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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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To: Dubya
I like Firefox also, but last night found a problem with it.

It does not always automatically reload a new version of a page on a website. I updated a site for a customer yesterday, and sent a e-mail telling them the updates were posted. She called and said she didn't see them when she went and visited. She had to hit reload on each page to get the new versions or manually clear her cache.

I checked the Firefox support forums and it is a known issue with it that is suppose to be fixed in the version after 1.0

41 posted on 02/02/2005 5:42:31 PM PST by redcountyrepublican
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To: since1868
either did I after downloading FF and surfing for a hour or 2 I did spybot and had over 3o infections

Nothing personal, but I have to believe you are mistaken. I've been using Firefox since the Beta and have yet to have any spyware at all. I can't believe that you picked up 30 infections in one hour when I have gotten zero in six months.
42 posted on 02/02/2005 5:44:18 PM PST by Arkinsaw
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To: All
Here's some browsers that have tabs, popup blocking, etc. but still use the IE engine and most are free:

Maxthon
SlimBrowser
Avant Browser
Netcaptor
Irider

43 posted on 02/02/2005 5:45:18 PM PST by yellowhammer
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To: nutmeg

bookmark bump


44 posted on 02/02/2005 5:45:31 PM PST by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: Mad Mammoth

To sort a folder:
Right click on the folder.
Select "Manage folder" from the menu
Click on the "View" tab.
Choose the type of sort that you want.


45 posted on 02/02/2005 5:47:07 PM PST by sd-joe
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To: antidisestablishment

The problem is IE is more tolerant of errors in CSS, than FF is. The moral of the story is make sure you have your CSS validated before deploying or you might get a nasty surprise when you try to pull up the web page using FF.


46 posted on 02/02/2005 5:47:13 PM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: Arkinsaw
with IE I do a spybot check after 1 week and come up 6 or 7 infections. So after finding so many I was quite pissed and deleted it.
47 posted on 02/02/2005 5:47:25 PM PST by since1868
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To: olde north church
I think you are confusing CSS with XML

AKA: eXpect More Later!

CSS is the easiest and most likely of web standards to actually be implemented. There is no excuse for developing a new platform that doesn't conform to CSS1! The real irony is that the only compliant browser is IE 5... for Macs!

48 posted on 02/02/2005 5:47:54 PM PST by antidisestablishment (Our people perish through lack of wisdom, but they are content in their ignorance.)
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To: since1868
either did I after downloading FF and surfing for a hour or 2 I did spybot and had over 3o infections

Stay off the porn sites, don't use file sharing clients like imesh, don't go to those sites that give you software serial key hacks, and don't do anything else on the web that you wouldn't want mom to see.

49 posted on 02/02/2005 5:48:52 PM PST by EricT. (Join the Soylent Green Party...We recycle dead environmentalists.)
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To: since1868

My experience is that FF is faster and I have had NO popups since I installed it and AdAware is finding far fewer bugs than it did with IE. With the availability of extensions there is NO downside to FF over IE. I do not use the mail program as I have long since moved all my email to the web because of the virus problems associated with Outlook. I have no inclination to move it back.


50 posted on 02/02/2005 5:48:53 PM PST by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE.)
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To: Cicero

>> "I don't see the point of returning to the bother of having several browsers on my computer, as I did for several years." <<

Don't knock it until you try it. It is definitely worthwhile.
And it is so easy, it isn't really a bother.


51 posted on 02/02/2005 5:50:34 PM PST by sd-joe
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; antidisestablishment
But I can't seem to find it now....not sure what the name is....

Are you talking about the User Agent Switcher?

52 posted on 02/02/2005 5:52:22 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: kitkat

>> "will FF switch the favs to THEIR system of storing them?" <<

Firefox imports them, and then manages them under the Firefox system (which is MUCH superior).

By the way, Firefox calls them "bookmarks".


53 posted on 02/02/2005 5:52:51 PM PST by sd-joe
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To: jsmith48

Opera is better... MUCH better.


54 posted on 02/02/2005 5:54:07 PM PST by TruBluKentuckian
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To: Arkinsaw
either did I after downloading FF and surfing for a hour or 2 I did spybot and had over 3o infections
_______________________________________________________

Nothing personal, but I have to believe you are mistaken. I've been using Firefox since the Beta and have yet to have any spyware at all. I can't believe that you picked up 30 infections in one hour when I have gotten zero in six months.

Yeah, very difficult to take that seriously. I've been using it since it was Firebird, 0.7 I believe, and had the exact opposite experience regarding. Almost no spyware -- so little over that period of time as to be negligible.

55 posted on 02/02/2005 5:56:00 PM PST by Eagle9
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To: Nita Nupress

Ping


56 posted on 02/02/2005 5:58:16 PM PST by Eagle9
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To: TruBluKentuckian

Ilike Opera, too, and use it sometimes but it has a couple of quirks that I can't get used to, like my page just disappearing at random moments and I can't get it back.


57 posted on 02/02/2005 5:58:39 PM PST by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE.)
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To: ShadowAce

FF is now my default browser!


58 posted on 02/02/2005 5:59:58 PM PST by Perdogg (Rumsfeld for President - 2008)
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To: arthurus

Hmm... haven't had that happen. Next time it does look under "Window" at the top... then highlight "Closed"... it should have a list of all closed windows/tabs... click on the one that went missing and it should come back.


59 posted on 02/02/2005 6:00:50 PM PST by TruBluKentuckian
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To: Dubya
much safer browser with better features

Firefox is definitely a safer browser but when weighed against IE, the feature-set comes out about the same.  I still prefer the current version of IE for general browsing because it properly implements kiosk mode but when I get serious with secure sites, I use Firefox.

60 posted on 02/02/2005 6:03:36 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (“I know a great deal about the Middle East because I’ve been raising Arabian horses" Patrick Swazey)
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