The award winning, open source browser is now
available in its third version, Firefox 3, available
from 17 June 2008.
There are also thousands of
add-ons that add to its
functionality.
Comments from those who selected Firefox as one
of their Top 10 Tools in 2008
"I have finally converted to Firefox from
Internet Explorer (IE). After getting used to
it, I have come to realize how disastrous IE
really is. But then again, I have been
experimenting with Google Chrome this week, and
I might convert to Chrome in the coming weeks,
if it is as good as it feels right now (simple,
fast, sufficient and efficient). Anyway, I have
all three running, so if one does not work for
something, I have two other options to explore."
Zaid Alsagoff
"Fast and stable browser with all the add-ons to create a
powerful learning environment and to experience the web to
it's full extend." Marcel de
Leeuwe
"All the wonderful attributes
of Firefox 2 plus I can now close then re-open Firefox
and it opens all the tabs from before closing"
Joan Vinall
Cox
"Best browser
around with lots of add ons that make my web
browsing fast and efficient and lets me interact and learn"
Debora Gallo
"Of course Gmail and most of the
tools I use live in
Firefox"
Brian
Mulligan
"The open source web browser. This is the most used
tool on my computer since most of my computer time is
spent on the net"
Guy Boulet
"My gateway to the world wide web. Helps me
responding to different blog posts
en comments"
Wilfred Rubens
"my browser of choice. With an apparently infinite
source of extensions, plug-ins and add-ons, Firefox
is quick, customizable and clever."
Kate Foy
"I use Firefox, along with many addons and
extensions including FoxClocks, ScribeFire (which I
sometimes use to help me while writing blog posts),
FoxyProxy, Web Developer and others, as my main browser.
It forms the foundation of my personal learning
environment"
John Schaffer
"My favourite web browser including
uncountable extensions …"
Andreas
Büsing
"This remains at the top spot. In
fact, it's such a central part of my daily learning
(both consuming and creating) that I almost put it at
the same level as my broadband connection - essential.
What's special about it over other browsers? It was the
first tabbed browser I used, which completely changed
the way I use the web. It's got hundreds of add-ons,
including the indispensible web-developer toolbar, Colorzilla (for
easily matching colours), Scrapbook (for quickly taking
snapshots of webpages for annotating later) and
QuickProxy (which, with one click, lets you switch your
proxy server on & off)."
Mark
Berthelemy
"Firefox is more than a great
browser. It is also my online desktop loaded
with invaluable add-ons, such as ScribeFire
for blogging and Zotero for research
citations. "
Jennifer
Maddrell
"is the first application I start in
the morning, and it stays open basically all day. It’s the
way I access most of the rest of the tools on this list."
Christy Tucker
"After
years of using IE, I recently switched to Firefox.
Browsing is efficient which make me more productive."
Janet Clarey
"my browser
of choice with plug-in features"
Derek
Wenmoth
"My favorite browser. It is
customizable with a great collection of
extensions, plug-ins and add-ons. It is fast
and more secure way to surf the Web."
Steve Yuen
"Does
everything I need my browser to do. I use other
browsers, but Firefox is
best. I’m hardly aware it’s there." Charles
Jennings
"all
of my online tools work with it and with the right
extensions, it just works for me. Free."
Audrey J Williams
"I spend a
lot of my day online, and this free downloadable browser
is the one I use"
Joan
Vinall-Cox
"the
open source browser that brings the world to my desktop" Karyn Romeis
"There is not much I can
add to what has been said about Firefox. Plug-ins make
it even better. I particularly like ColorfulTabs and the
various tools for help with website development."
Don Simmons
"It's versatile,
good for searching, lots of add on applications, easy to
use."
Phil Bradley
"Through the use of Firefox’s vast selection of
extensions, I have been able to explore the web in so
many different ways that I didn’t think were possible.
I’ve also been able to develop for the web much easier
"The ability to customize Firefox with add-ins is what makes it so powerful.
I couldn’t do without it."
Jason Edwards
"Simple to use, very customizable and free"
Harold Shaw
"It just works
fine. Some time ago IE caused problems so I had to
restart the computer. Then i switched and see no need to go back again."
Andrea Back
"my favourite web browser. It's easy to use and
offers a lot of useful plug-ins."
Cristina
Mendes Da Costa
"Customizable,
plug-ins, tabbed browsing and fantastic integration with
my del.icio.us links and account."
Richard
Allaway
"I wouldn’t go very far in cyberspace without
a browser. I am enjoying using Firefox at
the moment." Elaine
Talbert
"If I
am using Windows or OS X, I always use Firefox. It's
stable and has a great number of useful add-ons."
Adam Kosh
"There is no
contest among web browsers. This is a Swiss Army Knife
of a browser that gives the richest possible browsing
experience. The range of add-ins is wondeful."
Jonathan Lecun
"Since
this is what I use for my web browsing, I guess it has
to be on the list. I like that I can add my own
touches to it." Kris Stanhope
"my favourite browser for a long
time now, and so trustworthy across platforms."
Judy
O'Connell
"A very
powerful browser, where I connect to the rest of the
world and access all my online resources and tools (love
the addons ;-)) " Juan Antonio Ortiz
Comments from those who selected Firefox as one of
their Top 10 Tools in 2007
"it's my gateway to the web,
and it keeps getter better and better. Hoo-ray
for Open Source"
Jay Cross
"It's my window on the web.
It's becoming the main place where I find information,
create materials and ideas, and collaborate with other
people. Since I also create a lot of web-based material
it's my principal development assistant."
