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  1. Review - Mozilla Firefox for Windows (v2)

    2.0.0.6 (Aug 5, 2007)

    The Firefox backlash here is so viscous it's hard to even comprehend. Look, it's just a free browser that works, and works amazingly well. It's not trying to hurt you, it doesn't even know you.

    I've run every major browser ever released, and I keep coming back to Firefox. It's fast, easy to use, secure, stable, and extensible. I keep Avant and Opera around for when I need them, but 99% of the time, Firefox gets the job done.

  2. Review - iTunes for Windows

    7.3.2 (Aug 5, 2007)

    It's a huge download and a fairly large app, but it works seamlessly. I don't have an iPod and only use iTunes to import CDs and organize and play my music, and to that end it works perfectly.

  3. Review - Safari for Windows

    3 Beta (Jun 14, 2007)

    No crashes so far, but Safari is far from being competitive on the Windows platform with the likes of Firefox and Opera. It just doesn't have the features or customization of a full-time, primary browser. It's noticeably faster than the competition, but speed isn't everything.

    I hope it'll get better, because there's potential here. For now, though, it's a pass.

  4. Review - ATI Tray Tools

    1.3.6.1044 Beta (May 25, 2007)

    bradingram, many of us DO want to change these settings frequently. I change AA and refresh settings all the time, depending on what game I want to play, what resolution I want for various desktop apps, etc. That's sort of the whole point of this program.

    And for the record, it appears to be using roughly 4MB of system RAM at idle. I have over a thousand. I think I can spare it.

    To barin251, ATT doesn't support all chipsets. When I temporarily yanked my vidcard, my PC crashed immediately after booting until I figured out ATT doesn't play nice with an onboard X200.

  5. Review - Opera for Windows

    9.21 Build 8776 Final (May 17, 2007)

    Still a very good browser. The "block content" feature is nearly on par with the Adblock extensions for Firefox, the UI is ridiculously customizable and fun to fiddle with, lots of quality themes to try.

    I'm not crazy about the download manager, though, and the mail and torrent clients aren't really that useful and needlessly clutter up the UI. The RSS reader is a pain to use and feels like an afterthought.

    Still my backup browser to Firefox and Flock, but making progress.

  6. Comment - Firefox Tops 200 Million Downloads

    9.21 Build 8776 Final (Aug 1, 2006 - 11:11 PM)

    I'll never understand the backlash against Firefox. I've had five to six browsers installed for the last two and half years, but experience always pulls me back to Firefox. It's fast, it's extensible, it's at least as secure as anything else. What's the problem?

  7. Comment - Firefox Tops 100 Million Downloads

    9.21 Build 8776 Final (Oct 20, 2005 - 2:04 AM)

    The new Netscape browser, though based on Firefox, does not identify itself as Firefox. It ID's itself as "Netscape." I've tried out Firefox, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, Maxthon, Avant, Mozilla, SeaMonkey, K-Meleon, and more, and the only browser that identifies itself as "Netscape" in my site's browser statistics is Netscape.

  8. Comment - Firefox Tops 100 Million Downloads

    9.21 Build 8776 Final (Oct 20, 2005 - 1:58 AM)

    Why are we nitpicking this?

    The official, final build of Firefox has been downloaded from Mozilla servers over 100 million times. That's it. That's the story. The end. This is not about new users or people who have switched to Fx from IE. It is what it is.

    For the record, betas and RC's are not counted here. As an example, I'm running Fx 1.5 beta 2, but my downloads of beta 1 and 2 don't count, do they? Of course they don't, since I used beta 1's auto-update feature to get to beta 2, which meant a 700k download patch. Should that count as a unique download? Of course not.

    So final builds of Firefox have been downloaded from Mozilla a hundred million times now. Great. Cool. Why do so many people have a problem with this? It's a great browser, and a lot of its users want to update to the newest version. It's not like Mozilla has ever claimed a hundred million unique users.

    Keep in mind, it's the media yelling about these numbers, not Mozilla.