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The ensuing Internet browser battle has become a full fledged war with latest enhancements to Mozilla's Firefox and the newest release of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. A large percentage of users are still using Microsoft Internet Explorer due to the fact that it's embedded into every Windows operating system, but things are starting to change. The one time underdog, Mozilla Firefox, has all but leveled the browser playing field, and may soon be the victor in this War of the Web Browsers. From

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

an Internet Marketing perspective, Firefox wins hands down (of course this is my humble, non bias opinion). If you haven't yet moved from IE or Netscape, you might want to stick around as I give you my top 5 reasons why I think Internet marketers should consider Firefox as a wise business move.

Reason #1: An SEO Friendly Web Browser As SEO (Search Engine Optimization) becomes part of your new Internet marketing vocabulary, it should also become part of your business. Firefox

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

is no punk when it comes to SEO. Even if you have no intention of becoming an SEO expert, the SEO plugin support for Firefox is top notch. Integrated SEO allows for a quick glance at where your website ranks with Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Alexa, helping you to evaluate your own marketing strategy and that of your competition. This is a killer time saving feature for your Internet business. My SEO plugin of choice is called SEO for Firefox, which can easily be found by doing a Google search.

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

ng>Reason #2: The Perfect Webmaster's Companion From the serious web developer or Internet marketer, to the part-time website hobbyist, Firefox is a feature rich browser that can help make your job much simpler. Firefox supports many W3C standards including XML, PHP, CSS, XHTML, etc.

Websites that often fall apart in other browsers due to lack of dynamic page support are preserved and functional in Firefox. For the Internet marketer looking to learn HTML or PHP coding, viewing source

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

code and page info is made simple with a right-click of your mouse. Page info even provides a great way to find the destinations of all links on a page. What a great marketing research feature!

Also, Firefox is Open Source. What's Open Source? Well, it basically means that you can look under the hood and tinker with the engine. Not in a million years would you be able to "look inside" of Internet Explorer to see how it ticks. The Firefox source code is open to development by programmers worldw

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

de, which means features and updates are constantly being added. Quick tech support is often available through the many Open Source web forums or from Mozilla's Support Page.

Reason #3: Security: The Fort Knox of Web Browsers Let's face it, as an Internet marketer, you're on the Internet a good percentage of your day. After all, the Internet is your lifeblood. Security and privacy should be on your list of "must haves", as identity theft is on the rise. If you're portal to th

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

web is lost due to a virus, spyware, or a application crash, this could mean lost productivity, lost customers, or even lost profits. Not to mention increased frustration and the occasional broken keyboard that often results from anger directed at the computer. (Of course I'm not speaking from personal experience)

Overall, the security in Firefox is one of the main reasons more and more people are making the switch from Internet Explorer. In addition to enhanced stability, Firefox is far less

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

prone to the many vulnerability exploits common in IE. Open Source code allows for teams of programmers from around the world to jump on the first news of a security exploit and to close the hole before it causes havoc. This is simply not the case with Internet Explorer. Trust me on this; I worked intimately with IE for many years as a network administrator. It wasn't fun. Firefox is a welcomed breath of fresh air!

Here are just a few of the security features available in the latest version of

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

Firefox: (2.0 at the time of this writing)

Phishing Protection - Enhanced identity theft protection and forged website safeguards

Automatic Updates - Checks and notifies you of security updates to make sure you're always using the most stable and secure Firefox version available

Integrated Spyware Protection - Will not allow a website to download or install programs unless you explicitly allow it, and provides notification of downloads and software i

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

stallations

Integrated Pop-Up Blocker - Eliminates pop-ups that could harm your computer, and simply annoy you from a pleasant browsing experience

Privacy Protection - Allows for one-click clearing of private data, such as stored cache, cookies, authenticated sessions, and passwords.

Strong Encryption - Support industry encryptions standards to protect and secure data transmissions.

