Tuesday, April 26, 2005

This topic doesn't really have to do with writing directly, but since I use the Internet all day long to access my online courses, it does relate. After several months of using and enjoying Firefox as a browser, I've decided to go back to using IE Explorer. I really liked the tabbed browsing, the RSS feeds and the search box at the bottom of the screen, but as time went on, I just found that the browser got slower and slower. It took longer to open and would lock up frequently. The big thing, though, was that one day it just stopped working in WebCT, the course management software that I use to access student work. When I logged into WebCT, I would just get a white screen. I'm now using Explorer again. It's not as exciting, but it's not crashing and the pages load more quickly.