Posted on 10/07/2004 5:34:43 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Partial tech Browser ping.
Just a small word. It is the desire to be unobtrusive that makes MS products vulnerable to hacks. When the user doesn't see security issues of make decisions, then programs will be making those decisions.
Nah. Ff's okay, I suppose, but no-nmovable tabs at the TOP of the screen are clunky and counter-intuitive.
Plus, it's snotty.
One can't bury one's head in the sand: most things are written for IE. When I pointed out to the Mozilla people that early FF had a bug that wouldn't allow it to exploit the features of a page, they snottily replied that this was because the page was written improperly. So they'd not fix it -- because it wasn't a bug.
Of course, all I cared (and care) about is that I can use the page. The bottom line, then, is that Ff wouldn't read it, and my browser would.
My browser is Avant Browser, which is built on IE. (Go to www.avantbrowser.com.) Popup blocker, movable tabs at the bottom of the screen, many other features.
It's free, it's just as fast, it's neat -- and it's written to use what 99.9% of the internet is written to use.
In other words, it's not snotty.
Dan
Hey Mr. ShadowAce
can you tell me
how you get Firefox to list the bookmarks
in alphabetical order???
I have tried to do this many times
and there seems to be no way
except by manually moving them
one by one.
I switched to firefox a few weeks ago after getting nailed with a trojan activex adware trick. I have been fighting this stupid adware since.
Firefox is ok, I prefer IE because of its vast capabilities and forgiving rendering but Firefox is definately something to be looked at.
Does anyone know where one can learn how to develop extensions for Firefox?
I run with it..GREAT
for home viewing
thanks
My tagline says it all.
http://update.mozilla.org/?application=firefox
Unfortunately, I too am a heroine addict. (when will geeks learn to spell?)
Not on home computer now, but I will check back later.
Thanks
Well, although I use and like Firefox, the above is NOT true. I "still" get "adware" sticking stuff on my computer clandestinely. Certainly, the problem is not nearly as bad as it was with Internet Explorer, but the incident rate is definitely non-zero.
I just got through running Spybot and Ad-aware, and I was surprised to find half a dozen or so pieces of adware.
Since I started using FF 2 weeks ago, Spybot has been coming up empty on adware searches. Yay!
Actually, it's Internet Explorer that is "snotty", because Microsoft refuses to adhere to published standards--preferring to continue to try and control access by developing and promoting Microsoft-proprietary protocols.
I quit using Explorer---and I used it to make a political statement that I thought the jihad against Gates was unconscionable. Still, the viruses and popups were killing me. I put in Mozilla, and presto---99% of my problems are gone!
Our IT guy gave us an overview of Firefox and he was excited about the live links function that update automatically, if the web site has the function, and the search and word highlight function within the bookmarks. I will wait for the actual release before I download Firefox.
The sample screen shows an ad for CNN radio. That's enough to put ME off!
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