Downloaded Firefox? Good. Now Put It To Work For You

So you've read the glowing press and you're sick of the gaping security holes Internet Explorer opens into your personal computer and the personal data it manipulates . You've gone to www.cafeid.com), we use Internet Relay Chat to communicate in real-time with our far-flung developer staff. There are lots of IRC clients out there, but none are quite as straightforward for use in a serious environment as Chatzilla. It allows you to open a multi-tabbed window containing all your IRC activity and supports most IRC commands. Best of all, it's free while many Windows IRC clients are shareware or commercial applications. SearchStatus - this one does an excellent job of replacing both the missing functionality of the Google Toolbar and the Alexa Toolbar used heavily in website marketing to monitor traffic and inbound links. Adblock - lets you filter out website content by source address, simply by pointing and clicking. Checky - opens up an interface between Firefox and numerous website validation and analysis tools, this is an essential tool for web developers. Sage - a lightweight RSS and ATOM feed aggregator, used for viewing your collection of incoming RSS and ATOM feeds into a single, easy-to-use view. Abe Vigoda Status - checks on and displays the status of Abe Vigoda in the Status bar. More To Come We can't recommend Firefox heartily enough. It's an excellent browser with a perfect collection of features that doesn't succumb to the bloat that was starting to drag down Netscape while at the same time allowing you to browse a bit more freely without worrying about running into a site that will allow the site owner to take control of your computer for her own nefarious ends. The Firefox developers aren't resting on their successes. They want to help you take back the Web, and they're going to stay ahead of the browser technology game. Go ahead and give it a shot if you haven't already. We don't think you'll look back. Trevor Bauknight is a web designer and writer with over 15 years of experience on the Internet. He specializes in the creation and maintenance of business and personal identity online and can be reached at trevor@tryid.com. Stop by http://www.cafeid.com for a free tryout of the revolutionary SiteBuildingSystem and check out our Flash-based website and IMAP e-mail hosting solutions, complete with live support.