Laptops and tablets and browsers, oh my!

[andrewducker]

I really like the look of the new EEE
Transformer which gives you a tablet form factor, a laptop form
factor, and 12-18 hours of battery, depending on whether the keyboard is
plugged in.

I realised recently that the laptop isn't used for anything terribly
complex - I read email on it, surf the web, watch videos in bed and that's
about it. And a tablet would happily do all of that.

The only thing holding me back is that the laptop runs Firefox, and I like
the customisation that that offers. I've tried Chrome, but the lack of
options for even basic things* frustrates me too much.

Anyone played around much with different browsers on Firefox?

*I want URLs to open in a new tab, not overwrite the one I happen to be
looking at. Is that too much to ask?

Comments

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

One morning recently, I was comparing with a pad user on the morning train. I said I load up my comics onto my laptop and read them on the way to work. he said, "You could do the same thing on a pad," and I replied, "I sometimes use it as a computer, too."

[andrewducker]

Yeah, the problem with the laptop is the shape of screen, which is the wrong orientation for comics unless I want to scan back and forth. What I like about the Transformer is that it can do both.