Maybe I’m out of the loop. I’ve been using Firefox for the past few years, but lately it’s just been updating constantly and doing other weird shit that frustrates me. I talked to a few of my nerd friends about the State of Browsers Today. Am I behind the times? Are you?

Ian Meyer, 28, Systems Administrator, Yahoo! Inc./Hip-Hop Partyographer

Meatloafing: any thoughts on all the recent firefox updates? how it keeps updating the shit out of itself
Ian: i don’t use firefox
Meatloafing: do you use safari 3?
Ian: yeah
Meatloafing: so does ben. hmm. but you must use ff sometimes..
Ian: not really. no reason
Meatloafing: ok
Ian: “What’s the point of Firefox when you have Safari 3?”
Meatloafing: ok, noted
Ian: oh wait–safari 3 comes with leopard, so just upgrade.
Meatloafing: rite, i might
Meatloafing: should i? hrm
Ian: no, don’t “might.” do it. it’s 500% worth it. i’ve been using it for awhile now. it’s great.

PLUS: 2 more interviews w/ Ben R. & Adam K.!

Ben R., 31, Graphic Designer

Ben R: i don’t really use firefox, because it’s too slow. the end.
Meatloafing: what do u use
Ben R: i use safari 3. it’s speedy.
Meatloafing: ff has all those developer plugins that are nice
Ben R: yes, i like some of those. i like the firebug plugin
Meatloafing: so you use both, but mostly safari 3
Ben R: correct.
Meatloafing: what about netscape?
Ben R: mostly netscape 3. netscape now!
Ben R: don’t get me wrong, i like firefox, and i like the idea of it. i just want it to be a better product. meanwhile, apple has stepped up with safari 3, which is a great product. it renders pretty nicely. i may give firefox a slight edge there. but it’s fast as hell
Meatloafing: rite. i must admit i have not used it much
Meatloafing: is that what’s on my new imac?
Ben R: no. it comes with leopard, and you can also download it from apple.com
Meatloafing: i want leopard
Ben R: 3 has a few new bells and whistles, such as warning you when you’re closing a window with multiple tabs. i realize FF has done that for a while, but it’s nice to see
Meatloafing: oh. yeah, i would die w/out that
Meatloafing: thank you for your time
Ben R: thanks for having me, mollie. and thanks to all the meatloafing readers.

Adam K., 33, Managing Editor, Slice

Adam K: Ugh. Why is Firefox updating all the time?
Adam K: Everytime I open it: “Firefox has just downloaded an update. Do you want to install and restart now?”
Adam K: my coworker, a big macfreak, says “WHY DON’T YOU JUST USE SAFARI!?!?”
Meatloafing: new safari is fast and good or some shit
Adam K: I have, like, 26 tabs open! I don’t want to lose that info!
Adam K: It was particularly bad last week, ot so much lately. must have been a lot of security/bug patches
Meatloafing: yeah, it was like twice a day at least
Adam K: i’d agree. i have a couple plug-ins on FF that i really like–mostly Flickr extensions. AllSizes+ and InfiniteScroll or some such. something that lets you scroll and scroll thru pages.
Meatloafing: IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN
Adam K: what’d you go as for halloween?
Meatloafing: nothing
Meatloafing: u?
Meatloafing: PIZZA???

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