Trader’s Narrative

Yes, I’m back!

I truly appreciate all the comments and emails from the readers. I never knew this blog was so important to so many people. My apologies for leaving for such an extended vacation.

Although it may not satisfy everyone, as way of explanation, I took some time off to recharge the batteries, wrangle with a nasty Firefox upgrade, move to new servers, a spiffy new computer system… and managed to squeeze in some strutting on the beach… throwing up gang signs. You know. The usual.

The Mozilla Foundation and I have kissed and made-up - having quickly forgotten and forgiving my flagrant dalliance with that spurious vixen, Opera.

Look forward to not just a return to the market commentary and analysis but new, interesting and surprisingly useful tools. Stay tuned

Tomorrow Mozilla will release a big version update for the Firefox browser.

I don’t know what I would do if I surfed the web with any other browser! It is fast, easy to use, chock full of features and has myriad extensions that add serious functionality.

I use the following extensions: Sage, Talkback, NoScript, DOM Inspector, SE Ordering, Greasemonkey, Download Statusbar, Fasterfox, Web Developer, FireFTP, ColorZilla, delicious, and Cooliris Previews.

I really hope they’ve plugged the pesky memory leak in this update. That’s my only gripe with Firefox.

Two curious facts about Mozilla Firefox:

• That little Google search box on the upper right corner of the browser earns the Mozilla Foundation almost $10 million a year.
• Did you know a real animal exists by the name firefox? It is more commonly known as a red panda. Click here to watch one headbutting a Japanese girl (ala Zidane).