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Firefox browser...good, bad, or indifferent.
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| 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?
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: browser; computers; internet
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:04:04 PM PST
by
Narf
To: Narf
It's great at stopping popups and all that kind of junk, but seems to run a lot slower than most browsers.
2
posted on
11/12/2004 1:06:23 PM PST
by
randog
(What the....?!)
To: Narf
I use it all the time, and like it a lot. The extensions are particularly nice--if you use it, be sure to grab Adblock.
3
posted on
11/12/2004 1:06:58 PM PST
by
jejones
To: jejones
...be sure to grab Adblock. Thanks for the tip. I'm gonna download it and give it a run.
4
posted on
11/12/2004 1:09:04 PM PST
by
Narf
(Sorry folks, this tagline's closed. The moose out front should have told you.)
To: Narf
It's good, very good. Tabbed browsing is great, and on my system, it loads and runs faster than Internet Explorer 6.
}:-)4
5
posted on
11/12/2004 1:10:08 PM PST
by
Moose4
(I'm not white trash. I'm Caucasian recyclables.)
To: randog; Narf
Runs fast on my machine, Linux, Fedora 2..., AMD64 3000+, Scsi 10K Maxtor Atlas , 160 mb sec... 1 Gig memory...
6
posted on
11/12/2004 1:12:32 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: Moose4
...it loads and runs faster than Internet Explorer 6.I've heard several people make the same comment. That, plus I understand it's much more secure than IE6.
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:13:40 PM PST
by
Narf
(Sorry folks, this tagline's closed. The moose out front should have told you.)
To: Narf
Anyone else here using the Firefox browser and, if so, what are your impressions of it?I'm still trying to think in Russian.
8
posted on
11/12/2004 1:14:45 PM PST
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Linux is my next step on the road to weaning myself from Microsoft all together. (Perhaps we could start a 12-Step group..Microsofters Anonymous? Hi, my name is XXX, and I'm a Microsofter. It's been 10 days since I last used a Microsoft product.)
9
posted on
11/12/2004 1:16:18 PM PST
by
Narf
(Sorry folks, this tagline's closed. The moose out front should have told you.)
To: Narf
Wait until you have to deal with someone Jonesing from Flight Simulator 2004.
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:18:57 PM PST
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
To: Narf
The touchpad on my notebook will not scroll the Firefox pages, no matter what I do to it. :o(
To: DeFault User
The touchpad on my notebook will not scroll the Firefox pages, no matter what I do to it. Have you tried flowers and chocolate? Usually works on the wife when she doesn't want to "scroll".
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:24:10 PM PST
by
Narf
(Sorry folks, this tagline's closed. The moose out front should have told you.)
To: Narf
Using it now. Like it much better than IE. Faster. Nice.
13
posted on
11/12/2004 1:25:19 PM PST
by
freebilly
("Body parts everywhere!")
To: Narf
The tabs are great. Don't have all those pages running separately....
14
posted on
11/12/2004 1:29:27 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(Hillary, it is bad to suppress laughter; it goes back down and spreads to your hips.)
To: Narf
I use it on W2000 and OS X...I won't use anything else.
Be sure to check out the extensions!
15
posted on
11/12/2004 1:29:46 PM PST
by
NativeNewYorker
(Don't blame me. I voted for Sharpton.)
To: Narf
Downloaded it yesterday. Seems fine so far. No noticeable difference from IE, other than security seeming tighter.
16
posted on
11/12/2004 1:30:12 PM PST
by
canalabamian
(Common sense, unfortunately, is not very common)
To: Narf
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.
It may sound trivial but it is a really handy feature. When they add that I may consider switching over.
17
posted on
11/12/2004 1:32:23 PM PST
by
Brainhose
(THINK OF THE KITTENS!)
To: Brainhose
There may be an extension with that feature....
Note...bugmenot is not yet running under latest Firefox 1.0 at least for Linux.......
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:35:28 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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.Hmmm. I can right click and get both "Open link in new window" and "Open link in new tab".
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:36:13 PM PST
by
Narf
(Sorry folks, this tagline's closed. The moose out front should have told you.)
To: canalabamian
No noticeable difference from IE,You don't use the tabbed browsing?
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:36:41 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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