3:59 pm
Ah, memories.

Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Nov 12, 04 @ 4:04 pm
I think a case cost twelve bucks back then. We lived in Utah. Pickins were limited.

Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Nov 12, 04 @ 5:06 pm
What’s the word? Thunderbird.
What’s the price? Fourty twice.
How’s it sold? Good and cold.

Thunderbird!

Comment by So-Called Austin Mayor Friday, Nov 12, 04 @ 8:22 pm
What’s the word?
Thunderbird!

What’s the price?
Forty twice!

How’s it sold?
Good ‘n’ cold!

Thunderbird!

Comment by So-Called Austin Mayor Friday, Nov 12, 04 @ 10:32 pm
I have used Thunderbird since mid-2003 and had been using its ancestor, Netscape mail for several years before then. Its virtues are too many to list, but maybe the single most compelling virtue is the total immunity from the auto-executing viruses that have afflicted Outlook Express users for years. Thunderbird is a pleasure to use.

And new Firefox users should be aware of the “View this page in IE” right-click extension. Should a page not display correctly, a right-click opens it in IE:

http://ieview.mozdev.org/

And I think the entire jingle was:

What’s the word? Thunderbird!
How’s it sold? Good and cold!
What’s the jive? Bird’s alive!
What’s the price? Thirty twice!

Comment by Anonymous Saturday, Nov 13, 04 @ 4:31 pm
P.S.:

I’m not a Mac user, so I don’t know whether these will work, but I did google your Safari/Firefox problem and found these:

Moving from Safari to Firefox, and importing bookmarks
http://www.intuitive.com/blog/archives/000423.html

Import bookmarks into Firefox
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20041013114209367

Safari Bookmark Exporter 1.0.8
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11550

and I belatedly realize that, as a Mac user, you’ve also been immune from the Outlook Express nasties.

Comment by Anonymous Saturday, Nov 13, 04 @ 4:39 pm
P.P.S.:

And also belatedly realize that the IE view extension I suggested above is Windows-only. Sorry for prattling on like this.

Comment by Anonymous Saturday, Nov 13, 04 @ 4:45 pm
Prattle away. And the Safari export link worked like a charm. Thanks, anonymous person - if that’s your real name.

Comment by Rich Miller Sunday, Nov 14, 04 @ 3:41 am