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| 12/20/2004
| Joris Evers
Posted on 12/20/2004 5:20:21 AM PST by mathprof
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Get Firefox. IE is too risky, and Firefox works better. A related thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1304088/posts
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:20:21 AM PST
by
mathprof
To: mathprof
I have FireFox and would not go back to IE for anything! FireFox is superior to IE AND Netscape. (Not to mention more reliable)
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:22:47 AM PST
by
EnigmaticAnomaly
("“When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, don't wait until it has struck before you crush it)
To: EnigmaticAnomaly
I got FireFox too. It's at least as fast as IE, which Netscape wasn't. Also, I like the way their "Find" feature works.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:25:17 AM PST
by
billybudd
To: mathprof
I just yesterday installed Firefox and WOW!!!! I will never go back to IE. IE had gotten so slow and I assumed it was just my computer/Internet provider. I installed Firefox and it's like turning pages in a book. Not only that, I have yet to do the pipelining tricks to speed it up even more!
Tabbed Internet surfing is incredible! How did I manage without that?
My only complaint is that when I am viewing a FR thread and I hit refresh, Firefox goes to the last post at that time, rather than putting me back to the post I was on and loading the new posts below that. I have to scroll back up to find where I was when I hit refresh. This has to be something I can set in the options, but I can't find it. Anyone have any ideas?
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:32:46 AM PST
by
SW6906
To: mathprof
I tried Firefox and found it slooooow. (T1 connection).
I've used Opera in the past and it's good and fast.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:39:16 AM PST
by
FReepaholic
(Proud FReeper since 1998. Proud monthly donor.)
To: mathprof
It's getting to the point where Firefox has become the official browser of Free Republic.
To: mathprof
I love Firefox. Unfortunately, IE is still necessary for a number of sites that I visit. And when I do personal web design, you still have to code for IE.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:41:25 AM PST
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: SW6906
I have to scroll back up to find where I was when I hit refresh. This has to be something I can set in the options, but I can't find it. Anyone have any ideas? Its a known bug I believe that hasnt been remedied.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:44:33 AM PST
by
smith288
(I have posted over 10,000 times. The more I post, the more intelligent you become!)
To: July 4th
And when I do personal web design, you still have to code for IE. I go by the code "if it works in Firefox, 99 times out of 100, it will in MS".
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:57:12 AM PST
by
smith288
(I have posted over 10,000 times. The more I post, the more intelligent you become!)
To: billybudd
Using Opera for 3 years now.
Allegedly the fastest browser out there (PC World Best Browser 2004), and tons of useful features. I find Mozilla and Firefox too skimpy for my needs.
There's a free version and a pay version for $39.00. The free version shows an ad banner in the toolbar, otherwise identical.
http://www.opera.com
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posted on
12/20/2004 6:12:33 AM PST
by
angkor
To: EnigmaticAnomaly
To: mathprof
well i think people need to know the political affiliations of firefox (which is made by mozilla). take a look at this called the mozilla party:
or look at some of
their other ads
This one should settle all doubt:
If you dont have any problem with innocent blood on your hands, use firefox.
To: minus_273
If you dont [sic] have any problem with innocent blood on your hands, use firefox.
Yep.
Stalin wrote the original source code, and Lenin is responsible for the mass graves in Redmond.
To: Connie Cardullo
Right after Al Gore invented the internet.
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posted on
12/20/2004 6:50:31 AM PST
by
Fatalis
To: tscislaw
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posted on
12/20/2004 6:52:00 AM PST
by
Fatalis
To: Fatalis
Ok that sped it up a bit but it still takes twice as long as IE to load.You got any tricks that'll fix that minor issue?By "load" I mean when you click on the desktop icon for firefox it has always taken twice as long to open as IE.
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posted on
12/20/2004 7:32:39 AM PST
by
edchambers
("Pajamahadin Neocon footsoldier of the Haliburton Death squad ")
To: July 4th
And when I do personal web design, you still have to code for IE.No, you don't.
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posted on
12/20/2004 7:51:10 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: edchambers
I don't have a specific recommendation for that. I've found that both Firefox and Mozilla are very customizable, and that as I've added various
extensions they get quicker and more stable. There are more of them than on just the page I linked. Scan some of the recent Firefox threads for links, a lot of posters have been sharing what improved its performance for them.
Do you have more than one version of Firefox, Mozilla, or Netscape on your computer? If so I've found that they share some files, but you may also have some redundant files which may slow things down on start up as your computer figures out which of the redundant files to use. Throw out the redundancies and programs you aren't using.
Also try alloting more memory to Firefox.
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:05:08 AM PST
by
Fatalis
To: Fatalis
To: Fatalis
...How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity) ...Thanks for the tip!
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posted on
12/20/2004 8:40:30 AM PST
by
FReepaholic
(Proud FReeper since 1998. Proud monthly donor.)
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