Firefox: So Much More Than Just a Web Browser

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Hopefully you didn't mistake this for a guide that will give a bulleted breakdown of why you should switch to Firefox; that's been done a hundred times over already. Consider it more a celebration of the widespread love so many have for this fantastic piece of software and its wonderfully copyable logo we all know so very well.

About Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. Firefox has 22.47% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of July 2009, making it the second most popular browser in terms of current use worldwide, after Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.  Which is really a shame if you think about it, considering how hard IE blows.

Before you get any further into this guide, GO HERE to download the latest version of Firefox now!  Or if you’re at work and under the thumb of a tyrannical IE-driven corporate overlord, GO HERE to download the latest version of Firefox Portable to bypass such oppressive nonsense!

The Real Life Firefox

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And/or real life borderline animal cruelty. I still want to cuddle with it though.

Wheee!

This fan-created ad for Firefox is really more of an aside to some of the other browsers out there, but it made me laugh so you must now watch it. Make sure your volume is on too (SFW).

I Hope IE Had Its Rabies Vaccination

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Firefox Tattoo

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Am I the only one who thought the above image was cool until I saw it tattooed on someone? I think it may just be drawn on, in which case I haven’t actually lost all respect for the person in this picture that I’ve never even met before.

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As much as I like this picture (and I do), it doesn’t makes much sense metaphorically. Unless of course the part of Atlas were to be played by Al Gore. Which in some ways makes even less sense if you think about it.

Boobfox. Or Maybe Fireboob?

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Like it matters. I could call it BoobBoob, since nobody is going to pay attention to anything I type here anyway.

Perhaps the Most Compelling Reason to Use Firefox

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I bet Ask.com is his default search engine too.

Firefox Furry

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This was inevitable really, even if the Mozilla team had picked an ostrich for their avatar. This is furries we’re talking about after all.

Firefox Tank Top

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I smell marketing genius.

 

Note to SysAdmins

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Carrying around a Firefox condom will not get you laid in real life. Except by other SysAdmins.

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This is what it looks like to be the only (plausible) Google image search result for “Firefox Costume.”

LOL Firefoxes

I think Mozilla was hoping to get some LOLcat-style love when they chose the fox for their browser’s figurehead.  And it worked.  All the wonderful Firefox LOLZ pics below come to you courtesy of the collective Internet genius that is I Can Has Cheezburger?

Firefox Baked Goods

Not only does Firefox offer you better protection when browsing online, orange frosting cures cancer.  OK so maybe that last part is only half true.

Cupcake

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Proven to taste at least 3 times better than your average Internet Explorer cupcake.

Cookie

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Chalk it up to personal preferences, but something tells me that I would choose this over the rest of the Firefox-themed baked goods.

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by aliciak  08/05/2009  Show 2 Replies

Soooooo, I use Safari more than Fireforx, but I do use the latter. I just want to preface by saying that I have blond hair. Okay, I never noticed until reading this guide that there was a fox in the logo. Seriously. I thought it was an orange and blue globe, even though that doesn’t make sense.

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by karey_ann  08/03/2009  Show 1 Reply

Can I just say, this might be the best guide profile picture EVER. That is awesome.

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