Firefox 3 was a good browser, friendly to everything web based, except sometimes Flash. He was a young, strong browser, but, in a great tragedy, his life has come to an end. Even though our dear friend Firefox 3 was secure and always being updated to prevent viruses and worms from invading, he did this with a sacrifice. He often sucked up resources from other applications and sometimes spent eons pondering over what he should do with his 15 open tabs. Today, Firefox 3 is dead, and will live on forever in all of our hearts. He will be succeeded, in a year or two, by Firefox 4, who may very well break the records that Firefox 3 worked tirelessly to set. Rest in peace Firefox 3.

As if today, I am no longer a Firefox user. This was a big decision for me, as I have been a Firefox user since version 1.0. I hung in there, always waiting for a solution, and often they came. What really threw me over the edge, though, was the lackluster speed when loading web pages and in the program itself. Aside from that, Firefox was a resource vacuum, sucking just about all available resources into his bottomless stomach. Flash was a major issue with Firefox 3. He just didn’t like it. And those, my friends, are the reasons why I have pronounced Firefox 3 dead. I’m now using Safari under Windows Vista, and it’s amazing. It is, without a doubt, the fastest browser I have used. That’s saying something, I’ve used every version of Firefox, Opera 9.5, Internet Explorer 5, 6, 7, and 8 beta, Maxthon, and Flock. Safari is snappy and responsive with even the most intensive flash and JavaScript. I’m blown away by it and I wish that Firefox could be as good as Safari, but I don’t think it ever will be until, possibly version 4.  (Again, I know I’m going to get strong opinions for comments)

That’s only in a blockquote because I couldn’t get the paragraphs to work. That’s the last one I’ve written in word processor so, it should be fixed soon. Hit me up with a comment below, email, or IM (bakere19 on AIM).

UPDATE - On request, I’m adding my system specs. 1.8gHz Pentium Dual core, 2gb DDr2 RAM, 320 gb 5400rpm HDD, Intel graphics, Vista Home Premium

UPDATE - After Vista crashed on me, I reformatted my HDD and installed Firefox instead of Safari. There must have been junk messing with the original Firefox installation, because now it’s the FireFox I wanted.