I love trying out new pieces of software - that’s probably why I have to wipe my laptop every six months or so. I’ve been relying on Firefox as my main browser for a few years, but when Opera became free, I decided to give it a whirl. There were lots of features I really liked, built-in right from the start. The ability to easily save a snippet of web text to a note has been my most used feature. I also like the labels on my mail and the ‘go to URL’ option, which allows me to navigate to a web page that’s referenced in plain text. The browser is light and speedy and the ability to set options for how and when you view images can speed the browser up even more. I also liked being able to rearrange my tabs easily. No doubt about it, Opera has a lot of great features and I can see why people swear by it.

I started using Firefox whe it was still in beta and even then they knocked the socks off Internet Explorer (boo hiss). Firefox can be configured to your needs via the ever growing range of extensions and can satisfy the eye through a large collection of themes. Favourite extensions for Firefox are Scrapbook, which allows you to save information via a right click menu, SessionSaver, which allows the browser to remember the pages you were browsing when you shut it down and CustomizeGoogle. Every couple of weeks I find new ways to get more from Firefox. That's why it's my favorite browser - and that's not likely to change.