Best Browser Trick Ever! (Vanity)

me ^ | 11/20/04 | Yours Truly

[I_saw_the_light]

This is an extension for the Firefox browser. can be downloaded here: BugMeNot

just scroll down to BugMeNot.

[seeker41]

I absolutely love the FireFox browser, way better and safer the IE or Netscape.

[The Electrician]

Thanks for the info! Perfect...

[TheOtherOne]

If you go to sites like Drudge, you can right mouse click on the "banner ad" image at the top (not clicking on it, but just right clicking to bring up a pop-up menu). One of the options is to block images from certain servers. I have blocked a couple of the banner servers. Now, I get no banners when I go to sites like Drudge. You can't block flash ads though.

[I_saw_the_light]

I use that one too! IE stinks. If people would only try Firefox, no one would use IE again.

[bigLusr]

I love Firefox but I've had various levels of success with BugMeNot. I drooled over it when I first found it (actually I found the website www.bugmenot.com first and the plugin later). But it's not something I'd recommend highly, though YMMV.

My favorite extension is MouseGestures. Can't live without 'em now.

[ralph rotten]

ttt

[Jen]

Great! Thanks for the info. I just downloaded Firefox yesterday and am very pleased with it.

[investigateworld]

I've heard nothing but good about Foxfire here on FR, but I'm a non-techie, in a remote (but beautiful valley). Is there a site that would hand carry a person of limited knowledge through the conversion process. I have AOL.

[BJClinton]

Bump fer later.

[I_saw_the_light]

Ive been using the website for some time also, but its a PIA, my trial run to those websites I mentioned, which are the biggest ones, worked well. I cant make mouse gestures work right for me. :(

[bigLusr]

Actually, www.firefox.com is pretty user-friendly. If you have any questions they don't answer, though, feel free to freepmail me. :)

[investigateworld]

I have AOL and no DSL or high speed connection available(one of the small trade offs)

[investigateworld]

Thanks Free Republic rules!!!

[Ronaldus Magnus]

Nice extensions. I like Firefox but it seams slower than Netscape 7.2, especially when I start loading a webpage and want to switch to another Firefox window while the first one loads. Netscape would allow an instant switch but Firefox lags until the first page loads.

[LibWhacker]

Thanks! . . . I like some of his other extensions, too . . . And especially the fact that he has a little tutorial on how to write your own extensions.

[I_saw_the_light]

So far as I know, AOL shouldnt stop you from using firefox. You just download it, connect to the internet, and use firefox instead of another browser. For instance, IE is still on my computer, I just dont use it, I click on the firefox icon instead. I know AOL is different, but its still a browser just like IE or firefox. download site is here...Firefox But maybe you should ask someone who knows AOL first.

[bigLusr]

There are extensions that beef-up the ad-blocking included in Firefox. I've got AdBlock. It'll let you block all ads (including flash ads) from a particular server. It takes a while to build up your list of servers to block... but the great thing is that, with AdBlock, ctrl-shift-F overlays all flash ads on a page with a manilla-colored box. It's fantabulous.

[investigateworld]

Thanks.. Great tag line you got there. I even turn on Err America to hear the lamentations.

[jern]

bump, to use later