A blog of my feelings…ranging from commenting about other's blogs to commenting about stuff which happens in life and from posting mails which I like, to ranting on stuff.

Mozilla was, by far, the first non-microsoft product that I used. I was given a demo of Mozilla products (thunderbird / firefox) by my colleague and good friend, Devidas, and I must admit, I was floored by the same. I dunno whether it was the way they gave me the demo or the actual product specifics. But now, on thinking back, I guess it is both the product specifics and also the way they gave me the demo.

I was in a BPO when Devidas introduced me to Mozilla. I even pestered him to uninstall MS products like Outlook and IE, but then, that was not possible. So, I asked him to install Mozilla for me. He did not, on the contrary, he asked me to figure out a way to install them myself. I installed FF and Thunderbird for my browser and email clients. I configured them myself when I was in the, so called, “swing shift” which was actually a shift in the work timings to cover both USA and Australian time zones and which used to work from 6AM to 3PM. So, I was kinda free to figure out how I had to install what and what should be entered where for the browser to work and to receive the emails. Installing the browser was easy, but I was vexed when it came to installing Thunderbird. I did not let go of my hopes and at the end of it all, it worked out. But I had made an elementary mistake, I had configured my office mails in thunderbird, which meant I had to use only one system forever. And being in a BPO, it was not possible. So, there went all the efforts, not into the drain, but into my brain for an alternate solution.

I was put to the night shift and I started using only one system forever, no matter which shift I work in. I configured outlook with my official mails, and then, configured thunderbird for the various mails of the forums that I was a part of, for the bulletin board junk etc etc. Devidas actually was happy that I had that “killer instinct” and he commended me for being successful in something that was something very new to me.. Being a duffer in technological things, I had opened my eyes up to the amazing wonders of technology.

From then on, I use Mozilla FF and I have never deviated. My current engagements at office prevent me from using Thunderbird or participate in any forums and moreover, I am not into tech stuff @ office too.. So, I dunno how much of a use would any tech forum be for me. So, no more thunderbird for me, but regarding FF, I now have had FF installed on almost all the pcs in my office and I am considered some kind of an authority in FF and related stuff in my team and office! I have presented the FF stickers that I got in BCB7 to my office sysadmin and they are now on many pcs in the office!

I love FF, FF really ROCKS! I tried my hand on Google Chrome and the various versions of IE, but when compared to all this, FF ranked highest of all the browsers! FF still is the highest, and if everything goes as per my expectations, FF would take some tips from Chrome and make it a faster experience for browsing to RULE the BROWSER WAR!