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1 posted on 10/18/2006 11:09:42 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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2 posted on 10/18/2006 11:12:42 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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How Hot Is the New Firefox Browser?

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Chief among Firefox's improved security is antiphishing protection, which steers users away from malicious Web sites by checking them against a database of known phishing scams. Firefox updates the database when a user goes online, much the same way that most antivirus applications regularly update their databases of known virus attacks.

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He also said that Web browsers will be one of the key battlegrounds in the future of an evolving and complex set of Internet trends. "We have to view the emergent browser wars as not only places to find information," he said, but as "something that can handle trust and identity" as users are jumping around different sites.

The result? The key feature of future Web browsers might be how they handle users' personal data, and not merely the information they pull from billions of Web sites the world over.

3 posted on 10/18/2006 11:13:26 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

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5 posted on 10/18/2006 11:16:47 AM PDT by rellimpank (-don't believe anything the MSM states about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I updated to 2.0 RC3 and it seems quicker than the 1.5 version.


6 posted on 10/18/2006 11:18:44 AM PDT by TommyDale (Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

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8 posted on 10/18/2006 11:26:11 AM PDT by Skooz (Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I've been using it, pretty sweet. But I do want the one close-tab button again, as I use it to close a bunch of tabs in succession.


11 posted on 10/18/2006 11:37:19 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I've been using it since RC1, and I like it very much. Add-on themes and extensions are already available for 2.0* versions as well. Nice features (built-in RSS reader/application selector, iterated page/tab histories, easy-to-navigate options menu). I wil never go back to IE, even if they paid me. Well, maybe then, but not too likely.


13 posted on 10/18/2006 11:41:27 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Multiculturalism: conceived by Western elites not to celebrate all cultures but to deny their own.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I just wish they'd fix the dang right vertical scrolling bar when the browser screen is reduced in size.

The disappearing vertical scrolling bar has been a pain since about version 0.7.


15 posted on 10/18/2006 12:15:41 PM PDT by TomGuy
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