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Firefox helping to make Web better for all
Boston Globe ^ | November 22, 2004 | Hiawatha Bray

Posted on 11/22/2004 1:15:57 PM PST by Radix

In the past two weeks, Internet users have downloaded over 4.5 million copies of Firefox, the excellent browser available for free from the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation. Yes, there are hundreds of millions of IE users, but Firefox is gaining fast, and IE is losing market share for the first time in years. The switch to Firefox will happen even faster as more people realize the full power of this browser, much of it provided by computer hobbyists who are scrambling to create a cornucopia of useful add-ons.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: firefox; internetbrowser; technology
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1 posted on 11/22/2004 1:15:58 PM PST by Radix
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To: Radix

** proud freeper using Firefox **


2 posted on 11/22/2004 1:18:20 PM PST by kingu (Which would you bet on? Iraq and Afghanistan? Or Haiti and Kosovo?)
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To: Radix
I just made the switch at home and love it. It took care of an issue I was having with IE dieing almost every time I did a Google or Yahoo search. Microsoft was worthless in helping me.
3 posted on 11/22/2004 1:18:45 PM PST by Sthitch
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To: kingu
"** proud freeper using Firefox **"

Same here. All must know Firefox's greatness and be converted... :-D

4 posted on 11/22/2004 1:19:47 PM PST by Dan Middleton (Hang on sloopy / Sloop hang on / Hang on Sloopy / Sloopy Hang on...)
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To: kingu

** proud freeper using Firefox **

BTTT


5 posted on 11/22/2004 1:20:39 PM PST by JoeSixPack1 (Typing incoherently on FR since May '98.)
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To: Dan Middleton

You will be assimilated! :-)~


6 posted on 11/22/2004 1:21:29 PM PST by JoeSixPack1 (Typing incoherently on FR since May '98.)
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To: Dan Middleton
Same here. All must know Firefox's greatness and be converted... :-D

And then they must learn the greatness of extensions - like AdBlock and Bugmenot (the first blocks ads, the second allows automated filling in of those 'log in before you can read' stories.) And for those using large monitors, 'imageZoom' is a great tool.
7 posted on 11/22/2004 1:22:23 PM PST by kingu (Which would you bet on? Iraq and Afghanistan? Or Haiti and Kosovo?)
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To: Sthitch

Did the same, I finally bit the bullet because I was getting tired of spyware and adware, and Firefox seems to be much more resistant to both. I just wish it was a bit more intuitive to navigate around.


8 posted on 11/22/2004 1:22:23 PM PST by hunter112 (Total victory, both in the USA and the Middle East!)
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To: kingu

I like it but it is very picky about codes.


9 posted on 11/22/2004 1:24:02 PM PST by Baby Bear (Conserve and grow your money...gain power in return.)
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To: kingu

I've been using Firefox for about 5 months now. It's faster than IE. Don't even ask about browsing on AOL which freezes my entire machine at least once a day if I browse on it. A worthless account.


10 posted on 11/22/2004 1:24:51 PM PST by The Westerner
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To: kingu

Oooh, do they have a Bugmenot extension for Firefox 1.0? I'm SO all over that.

It's less vulnerable than IE (for now), takes fewer system resources so it runs faster, and displays virtually every webpage I've found yet just fine. And tabbed browsing is *wonderful*. Right now, it's just a better mousetrap.

We'll see with Microsoft comes out with for IE 7; given their past track record, it will have some nice features and do a lot of what Firefox does, but it'll take 3x the resources to do it!

}:-)4


11 posted on 11/22/2004 1:25:06 PM PST by Moose4 (I'm not white trash. I'm Caucasian recyclables.)
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To: Radix

I've been using Mozilla for YEARS. They do an amazing job.


12 posted on 11/22/2004 1:25:27 PM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 61,103,636 Bush fans.)
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To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...

Firefox Ping


13 posted on 11/22/2004 1:25:44 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Radix

All your browsers are belong to Firefox.


14 posted on 11/22/2004 1:26:23 PM PST by mattdono ("Crush the democrats, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of the scumbags" -Big Arnie)
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To: Dan Middleton

Longtime IE user here.

But, this browser rocks.

It kills IE, so I have switched for good except for the times when Firefox has some probs with a video file or PDF doc or something.


15 posted on 11/22/2004 1:27:32 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the...feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse." --J.S. Mill)
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To: Radix

FireFox has some nice features, allot of extensions, tabbed interface (excellent for viewing a site such as FR).

FireFox doesn't work with some specialized page coding, however. Some Java scripted things mess up in it. I haven't tried some of the online videos, etc., but some audio won't run on a webpage; rather they require either MSPlayer or RealPlayer standalone to work.

I do like the extension, FoxyVoice. It 'reads' highlighted text on a webpage. Good for vision impaired and for long web articles on FR; although the computer voice takes some getting used to.

All in all, it is a very ok browser. It doesn't load quite as fast as I'd like.


16 posted on 11/22/2004 1:27:55 PM PST by TomGuy (America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
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To: Radix

I started using Firefox this week. I feel like an idiot for having waited so long to try it. It was simple to download and it is as easy to use as Xploder, without the stability issues Xploder was giving me.


17 posted on 11/22/2004 1:27:58 PM PST by Rebelbase (Indiscriminate reprisals strengthen the terrorists. Targeted ones weaken them. Aim is everything.)
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To: Dan Middleton

Mozilla Jihad?


18 posted on 11/22/2004 1:28:28 PM PST by Rebelbase (Indiscriminate reprisals strengthen the terrorists. Targeted ones weaken them. Aim is everything.)
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To: kingu

I think Firefox has built in zooming of any image on the net (or maybe I got that from an extension).

Whatever the case, I love it.

Some things on the net are tiny (like weather maps etc.) that I want to zoom in on. Firefox is great for that.


19 posted on 11/22/2004 1:28:52 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the...feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse." --J.S. Mill)
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To: Moose4

My bugmenot says it is still incompatible. I am sure they will come out with a new one.


20 posted on 11/22/2004 1:29:37 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the...feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse." --J.S. Mill)
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