Do you switch back and forth between Internet Explorer and Firefox and miss the bookmarks of the one when you’re in the other?  Then check out the Firefox extension PlainOldFavorites for a quick fix to this and get your bookmarks in sync.

What PlainOldBookmarks does is creates an extra option in your menu bar called “Favorites” right next to your “Bookmarks” in Firefox.  This is a list of all the favorites in Internet Explorer that you can now access, sort, add to and delete from right through Firefox.

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Choice is the operative word here.  If you’re like me, you use a browser and equate it so wholeheartedly with the Internet that you forget it is actually an application for accessing the Internet, not the Internet itself.  I’m here to expand our horizons a bit even if to simply suggest that moving beyond IE (Internet Explorer) might be worth it just for kicks.

There is already a ton of comparisons and technical reviews of free browsers online, just google “review browsers” for that kind of detail.  I’m going to list the top three and the quick notes as to why they are worth using as an alternative to the one you use habitually.

Firefox

Firefox seems to be the number one rated browser out there.  It happens to be the one we use mostly at NYC Tech Guys.   It is fast, runs on both PCs and Macs, and is known as one of the safest browsers in terms of preventing viral-type vulnerabilities.   We are also fond of  adding a handy extension called Adblock Plus which disables annoying advertisements on websites.  (More about add-ons coming soon.)

Google Chrome

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