Get Firefox 3.5

Posted July 3, 2009

If you haven’t downloaded it yet, you should get Firefox 3.5.  Not much has changed on the outside (a few tweaks) but the browser seems snappier.  When Safari 4 came out I was really blown away by the speed.  This version didn’t blow me away like that but it is definitely faster and snappier.  Javascript performance is definitely faster.  What is my default browser?  Firefox for sure.  I was trying to use Safari but there is one thing that makes me use Firefox.  It is not the plugins because I could live without the plugins.  It’s the keyboard shortcuts that I can do between tabs.  If I have three tabs open and I want to switch to tab three, I can press Ctrl+3 (Command + 3 on the Mac).  Believe it or not, that is the one key thing that keeps me on Firefox.  Chrome on the PC has the same feature.  This is of course a personal choice but to me, keyboard shortcuts is the way to go.  Maybe one day I’ll do a post on the type of keyboard shortcuts and tools I use to increase my productivity.  If you are a heavy mouse user, you’re going too slow. 🙂  Of course, there are some thing that only a mouse can reach but that’s because they haven’t created the keyboard shortcut for it.