The Pro probably should have probably mentioned this earlier, but if you're still puttering along out there using Internet Explorer, its a really good idea to switch to Mozilla Firefox. Its fully customizable and open source, meaning software that is created by a development community rather than a single vendor. Firefox is typically programmed by volunteers from many organizations, the source code of open source software is free and available to anyone who would like to use it or modify it for their own purposes. This allows an individual or organization to add a feature itself rather than hope that the vendor of a proprietary product will implement its suggestion in a subsequent release. But for the time being:
You can import all of your bookmarks from other browsers and create a portable profile that will allow you to access your settings from other computers. This allows you to surf the web (or better yet, blog it) just the way you do at home from other places like the office, internet cafe, etc. Be sure to check for plug-ins and customize your firefox browser to play online media the way you want it.
A terrific extension and tool that I found recently is Performancing. It puts a little toggle switch at the bottom of your browser so that you can access your blog's dashboard in a snap. In the next post, I'll include a few of the terrific extensions that I find useful in real estate.
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