I take great comfort in the fact that my parents — who aren’t the most tech-savvy individuals — use Firefox. (And just to really bring the point home, my parents started using Firefox before I did.)
In a lot of ways, my Firefox isn’t reaching its fullest potential, but that’s really my fault. The only extensions that I have are Zotero and del.icio.us — and I know that there are at least a dozen other extensions that I would find useful. I’m working on that, so expect me to make my Firefox even better within a couple weeks or so.
Firefox is, in a lot of (good) ways, addictive. My parents won’t use any browser other than Firefox, and a friend of mine (who only started using Firefox within the past couple months) says he can never go back to using anything else. Even though we use IE 7 at work, I still get a little frustrated that it’s not Firefox — something just isn’t the same.
Ska Girlie has some great thoughts about how the Saint Joseph County Public Library uses Firefox with a handful of useful extensions. I like what what they’re doing, but I’m also curious about ways that Firefox could more directly improve our customers’ OPAC experiences. Maybe some kind of special extension or customized script?
Any other Firefox fans out there?
Discovered via librarian.net. Check out Jessamyn’s awesome “Pimp My Firefox” handout.
April 25, 2007 at 7:39 pm
What about a custom firefox extension that labels things clearly and makes it easier for people who have not used the internet very much to figure it out. Buttons could be labeled clearly, maybe with mouseover text (is that possible to customize) explaining what they do.
April 26, 2007 at 1:06 am
It might work as an extension, and it could definitely work as a Firefox skin.