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Firefox browser...good, bad, or indifferent.
N/A | 11/12/04 | Narf

Posted on 11/12/2004 1:04:04 PM PST by Narf

Anyone else here using the Firefox browser and, if so, what are your impressions of it?


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KEYWORDS: browser; computers; internet
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To: Narf
Have you tried flowers and chocolate? Usually works on the wife when she doesn't want to "scroll".

I understand liquor is quicker.

21 posted on 11/12/2004 1:37:24 PM PST by DeFault User
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To: Narf

Any comparisons with Opera?

I've been using Opera since IE6 crapped out on me - like it better than IE (faster) but has a couple incompatibilities.


22 posted on 11/12/2004 1:37:36 PM PST by aquila48
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To: DeFault User
I understand liquor is quicker.

That has been my experience as well.

23 posted on 11/12/2004 1:38:56 PM PST by Narf (Sorry folks, this tagline's closed. The moose out front should have told you.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
You don't use the tabbed browsing?

I have no idea what that is.

24 posted on 11/12/2004 1:39:58 PM PST by canalabamian (Common sense, unfortunately, is not very common)
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To: canalabamian

Move your cursor to the numbered reply, like #24, click on the righ mouse button, look at the drop down menu and select open in new tab and see what happens.....


25 posted on 11/12/2004 1:45:29 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: ShadowAce

bump


26 posted on 11/12/2004 1:50:24 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (More than two lawyers in any Country constitutes a terrorist organization. ©)
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To: Narf

I like it so far. There are some web pages that won't work with it, and sometimes I have difficulty when I download plug-ins but it still says I don't have them (but other times recognizes the same plug-ins). For example, windows media is hit or miss. I also thought Firefox was supposed to have a built-in feature that would fill in forms automatically (kind of like Gator), but I haven't found it.

But I like the tabs. I like the lack of pop-ups. I like the security (no viruses since I got it). And I like the special features, like the built-in Bug Me Not when I want to access news sites.


27 posted on 11/12/2004 1:51:29 PM PST by DameAutour ("Go carefully. Be conservative. Be sure you are right - and then don't be afraid")
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To: Narf

I've had a couple of issues with the tabs that I'm now thinking (after updating to 1.0) that 1.0 may have solved. However, the lack of support for ActiveX (or something) is causing problems on a few sites and I must open IE.

I'm not sure what benefit FF has to those who routinely need to go to sites that use AX, so I think they need to figure out a way to incorporate it.


28 posted on 11/12/2004 1:51:30 PM PST by 1L
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To: Brainhose
Its OK, but Netscape has the ability of right-clicking on a link and selecting "Open in new tab", this is something that firefox is sorely missing.

What the HECK are you talking about? Firefox has had that ability for a long time now.

29 posted on 11/12/2004 1:55:28 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Hmm. Could be handy. Learn something new everyday! Thanks.
30 posted on 11/12/2004 1:56:29 PM PST by canalabamian (Common sense, unfortunately, is not very common)
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To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...

Firefox Ping


31 posted on 11/12/2004 1:57:04 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Narf

Been using it for quite some time (though I have not gone to 1.0 yet).

Great browser, small quick and lot of features.

Once you go Tab you will never go back.


32 posted on 11/12/2004 2:13:59 PM PST by CyberCowboy777 (We want hard, tough, seasoned leaders who will methodically destroy the people who would kill us.)
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To: Narf

PROS:

Popup blocker
ad blocker extension
View with IE extension
Different themes (skins) and extensions (with caveats)

CONS:

Java a crash prone mess, and uninstalling it breaks the JVM that comes with Windows (the blame of Sun/Java, not Mozilla).

Saving web pages is generally useless. No way to save .mht’s, and saving doesn’t even save the title of a page, something they should have fixed in all these years. Saving as text only leaves a mess similar to a Freep thread without paragraph tags.

Extensions and themes are nice, but useless every time a “new and improved” version of FF comes out. You generally always have to round up the latest, and hope the writer hasn’t given up in disgust over having to update their work every other day. (Some worked in 1.0rc even though they weren’t supposed to. With the official 1.0 version, you’re screwed). Finding themes and extensions isn’t easy because Mozilla stuff is spread in various places.

The cache has absolutely no protection, and any Firefox crash obliterates it, very irritating for dialup users. It’s been like this since at least 0.8 (the version I started with).


33 posted on 11/12/2004 2:20:08 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (More than two lawyers in any Country constitutes a terrorist organization. ©)
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To: Narf
I like it, but it's a little too much work than I want to invest right now, to get it set up just the way I'd want it.

I'm still sold on Opera for Windows, v. 7.5. Very nice, even if it is Norwegian.
34 posted on 11/12/2004 2:21:52 PM PST by unspun (unspun.info | Did U work your precinct, churchmembers, etc. for good votes?)
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To: Narf

I love it and am running 1.0.


35 posted on 11/12/2004 2:24:31 PM PST by paix
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To: canalabamian
Useful site:

Simple Plugins for Internet Explorer

36 posted on 11/12/2004 2:40:23 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: 1L
sites that use AX, so I think they need to figure out a way to incorporate it.

Isn't that the major security problem with IE6?

I would prefer that they didn't!!!!

37 posted on 11/12/2004 2:42:50 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Narf

What's the difference between Firefox & Netscape?
Netscape has tabbed browsing, pop-up blocker, spam filter etc. I do have a big problem w/ spyware though.


38 posted on 11/12/2004 2:44:40 PM PST by stupid1 (YES I AM)
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To: ShadowAce
Send a note to Farmfriend that you are maintaining a pinglist for ?Firefox.

See this:

Ping-List discussion...

39 posted on 11/12/2004 2:45:59 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Narf

It loads a little bit slow initially, but runs well and is much more secure than Ms's offering. The tabbed browsing is nice and the built-in pop-up blocker is good, too.


40 posted on 11/12/2004 3:13:34 PM PST by Salo
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