I am still amazed at how fast Opera is compared to any other browser. No other browser seems to have an instant back button (there’s a hack for Firefox, but if it’s not set as default, I’m not convinced it’s ready). It also looks pretty nice, even on GNU+Linux. And even though Ubuntu 8.04 forces the unfinished buggy Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 upon its users, I still consider it my main browser.

Or do I? Most of my web browsing seems to be done in the odd minute here or there when I have time, and I’m often not at my computer when those free minutes occur, so in the last few months I’ve been doing most of my web browsing from my phone, using Nokia’s default Mini Map browser, and nah man, it’s pretty fucking far from Free software.

So now my primary browser is proprietary software.

OpenMoko is still AWOL.

Is bleeding-edge tech inevitably powered by proprietary software?

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I‘ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Ooh, I choose fire!