Random Thoughts of Chris Tilley

I have been away for a couple of weeks and had to use a computer that only had IE7 installed and was locked down so I couldn't install Firefox. I have used Firefox for years and found it very annoying to be using IE again. I was going to write a comparison of the two but in researching I came across this site Frankenfight: IE7 Vs. Firefox 2. They cover all the points I wanted to plus some I hadn't thought about. I did have one point that really annoyed me about IE.

That one point is the lack of spell checking in fields. In writing this blog, saying I rely on spell checking is a major understatement. I ended up moving the blog over to Word (I use Open Office at home) and spell checking it there and then having to move in back. IE will add spelling eventually just like they did for tabs.

The final thing comes from my wife who develops web pages. Her statement that she develops for Firefox and then fixes for IE. Switch to Firefox now, you will never go back.