Mark
Berthelemy
"I love the add-ons and customization
that is possible with Firefox"
B J Schone
"you just can't beat it. I hate MS
IE, and many sites simply still don't work in Safari."
Brent
Schenkler
"My web browser is so ubiquitous it
scarcely even deserves to be called a tool. It is more
like the place where I do my work, like my living room
or my computer monitor. But it is also the thing I
interact most directly with, the thing I design for, the
think that is my window to the world."
Stephen
Downes
"I started using Firefox as my
browser because it's
more stable and
faster than IE, and
has been since it
was called Mozilla
and was only in beta. Having the ability to add
extensions and customize the application is what really
keeps me using it"
Christy
Tucker
"My window onto the
web. Much preferred to IE and loads of open source
innovation"
David Wilson
"Well duh! The door to the online
world."
Karyn Romeis
"I've used Internet Explorer and
tried Opera, but the sheer versatility of Firefox is beyond
compare. The wealth
of extensions
(including being
able to channel IE
through one of your
tabs) makes it the
Swiss Army Knife of
browsers"
Dennis Coxe
"my browser of choice. Once it is set
up with my favorite
extensions, it really makes the web experience much
more pleasant, easy and efficient."
Audrey
Williams
"Well, duh, what’d browsing the web
be without it."
James Farmer
"I use several browsers, and not
always Firefox, but this is the most reliable"
David Parry
"I made the
switch from IE 6 a few months ago and I love it.
Although I think my love affair is mostly with the
Tab feature, which IE has as well."
Cammy Bean
"Do
we remember how was the life before FireFox?
FF is not only the
browser that simply
works, the Plugins
and Add-ons
developed by the
community help me to
make it my own. Love
it!"
Anol
Bhattacharya
"This is my most used
piece of software (after the operating system). I
like its flexibility and its growing popularity
forces many plugins to now support FireFox."
Guy Boulet
"Does everything I need my browser to do. I use other
browsers, but Firefox is best. I’m hardly aware it’s
there."
Charles
Jennings
"I
love the tabbed browsing and the wide range of useful
add-ons that are available."
Michele
Martin
"I spend a lot of my day online, and
despite a brief flirtation with Flock, this is the
browser I stick with"
Joan
Vinall-Cox
"I've been using it for years. I make
extensive use of extensions and tabs, and can't imagine
using anything else."
Kevin Gamble
"Never
used IE anymore, when I
discovered the Fox. I
love the tabs, I like
the background of this
Browser and all those
keen add-ons and
extensions make my
online navigation-life
SO much easier. Thumbs
up!"
Edwin
Mijnsbergen
"My
gateway to the world wide web. Helps me responding to
different blog posts en comments."
WIlfred
Rubens
"Firefox
out-of-the-download is a great browser. Easy to
use, good speed, few if any display issues for any
type of content. But it is the extensions and
add-ons that really put Firefox way ahead."
Dave Lee
"Desde la
llegada de las
múltiples ventanas,
sus add-ons y
extensiones no pasa
momento que no tenga
20 abiertas a la vez. (From the arrival
of the multiple
windows, his add-ons
and extensions does
not pass moment that
does not have 20
open ones
simultaneously.)"
Eraser Cabeza
Borredora
"I like Firefox for 'doing what it
says on the tin' - most of the time, I don't notice
it except when thwarted by Microsoft to deny
features of the uni web mail to Firefox, and forced
to use IE"
Frances Bell
"my favourite browser for its
flexibility and plugins"
Jose
Luis Cabello
"Firefox is my preferred browser. I
use it with a lot of add-ons"
Jorge
Goncalves
"my favourite browser
because of tabbed browsing, its versatility, the
fact it came out of Netscape technology (which I had
been using since 1996) and, most of all, its
extensions and add-ons."
Nicole Cargill-Kipar
"has an interface that works for my
multi-tabbed life."
Lisa Neal
"for ease of use –
does what it says on the tin"
Lisa
Valentine
"A browser that actually allows you
to browse fast and multithreaded - and does not
'steal' the keyboard shortcuts from applications run
within the browser such as Internet Explorer does
it."
Ulrik Juul Christensen
"It is the browser I normally use. It
is fast, secure, open source, and has lots of plugins to extend
its functions. I
hope that in a near
future it will
become the only
desktop application
I will use. In fact,
all the others can
be used on the Web,
but perhaps they are
not mature enough."
David
Delgado
"Firefox rules, IE drools! Love the
tabs, love the
extensions, love the speed,
love the customization, love it."
Matt Lisle
"As
many have said, this is the home base. Completely
customized and suited to what I need it to do"
Patrick
Higgins
"Firefox – and everything I hang off it:
toolbars, bookmarks, plug-ins,
add-ons, news feeds. I almost never
need to leave it!"
Andrea Barrett
"I
practically live in
Firefox. With all
the great plug-ins I
can interact with
several of the other
items on my Top
10 list such as
Delicious, WordPress,
Picnik and Google"
Mike Taylor
"Best
browser there is. So
much of my work happens
in the browser, I'm not
sure what I'd do without
it. All the add-ons are
great, too - I use
Foxmarks,
del.icio.us,
Foxclocks, and more.
Firetune makes
Firefox incredibly fast."
Gabe
Anderson
"IE doesn’t even come close. I have been able
to do SO much with the add-ons that it has become
invaluable to me. People come by all the time
and say, “Wow! Your browser can do that?”
More than visually impressive, it has saved me a lot
of headaches!"
Kevin Jones
