I’ve had my Apple MacBook Pro for about 3 weeks now and still have no regrets. Actually, I’ve enjoyed working through the many “kinks” that come with owning a new computer and, in this case, a new operating system. Some of you might remember some of the positives and negatives I wrote about 2 weeks ago. One item I didn’t write about and didn’t know the extent of was Safari, which is the Mac web browser that comes with OS X. Safari is known for being compliant with all web standards and is a pleasure to use. Internet Explorer isn’t compliant with all web standards. However, with IE having a stranglehold on the internet most web sites are developed to support IE. In most cases, this isn’t a problem. However, I did notice the tool bar which includes bold, italics, bullets, etc which are located in the Write page of my blog wasn’t there. Research on the WordPress web site helped me determine that this is a known glitch. Today I did some additional research and found that there is a FireFox for Mac. I downloaded the application, installed it (which is extremely easy on a Mac), and went to the Write page on my blog. Wouldn’t you know it, there’s the tool bar.

This isn’t the first time I’ve used FireFox. A little over a year ago I installed FireFox on my other computer running on Windows XP. From what I remember, a lot of the functionality included in FireFox is similar to Safari, including tabbed browsing. If you’re not familiar with tabbed browsing, this is a function that allows you to open new web pages in the same window, called a tab. I’m sure a lot of you are familiar with IE opening window after window every time a link requested a new window to open. Tabbed browsing allows for a cleaner desktop experience. This is something I hear Windows Vista is going to include when it is sold sometime next year. But don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying Microsoft is behind the times. Well, maybe I am.