My Dearest Fox

January 1 2009 !!..

A brand new year. A brand new post. Brand new calendars to be bought. A brand new Browser to use.

Huh? What was the last one again?.. No, that wasn’t a typo. B R O W S E R most indeed.

The infamous Internet Explorer from BIG daddy Microsoft® must have rung a bell the second you read that bold text.

You know IE6. That innocent looking tool you use to check your mail, read the news,  book tickets, scan match scores, allow evil dudes to take control over your PC, allow your private data to be accessed more frequently that the local teashop down the road, get your browser start page hijacked, allow hassle-free installs of any form of mal-ware/ad-ware/spy-ware/scare-ware, reach the 1000 mark on your IE-crash counter, and other similar fun activities.

If your wondering – Why all the sudden contempt and hostility towards this common “harmless” everyday application, quietly nestled in your Operating System?

Well, I’ve been receiving complaints from credible “sources” about an inability to subscribe (by clicking the Strepsil-look-a-like button on the main page) to this fountain of information, i.e my blog

This issue was gravely disturbing. Many a cuppa’ later, the solution emerged out of the dark nothingness. Why not start bringing people to start using my beloved and most favorite browser of ‘em all – Firefox.

Ah Firefox. The very name brings back joyful and tearless web-surfing memories. This browser is more than a conglomerate of perfectly indented and symbiotic code. It’s a way of life for many.

Current statistical gibberish informs us, that IE is the most popular of the lot. For the gibberish and an amateur pie chart, go here.

After examining the evidence at hand, it saddens FFX (Firefox) fans such as myself. Forget the pie-chart for a second or two and read on.

FFX provides a kaleidoscope of very useful, simple and FREE add-ons; turning the Web 2.0 into one of those everyday your-touchphone-does-that? experiences. The internet is truly malleable and at your disposable – all because of that fox around the globe.

Sure, IE is sitting right there in your start menu with its beady blue eyes and familiar Microsoft® DNA. Sure, there are other third party browsers around – Opera, Chrome to choose from.

But, with its super stability, security, reliability, simplicity, <Paste other awesome adjectives here> and cool factor; why do many a sane humanoid sail the metaphorical ocean, the internet on a metaphorical ship-with-holes-in-the-side, Internet Explorer.

Firefox, for all the right reasons gets my seal of repute and recommendation.

If you have been convinced by my door-to-door salesman tongue? If you want to give FFX a spin? If you really wanna surf the Internet?

Give the BIG text below a thump of positive acknowledgement with that left mouse button of yours. Just click. Go on. You know you want to.

GET FFX !

For those who haven’t been convinced or hate my preaching or both. I respect your opinion. Your entitled to it. Cause I just presented one of my many.

For those who already swear by FFX or who’ve just been bitten by the bug or fox rather, I Salute You !

Cheers

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