One of the compelling reasons to developing web-based or hybrid mobile applications is being able to use the tried and true HTML/CSS/JS stack, which allows your app to be used (with some minor restrictions) directly as a mobile website or to be compiled and distributed as a native application using a tool such as PhoneGap.

I remember the first browser I ever used. It was AOL. Does that really qualify as a browser? Man, those were the days. I soon switched over to Netscape Navigator, and I say now that it because it was more lightweight, but honestly, as a child, I didn't need a good reason to like it better. It probably had something to do with the Parental Controls.

Those things aside, my browser changes were pretty consistent for a number of years. From Navigator to IE, IE to Opera, Opera to Firefox, and then an amazing thing happened that completely changed my world. I got a Mac. When I first started using the Mac, I wasn't too happy with Safari, but a friend talked me into giving it a shot, and I fell in love. It was lightweight, fast, and easy to use. Safari quickly replaced Firefox as my default browser. It has been a nice 4 years with Safari, but today, I declare Firefox will reclaim its place at the top of my Browser list.

There are a number of reason that Safari was overthrown from its thrown, but the number one reason was, I got tired to having to switch to Firefox for flash or when Safari just refused to load a page. The straw that broke the back of the proverbial camel, was when yesterday, I was watching Hulu, and every few commercials, would completely freeze the player. Eventually I switched to Firefox and had no problems. I decided... why should I only use Firefox to bat cleanup, when I can use it every pitch.

Sayonara Safari.
Konnichi wa Firefox.