Browser, Email, & Hosting Picks

The Browsers, Email clients, and hosting packages on this page are the best in my opinion. Browsing the web or checking email, you can't go wrong with these programs.

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1&1.com - Whether you want your own website, blog, online photo gallery, or personalized email address 1&1 web hosting can't be beat. Great features, service, software, and prices.

 

- is truly a great browser. FireFox is more secure by design, allowing you to surf the web without worrying about drive by downloads, spyware, and other nasties. The language of the internet is "html". The pages, such as this one, displayed in your browser are written in html. Firefox adheres to the html standard more closely than Internet Explorer, AOL, and MSN. This means that web pages display as they should be, not how Microsoft wants them to be.
FireFox is also much more customizable. There are literally thousands of extensions you can add to FireFox for free. There are extensions to do just about anything you can imagine! See the free downloads section for my favorite extensions!

 

Microsoft Outlook 2007 - Outlook is the current email client of choice for corporate America. I get well over 200 emails a day. Outlook has a few features I really need such as a plug in for automatic backups, office sounds which offers me some audible feedback, and the ability to easily change headers. I've used Mozilla Thunderbird and liked it a lot. With the amount of mail I go through I really need the features of Outlook. If you aren't a heavy user, or don't need the features I do then Thunderbird is a great alternative.

 

Roboform

Roboform - This program is the next best thing since sliced bread in my book! This program integrates into Internet Explorer and firefox. It generates very secure passwords at the click of a button. How do I remember these complex passwords? Roboform allows you to save passwords and personal data in an encrypted format. A master password (yes only one password to remember!) allows access. Roboform in IE and FireFox works like a super powered bookmark. You click the site you want to go to and Roboform opens the site, enters your username and password for the site (if required) and as if by magic clicks the submit button. If you shop online Roboform can enter your personal information and credit card information, which is also stored in a secure encrypted file, in one click. A real time saver with great security thrown in to boot! 30 day free trial.