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Contributed by: Travis Henry on 4/29/2008

I never really used the Firefox browser religiously until a month ago.

Sure, I've dabbled a bit over the years, especially because the young hipsters in the YourHub.com office swore by it.

But, I reasoned, as someone responsible for a Web site, it is best to know what users are experiencing and the majority of people coming to the site use Internet Explorer.

Maybe I was just afraid to try something new.

When I landed at Examiner.com I switched. It wasn't really a conscious decision. I just clicked on Firefox and never went back. As we were preparing to roll out the new Web site, it just seemed to work better. I could tab back and forth from development servers and check other sites more easily.

Sure, I use Internet Explorer every now and then, mainly to make sure the Web site looks good to the masses. That's important, because to paraphrase a catchy little burger joint's slogan, I have a feeling "We're going to be big."

If you haven't ever checked out Examiner.com I invite you to come take a look. We've assembled an awesome group of Examiners who are local experts sharing their knowledge with the community.

We also are attempting to be a jumping off point for all of the local news elsewhere that's important to you. It's an ambitious effort, but I think we are up to the task.

It's taken a while for many newspapers to accept that there is life on the Internet outside of their own individual newspaper Web site. We are happy to share this world with others.

For example, in Denver we are happy to point out when local news sources such as the Rocky Mountain News,Westword and, yes, YourHub.com have important information to share. We'll link to them and send you straight to the source. New media guru Steve Yelvington sums up this approach by calling us "refreshingly nonparanoid."

We have just turned on the engines to this thing and are navigating the road bumps as we go along. In my experience, that's the best time to become part of a Web site community.

My boss Michael Sherrod calls Examiner.com a social knowledge network. Exactly.

Come check us out. But don't leave YourHub.com or any other site you may be participating on or looking to for information to do it.

This is where the Firefox browser may come in handy.

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Submitted By: Stan Dyer

posted on 5/29/2008 @ 3:35:58 PM

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I love Examiner.com and I love Firefox. I do, however, only use Firefox on my Mac. I still am used to and prefer Explorer on my PC. As for the various sites, I still like YourHub the best and will write for them as long as they allow me to.

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Submitted By: Gail Kirkegaard

posted on 4/30/2008 @ 8:20:58 AM

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Firefox doesn't allow copy and paste. I have come to depend on that shortcut with Explorer for lots of things. I do like the Firefox browser switching.

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Submitted By: Travis Henry

posted on 4/29/2008 @ 11:00:53 AM

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And by ultra-hipster I just mean really cool dude, in a nonchalant, semi-cynical kind of way.

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Submitted By: John Zwick

posted on 4/29/2008 @ 10:57:39 AM

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You just called me an ultra-hipster. PISTOLS AT DAWN.

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Submitted By: Travis Henry

posted on 4/29/2008 @ 10:57:01 AM

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John, I was even going to throw in a sentence predicting how I was behind the times and that the ultra-hipsters were on to Opera, but it was much more fun this way.

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Submitted By: John Zwick

posted on 4/29/2008 @ 10:52:33 AM

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And by Firefox, I'm sure you mean Opera.

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