How-To: Update Firefox + 10 Reasons to Switch to Firefox

By now, everyone has probably heard of Firefox 3.1 and if you are Firefox users, you have probably had some problems updating from 3.0 to 3.1. I have heard over the web that there were some problems with your personal data not being saved. It might be too late for some, but for others who haven't updated or still have Internet Explorer, this is your warning. For some reason the install will overwrite all your personal data such as saved passwords, history, etc. This can be quite a pain if you rely on Firefox to remember everything for you. You are in luck because there is a solution to your problem. Read More...

So what to do?? Well the answer is to back up your Firefox personal data. To do this manually would be a horrible nightmare. You would have to browse through your Firefox user folder for all the files you want to save (and you would have to know their names since the password file isn't called My Saved Passwords!). This would simply be too complicated. The simpler way of doing this would be to use a program to backup all you information. There is such a program (and yes, it's free) called MozBackup that can do just that. MozBackup is a Mozilla backup utility that can backup Firefox, Thunderbird, and pretty much every Mozilla product. Go to the MozBackup download page and click install program next to Download from JasnaPaka.com.

Now that you have done that, you can go to the Firefox download page and download and install Firefox 3.1. For those of you who don't want to get Firefox, here are 10 reasons why you should:

1. Firefox is nine times faster then Internet Explorer and three times faster then it's previous version.
2. You can add great addons, plugins, and themes from the Firefox website that personalize your browser to look like you favorite sports team, block ads, etc.
3. In Firefox you can quickly bookmark a site by clicking on the star in the URL bar. Double clicking it will bring up options such as taging your bookmark or organizing it with folders.
4. You can add a feed to any reader by pressing the RSS button in the URL bar.
5. Recently visited sites, favorites, feeds, etc. can all be browsed from the URL by typing a word from their title, a tag you gave them, or some of their description.
6. You can create your own themes and addons for Firefox to personalize it just for you.
7. Firefox has great online support and bug reporting/fixing (Unlike Internet Explorer, you have to pay to talk to Microsoft).
8. Firefox is open source, so if you are a programmer, you can look at and help with coding Firefox.
9. Firefox has lots of companion products that work side-by-side with it.
10. Firefox is free (and not to mention, totally awesome)!!!!

If you still don't want Firefox listen to this. I was a die-hard Internet Explorer person. I loved Internet Explorer and even after trying Firefox, hated it. After the release of 3.0, I decided to try it again, and I was hooked. I'm sure your thinking, yea right, but this is actually true. I sometimes have to use Internet Explorer to do thing from Microsoft and I always sit their impatiently waiting for it to open. Not only does it take years to open, but the tabs take a long time too. It is really amazing how after using Firefox for so long, Internet Explorer seems like a turtle. Anyways, look out for my new series: Weekend Project: Organize, Clean, and Clear your PC! Also, I would like to hear what you think about the new Firefox in the comments. If you prefer Internet Explorer., explain why.