Music influences our lives in so many different ways.  There’s always a song for any mood we are in – be it happy, sad, angry, hyper, or romantic.  We all love different genres of music; some of us are more selective, while others love a whole variety of genres.  And who doesn’t love finding NEW music?  We’ve all have had those moments where we’re in the car with the radio on and we hear a song and think “WHO DOES THAT SONG?!” as we wait for the dj to announce who the artist is.

The internet has a TON of places to listen to music online for free – some are legal, some are not.  I wanted to find a place online where I can stream audio from the internet and discover new music.  I was browsing the internet for that very thing, and that’s when I ran into Pandora Radio (www.pandora.com)

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Believe it or not, password safety is a big issue.  It has gotten to the point where, for certain websites, you can easily gain access to any password online.  If you use Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, have a blog, myspace, or any online account that requires a password, you may want to make sure YOUR password is strong and safe.

Today, using your last name followed by your favorite year just doesn’t always cut it.  So how does one stay safe?

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These days, things are constantly changing – especially all things tech.  The way we use our computers, watch our TV programs and movies, advertise business, check our e-mail, and browse the internet constantly changes.  In my last article, I explained the reasons one may like to switch to Firefox from Internet Explorer 7, now I will explain the reasons you may want to stay with Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer 7 is fast. Especially on the Vista machine as it was made to match and work with Vista.  Each and every feature, at least with my experience, has responded very quickly.  So its performance has been great.

Internet Explorer 7 is safe. By safe, I mean it does indeed help prevent you from spyware, adware, and phishing websites.  Built in to IE7 is a pop-up blocker and phishing filter.

Internet Explorer 7 now has tabbed browsing. I LOVE tabbed browsing – in fact, I love IE7’s tabbed browsing feature more than Firefox’s.  IE7’s “New Tab” button is already on the toolbar, while with Firefox (at least when I got it) you had to browse the menu’s or use a keyboard shortcut to create a new tab.  Now with Firefox, there IS a button you can add, but you have to do the work in finding it and adding it yourself.  Having the button there automatically, like IE7, is just common sense.

Internet Explorer 7 is stylish. If you want a taste of the way Windows Vista looks and feels, Internet Explorer 7 is a good start.  The design of this browser is beautiful and elegant.  The great thing is that the beautiful looks of IE7 does not inhibit IE7’s performance and speed.

Internet Explorer 7 is free….enough said about that.

So which is it?  IE7 or Firefox?

And the winner is……FIREFOX!  Firefox is safe, fast, customizable in appearance and functionality, and its security measures are NOT annoying!  Sorry, IE7 just doesn’t cut it for me anymore.  Getting IE7 to test websites with Flash documents was a difficult process.  It usually gives me some warning that the web page I’m trying to access is attempting to use some sort of ActiveX control that could harm my computer….IT’S JUST AN SWF FLASH DOCUMENT!  Anyways, besides that annoyance, the pop-up blocker can also be annoying – Firefox’s utilities are just much more functional and tolerable.

I love almost more than anything that you can literally change Firefox’s interface.  You can make it look like anything by downloading themes from Firefox’s website.

Firefox is undoubtabley the best web browser I use, and I MUST reccomend it to you.  If you’re afraid that it’s going to be too different than the Internet Explorer you’re used to – don’t worry about it.  Firefox is SUPER simple and has a similar layout to Internet Explorer.

So do yourself a favor and download Firefox.

What Do you Think?
What is your favorite web browser?  Send in all your thoughts to david@funkytower.com OR leave a comment below!

Take it easy,
David Crandall

There is an ongoing battle between FireFox and IExplorer users.  Much like the battle between Mac users and PC users – no one has substance to their argument, other than the fact they just like their operating system – no one has any substantial reason for switching to Firefox or staying with IExplorer.  I use both, so let me share with you the pros and cons of both.  This first article is all about firefox, so if you’re remotely curious as to why you should use Firefox, then please read this article.

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