[holymoly]

Resistance is futile.
All your PC are belong to us.


But seriously - 20 million?! Who'da thunk it? :)

[backhoe]

Crosslinked:

Browser Wars, take two
various FR links | 12-22-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1306815/posts

...and a note from your compiler- honest to God, ditch IE and use something better... keep your OS updated ( and all the antimalware programs, too ) and get behind a hardware firewall. Wireless LANs are cheap and easy nowadays.

[ken5050]

Can this totally non-tech person..I mean..ON/OFF is about the extent of my capabilities., or interest in how computers function. I switched to Firefox least year..actually my ISP help centered suggested I do so, because they couldn't get rid of a virus on MSN..I love Firefox..especially the seamless pop-up blocker...but, ( sorry for the long winded question) what about Linix..A year ago, everything was all about Linux..now, it's mentioned less than Chris Matthews talks about Scooter Libby..

[ken5050]

Can this totally non-tech person..I mean..ON/OFF is about the extent of my capabilities., or interest in how computers function. I switched to Firefox least year..actually my ISP help centered suggested I do so, because they couldn't get rid of a virus on MSN..I love Firefox..especially the seamless pop-up blocker...but, ( sorry for the long winded question) what about Linux..A year ago, everything was all about Linux..it was gonna conquer the world...now, it's mentioned less than Chris Matthews talks about Scooter Libby..

[Malesherbes]

I'm a Foxfire user and appreciate the attention it gets on FR. I'm continually learning from the posts. Incidentally, the manual they offer is worth its low price.

[freebilly]

Well, now that Firefox is popular it will soon have lots of security problems. Why spend time hacking something few people use?

The price of success is the price of success....

Looks like I have to start looking for another browser....

[dfwright]

Woo Hoo! I got mine!

[rellimpank]

---do I understand correctly that Firefox is of no advantage if you are on the far end of a slooowwww dial-up connection?

[libertyman]

I have major prob's trying to get Windows Media Player, Quicktime, & Real Player to work on my Mozilla browser, but they are ok w/ IE...can anyone explain to me (in plain, simple English, please) what I can do about this? Thank you.

[Old Student]

I suspect some of that is because people like me (who are constantly messing with their systems, and reloading the operating system frequently)redownload and install firefox whenever things go wrong with their system. I've personally downloaded firefox at least 20 times. I don't believe it matters how stable and reliable the browser is, if the OS isn't. Until quite recently, I was using Windows ME, and now I'm using XP Home. I did leave enough room on the drive to set up a second partition with Linux, though... for which I'll need another copy of firefox.

[JoJo Gunn]

FF bump

[AntiBurr]

I'm one of them and it didn't work for me. After fighting with it for a couple of days I removed it and went back to IE. I wanted something faster and better than IE, but never could get FireFox to connect properly.

[polymuser]

Running Mozilla and T-Bird on W98SE and XPh machines OK. Keeping IE updated for W update and IE-only sites like GM. Looking at dedicated browser/mail machine for both home and small office. I want to isolate data-holding machines, but app's requiring online updating are a problem (vendor issue). The new Linux kernel for Windows looks interesting, but vice-versa would be better.