And here it is:
Posted on 12/01/2004 2:32:40 PM PST by holymoly
The only thing I use IE6 for anymore is a certain application that lets me log onto our mainframe computers at work while I'm at home (Citrix). Other than that, it's Firefox all the way.
}:-)4
Okay, I'll bite. Does it cost something? I see "FREE DOWNLOAD" and I gotta wonder if that just means try-before-you-buy. (I remember Opera and Netscape.)
I can find nowhere on the site where it says it's free (or otherwise).
Netscape 7.2 is also free, and a hell of a lot better than IE.
Yeah, but it is owned by AOL.
are not mozzila, netscape and firfox all the same company?
Ping!
Mozilla is the open source version of Netscape. Netscape is owned by AOL. Not the same company, but the same source code goes into both products.
Not only is it free, it's faster and it blocks those annoying pop-up ads. It is a great browser.
No, it's free. After you download it, look through the extensions, which are small software applications that allow you to modify Firefox any way you want.
They also produce Thunderbird, which is the email program.
2.If I like Firefox,and I can't dump I.E. 5.5 from my computer,what would be the point of switching?
Article says the patch was released today yet a quick trip to Windows Update shows no such update. Whatup?
I am currently using FireFox 1.0 but I can't rely on it yet - it eventually locks up everyday and I have to re-open it. Then it just sits there and refuses to connect to any website. So, I go back to IE for a while then try FireFox again later and it seems to work for awhile again.
Weird.
I haven't seen a pop-up ad since I installed the original Google Toolbar. Nowadays, ZoneAlarm Pro does that and more for me (even those annoying banner ads are a relic of the past!).
Thanks. I'll certainly consider giving Firefox a try, maybe this weekend.
Then again, maybe I'll wait for version 2.0...
Thanks.
Link to the direct downloads for the IE fix. (There are several versions for the various editions of Windows.)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?sortCriteria=date&OSID=&productID=5A8BB164-5FC3-4BE5-95BB-BA73EEED1CA6&CategoryID=&freetext=&DisplayLang=en&DisplayEnglishAlso=
or
http://tinyurl.com/5hngp
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.