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A rising star even Microsoft can't snuff out
The Christian Science Monitor ^
| February 03, 2005
| Gregory M. Lamb
Posted on 02/02/2005 4:43:50 PM PST by Dubya
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posted on
02/02/2005 4:43:50 PM PST
by
Dubya
To: Dubya
I love FF, I'll never go back to IE.
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posted on
02/02/2005 4:45:06 PM PST
by
jsmith48
(www.isupatriot.com)
To: jsmith48
For me Firefox was slower then ie I had more spyware then ever. Did not like there mail server.
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posted on
02/02/2005 4:48:33 PM PST
by
since1868
To: jsmith48
I love FF, I'll never go back to IE.
I've got FF on all 5 pc's in my house... and will never go back!
To: Dubya
Bill Gates is so passe. When will you ludites catch up to the real world?
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posted on
02/02/2005 4:52:46 PM PST
by
mercy
(20 years a Gates sucker was enough!)
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
02/02/2005 4:53:40 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Dubya
I like FF and occasionally use it. I prefer the Avant Browser, which has a windows base, but has a lot more bells and whistles.
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posted on
02/02/2005 4:54:11 PM PST
by
Uncle Hal
To: since1868
Did not like there mail server. Then you didn't have/weren't using Firefox. Firefox doesn't have a mail server (or a client). It's strictly a browser.
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posted on
02/02/2005 4:54:54 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
Thanks for correcting me, I was talking about Thunderbird.
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posted on
02/02/2005 4:57:04 PM PST
by
since1868
To: Dubya; All
Browser Wars, take two
various FR links | 12-22-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1306815/posts
...and let your compiler of links drop out of Lurk & Link mode for comment and advice:
Ditch IE. Honest to God, almost anything else will give you fewer problems. Try and compare- use IE, then run Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy... then try another browser and repeat. You will be stunned at the garbage IE attracts.
Keep your OS updated & patched.
Run a hardware firewall-- with today's LAN's, it's easy. You need a hardware firewall.
Use a software firewall, too-- if you don't, you'll never know how many times your PC is trying to "phone home" and send your info across the web.
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posted on
02/02/2005 4:58:14 PM PST
by
backhoe
(-30-)
To: Dubya
Anybody getting malware via IE that screws with Firefox?
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posted on
02/02/2005 4:58:17 PM PST
by
Tribune7
To: StoneGiant
Dumb nontechnical question: Can you migrate the favorites, settings, etc. from IE to Firefox? Thanks.
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posted on
02/02/2005 5:01:07 PM PST
by
Truth29
To: jsmith48
To: Dubya
I just put Firefox on my Mom's computer which is old and gets paralyzed by pop-up ads--stressing its limited processing resources. Using IE, I could not stop the pop-ups, regardless of what software blocker I used. I loaded Firefox a couple days ago and no more pop ups.
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posted on
02/02/2005 5:03:10 PM PST
by
eeman
To: Truth29
Yes - when you install FF and run it the first time, you are promted with a screen giving you the option of importing your IE settings.
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posted on
02/02/2005 5:03:48 PM PST
by
Salo
To: Truth29
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posted on
02/02/2005 5:05:41 PM PST
by
zzen01
To: Dubya
FireFox is good, but it really sucks at CSS. Security is a prime issue, but FF needs to be compliant with
W3 standards. The net needs to move forward not backward, regardless of whether its open source or commercial software.
That said, IE sucks!
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posted on
02/02/2005 5:07:20 PM PST
by
antidisestablishment
(Our people perish through lack of wisdom, but they are content in their ignorance.)
To: Dubya
I like the title
A rising star even Microsoft can't snuff out
Says a lot about how MS is perceived.
To: Truth29
Click on file and then click on import and do as it says. Its easy. If was not easy I couldn't use it. :)
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posted on
02/02/2005 5:10:48 PM PST
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: Dubya
I made the switch to FF and I'm generally pleased with it, although I have noticed that more than few times, when I am prompted to 'install a plug in', that Mozilla is unable to find a plugin for FF. A minor, mostly insignificant 'irk' to me.
I've noted that FF is reluctant to sort your various bookmarks and folders in the order you want them. This may be something I'm overlooking, but for example I created a seperate toolbar which has folders for Google, Financial, Blogs, News, Tech, Websites, Webmails, and other categories, and try as I might, I cannot get that tool bar to list those folders in alphanumeric order. Argh. Oh well.
I do enjoy the lack of popups. Although I have noticed that on Drudge, where ALL popups had been eliminated, there now seem to be some popups that get past FF, how they do that I have no idea. But for the most part popups on this machine have been drastically reduced.
Only other minor issue - FF does take longer to load. But once it does, it runs as fast (or faster) than any version of IE.
For me, FF gets 4-1/2 stars outta 5.
:)
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