Reason #4: A Lean Mean Web Browsing Machine<

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

strong> If there were a luxury vehicle of the Internet browser, Firefox is it. When it comes to speed and functionality, Firefox has won many awards for its ability to shine in this area. It's fast, stable, and fully loaded with tons of cool features.

Firefox 2.0 weighs in at a small 5.7mb installation; where as IE7 is almost 15mb. The Firefox installation is quick and simple, and doesn't require a huge amount of bandwidth to download updates and addons. Firefox is responsive, loading quickly

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

into memory, with page loads much faster than any other browser I've used. Long gone are the days of getting a cup of coffee while your web browser loads. Enhanced features such as an integrated search engine, download manager, tabbed browsing, built-in spell checking, web feeds, and smart keywords are just a few of the reasons why you many want to consider switching to Firefox.

Firefox is also a cross platform browser, meaning you don't need to be using Microsoft Windows to install it. In ad

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

ition to Windows, Firefox is also available for many versions of both Macintosh and Linux. And if you need additional language support, Firefox is available in over 40 different languages. Some my favorite Firefox features:

Tabbed Browsing - If you've been using the Internet without tabbed browsing, you're in for a treat. Instead of the cluttered windows of traditional web browsers, Firefox opens web pages in tabbed windows by default, which provides improved speed and accessibility. M

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

crosoft has only recently implemented tabbed browsing in IE7, while this feature has long been a favorite for veteran Firefox users
Integrated Search Engine Support - Quick searches can be done via the built-in search bar which offers instant searching via your search engine of choice. If you're serious about search, Firefox delivers the goods. Yet another huge time saver for the Internet Marketer.
Bookmark Manager - With this feature, it is easy to import your

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

IE favorites, manage and sort bookmarks into groups, and even sort bookmarks by keyword. Live bookmarks dynamically deliver updated content, such as news headlines, directly within your bookmarks list.
Smart Keywords - Now this feature rocks! In addition to creating quick bookmarks, you can also create quick URL links using keywords. For example, let's use my site. First I create a bookmark for my site from the Bookmark menu. I then right-click my new bookmark to open it's prop

t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

rties. In the keyword field I enter "RB". Now instead of typing www.RianBrooklyn.com to open my site, I just hit Ctrl+L to go to the Location Bar, and then type "RB". Instantly I'm taken to my website. Now that's a cool feature!
Web Syndication - RSS web feeds (Really Simple Syndication) makes it easy to stay up to date with your favorite websites from one location. Now the content comes to you without effo

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

t. I personally love this feature as an easy way to stay updated with my favorite Internet Marketing blogs.

Reason #5: Can You Say Customization? Custom addons, plugins, themes, and toolbars; Firefox has it all. If you love personalization, you'll have plenty of options too keep you busy with the 1000's of add-ons that are available for Firefox.

Using Firefox add-ons, you can add functionality with quick third party downloads. Integrated weather, news, music and vi

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

eo, or comparison shopping are all possible from your main Firefox interface. I personally like the tools that make web design and marketing much easier and fun, such as the SEO for Firefox plugin mentioned above. I've been hearing about a blogging plugin calling "Performancing" but have yet to try it.

With Firefox themes you can totally control the user interface and tweak it to your liking. Don't like the colors? Ugly fonts? Grab a new theme from the Firefox Themes page and within minutes yo

.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

can have an interface that you like. You can even make it look like Internet Explorer, though I can't see any reason you'd want to?

Well, there you have it. My top 5 reasons I think every Internet marketer should use Firefox, as plain and direct as I can give it to you. If you made it this far, congrats! I have a tendency to get wordy. But I hope I've provided you with some new insight if you're unfamiliar with what other browsing options are available. Oh wait, I almost forgot, there's one m

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

re reason...it's free! Now you really have no excuse not to make the switch to Firefox. You may have grown up with Internet Explorer or been forced to use in at your workplace, but this is a business decision. There's simply not a better browser out there. Ok, enough reading. Head on over to www.Mozilla.com to get your free Firefox download, and start experiencing the Internet with the performance, speed, and security that you've been missing

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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