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  Ed Wetschler March 31, 2011 at 10:07pm

  A few more thoughts: 1. You're a lefty, too, Allan? My sympathies. 2. Sorry about your burdens, Chris, but we can't kill you. Your photos are too good. 3. Regarding my slam against Bing, do any of you actually prefer it to Google?
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  Ed Wetschler March 31, 2011 at 10:03pm

  Coincidentally, Mossberger (my hero) of WSJ just came out with a lukewarm review of the new Firefox 4. To me, what justifies it is (1) screengrabber, and (2) unlike InternetExplorer, doesn't fight me to use Bing instead of Google.
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  Judy Wells March 31, 2011 at 9:50pm

  Allan, Evelyn, I agree with you both. Macs make it easier for us fossils to maneuver into something beyond word processing, but our brains are basically wired for not much beyond step 1 and step 2. Thanks to all for the screen grabber tip.
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  Chris Christensen March 31, 2011 at 9:40pm

  Evelyn, clearly you have not met my parents who use one of my old Macs. I spent an hour on the phone recently trying to walk my dad through reading a text message on his cell phone so we could reset his yahoo.com password. I love my parents dearly but seriously, kill me now.
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  Allan Lynch March 31, 2011 at 9:40pm

  Evelyn, you're kind. Some days I can barely open a can. But then I'm left-handed - thank gawd for the Black & Decker automated can opener!

   

  I just downloaded the Firefox and discovered I already had an older version of it on my MacBook Pro! A friend's husband who is a professional lobster fisherman accuses me of using the computer as a glorified typewriter. That works for me. Another friend who gave up being a writer to become a doctor once told me his new computer could do everything but make coffee and he wasn't so sure it couldn't do that.

   

  I am looking at buying a smaller MacBook Pro for travel. I looked at the Mac Air but my Mac dealer shook his head at it. I have considered the iPAD, but a webmaster I know in the UK isn't that keen on it. Pretty, but not a lot of function was his verdict, but I wasn't sure if he was speaking for his work or mine.

   

  When I travel I really do like to simply sit in a cafe for an hour each day and scribble notes in my moleskin. I seem to make different observations with pen and paper than fingers on keys. And with paper I worry less that someone will steal it or that it will get damaged or trying to not fry it on a strange electrical system. See, l-u-d-d-i-t-e.
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  Evelyn Kanter March 31, 2011 at 9:25pm

  Allan -- The words Luddite and Mac are an oxymoron.  If you are a Mac user, you are not a Luddite. Does not compute (pun intended).  

  I use both Safari and Firefox on my Macs (plural -- iMac for office, MacBook for travel).  Firefox is much better for bookmarking and remembering log-in info.  You'll love it.  I use Safari less and less these days (please don't tell them).

  Ed -- Didn't know about the Screengrabber add-on.  Brilliant! Sounds easier than Mac's own built-in system. 
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  Maralyn D Hill March 31, 2011 at 9:21pm

  Thanks, this is a great one.
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  Allan Lynch March 31, 2011 at 9:17pm

  Thanks Eric.
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  Gigi Renee Ragland March 31, 2011 at 9:06pm

  I just added the screen grabber to Firefox and it's a great addition. Wish I had thought of it earlier. Ed, thanks so much for the prompt!  To add a screen grabber in Firefox go to the search icon at the top right of the screen and type in "screen grabber" to get options that will work for you best.
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  Eric Theriault March 31, 2011 at 9:02pm

  Allan, you can download Firefox at http://getfirefox.com