Once upon a time there was Internet Explorer…
The internet has grown vastly in so many ways as have the tools we use to crawl the web.
Here are 10 good reasons why you should switch today to Firefox.
1. Tabbed Browsing - Tabbed browsing allows you to keep track of several sites at once all in the same browser 
window. Using Ctrl+T simply brings up a new blanks tab. Tabbed browsing makes moving from page to page an ease.
2. Popup Blocking - Finally a browser that does what you want it to without the annoying popups we all have learned to hate.
3. Find Stuff Easier - Using Ctrl+K takes your immediately to the Google bar within Firefox for a quick Google search or if your looking for a specific word within content simply press Ctrl+F.
4. Privacy - As with most recent browsers Firefox logs each page you visit, Cookies, files you have downloaded, information you typed into a form, etc… Just as easy it is to be storied within your browser it is easy to remove as well. By pressing Ctrl+Shift+Del or simply going to Tools>Clear Private Data you can permanently delete this logged information.
5. Bookmarks with History - Have you ever been to a website, forgot to bookmark it, and couldn’t remember the url. Well Firefox has a neat feature where you can browse through your
6. Accessible - As I have shown you in some example above, Firefox makes it simple for use to access the things we use the most using hot keys. A few good shortcuts to remember are…
Ctrl+b for bookmarks
Ctrl+f to find a specific word within content
Ctrl_t for a new blank tab
Ctrl+r to reload a page
For a complete list of Firefox shortcuts click here.
7. Customizable - Firefox allows you to customize your tool bar to your own look and feel. You can have a fat tool bar including ever Firefox function to having a nice slim look. For those you who like a little style you can download a theme
8. Download Manager - Firefox has incorporated its own download manger into the browser which makes it easy for a user to cancel or retry a failed download.
9. Standards - Firefox is Open Source which means it is completely FREE as well as being open for development. They are also known for being a leader in The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards.
10. Free Add-Ons - Last but not least, There are several thousand Plugins, Themes, Languages & Dictionaries and add-ons available for free. Being that Firefox is an Open-Source application, 1000’s of users are constantly contributing by creating Firefox Add-ons.
Once you have downloaded Mozilla Firefox, feel free to check out Firefox Plugins for Graphic Designers
