Tag: firefox

Browser Blues

A few years ago I went on a journey. A journey to find a new favorite web browser that wasn’t called chrome. I found one. It was… basically… ya know… chrome without actually being chrome. I settled on Vivaldi. I like it. I put it on my MacBook Pro, and my personal Windows desktop box, and my work laptop (just for personal stuff like my personal email and… ya know… this blog) and as soon as it was available I also put it on my iPhone and my iPad.

Yesterday the company I work for updated its list of approved applications and Vivaldi was not on it. Boo. In order to comply with the rules, I had to give it up on that machine. Firefox is on the list though, so I have brought that back for my personal use (while we all use Chrome for work use).

It is fine. No complaints about Firefox here it’s just… not the browser I want to use.

You know, it’s all fine and good and everything is okay and the universe isn’t spiraling down the drain and heading for the sewer. Yeah, that has nothing to do with web browsers it’s just… you know… blah. Boo.

Here’s a couple of pictures of a cat because even though the universe is collapsing into crap, cats are still fuzzy and cute and adorable.

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Vivaldi Notepad

I have been using the Vivaldi browser* on my Mac for quite a while now. No complaints. I like it. I feel better about the state of the world when I am not using Chrome. I said the same thing about Firefox when I stopped using that browser and started using Chrome. Now here we are again. It’s probably just a matter of time before I say it about Vivaldi too.

That’s not what we’re here to talk about though. What we’re here to talk about is the notepad app built into Vivaldi’s sidebar. I don’t use it often, but when I do it feels like it is a literal lifesaver.

How cool is that? I just thought you all should know. You’re welcome.

*Browser might be the one word that I typo the most. I usually type it browswer, but there are hundreds of other errors that work for me too.

ScribeFire on Firefox

Scribefire on Firefox is different than on Chrome.  At least the version I installed is.  Weird.  On Chrome at home it opens a new tab.  On Firefox it divides the screen in half horizontally and puts the app in the bottom half. 

Who is the genius who came up with this campaign?

I don’t really like it this way.  All of the same information is here, but it’s just chopped in half.  I shouldn’t need a scroll bar, and I shouldn’t lose half of whatever page I was on.

It’s okay though.  The quest for cool Chrome add on s continues, and if I find super cool add ons I’ll look for Firefox versions as well.

It’s a brave new world we live in.  Embrace it.