I had used PortableFirefox in one of its earlier in one of its earlier incarnations and although the concept was good, there was a questions of usefulness. Firstly, many of the plugins either didn't work, or didn't work well. Secondly, there was the problem of keeping a concurrent second list of bookmarks. When everything was done, it seemed more logical to simply use the default installed browser on the work computer.
Yesterday, I revisited PortableFirefox and I am now mightily impressed with how it has progressed. Firstly, Macromedia Flash and Shockwave work completely. Most extensions to PortableFirefox works just like to the standard installation of Firefox. Even more remarkably, updates to Firefox work perfectly for PortableFirefox as well.
I normally use Google Browser Sync to for bookmark and history management and I can happily report that it works perfectly with PortableFirefox as well! For me, this is quite important as I often do research on the web at home and would save a number of links on any browsing session for later review. With Google Browser Sync, when I load up PortableFirefox in almost any location, it is as if I have my browser on my home PC - all my internet history and bookmarks are immediately and completely available.
With regards to performance, PortableFirefox is inevitably slightly slower, being installed on a USB memory key rather than on the hard disk but nevertheless, it is still surprisingly snappy.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Written college examination finally over!
Last Saturday, I sat the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) written examination for the fellowship. Now, I have only the clinical examination in May 2007 and assuming that I pass both and gain my fellowship, I will technically be a GP.
Although I am glad that one hurdle is past, I can only say that the written examination was long and painful, and in my humble opinion, unduly so. It was in two parts; a three hour short answer paper in the morning, followed by a four hour multiple choice paper in the afternoon. One has to question whether a seven hour examination actually provides any more information than something that is shorter.
Then, there were the entirely stupid questions like the multiple choice question asking for the antibiotic of choice for Legionella pneumonia. Frankly, if one of my patients had Legionella, the local public health unit and infectious diseases department would be jumping on the patient, I would discuss with my local microbiologist first before commencing treatment, not to mention that they would probably be admitted into hospital. Insofar as the management of Legionella pneumonia in general practice, the choice of antibiotic is frankly one of the least important aspects.
Anyway, four weeks to go until the clinical examination and then FREEDOM!
Although I am glad that one hurdle is past, I can only say that the written examination was long and painful, and in my humble opinion, unduly so. It was in two parts; a three hour short answer paper in the morning, followed by a four hour multiple choice paper in the afternoon. One has to question whether a seven hour examination actually provides any more information than something that is shorter.
Then, there were the entirely stupid questions like the multiple choice question asking for the antibiotic of choice for Legionella pneumonia. Frankly, if one of my patients had Legionella, the local public health unit and infectious diseases department would be jumping on the patient, I would discuss with my local microbiologist first before commencing treatment, not to mention that they would probably be admitted into hospital. Insofar as the management of Legionella pneumonia in general practice, the choice of antibiotic is frankly one of the least important aspects.
Anyway, four weeks to go until the clinical examination and then FREEDOM!
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