Firefox Information

[swede]

Woooh Baby!

I am finally off dial up! GD AOL never let me hook up to PR at home for some reason. Screw them!



Shhhhhhwinnnng! I am surfing, baby!


Now, could some of you tech savvy people explain to me why I might want to use Firefox as my browser and give me a smidge of information as to how I might go about this.

You guys rock. And in the immortal words of Jimi...

"SCUSE ME! WHILE I TOUCH THE SKY!"

A very happy Swede.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I suggest trying it out.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

It's free. It's easy to download and install. Then, you can be the judge. It's not like it's going to affect your computer (unless you're Bretsky apparently) or make IE suddenly not work.

[Partial]

Tabs are awesome. It's a faster browser that renders pages more accurately. I love it.

[hurleyfan]

Allright, computer illiterate guy here..

Firefox equals what??

Different "format" for Internet Explorer?

[Partial]

It's a web browser like internet explorer. It dramatically cuts down on the crap like pop-ups, spyware, adaware, malware, etc. It also makes web pages load faster, and look better. Most websites are programmed to work with firefox as opposed to the non-conformist internet explorer.

[hurleyfan]

Can I get Firefox download? Try as my browser in place of IE??

Recommendation??

[GBRulz]

The new IE7 is very much improved over IE6. Before IE7 came out, I was using Firefox as well. IE7 does all the things that Firefox does (tabbed browsing, pop up blocker, phishing filter, etc) and uses half the resources on your computer. That is one thing I hated about Firefox is that it kept locking up at times. I also had to view certain content with IE anyhow because it could not be viewed correctly in a Firefox browser.

A browser is a browser.

Now, if my damn Vista upgrade disc would just get here!!! Bought Office 2007 tonight and installing it now :lol: I guess you could say that I have no problem with Microsoft stuff :lol:

[Partial]

The new IE7 is very much improved over IE6. Before IE7 came out, I was using Firefox as well. IE7 does all the things that Firefox does (tabbed browsing, pop up blocker, phishing filter, etc) and uses half the resources on your computer. That is one thing I hated about Firefox is that it kept locking up at times. I also had to view certain content with IE anyhow because it could not be viewed correctly in a Firefox browser.

A browser is a browser.

Now, if my damn Vista upgrade disc would just get here!!! Bought Office 2007 tonight and installing it now :lol: I guess you could say that I have no problem with Microsoft stuff :lol:

Office 2007 looks like it's straight outta mac os x. Very aqua-y. IE7 still does not conform to Internet standards. That makes me sad. Also, Firefox has a built-in spell-check for the forums. It is pretty darn awesome. FF > IE7

[swede]

Heh heh!

From the time I logged in and read the replies, clicked Harv's link, downloaded firefox, installed it, made it my default browser and logged back in to PR was less than eight minutes.

Downloaded the entire browser in less than 15 seconds!

Life after dial up is sweet.

Thanks for the info and advice you rats you.

[Partial]

Heh heh!

From the time I logged in and read the replies, clicked Harv's link, downloaded firefox, installed it, made it my default browser and logged back in to PR was less than eight minutes.

Downloaded the entire browser in less than 15 seconds!

Life after dial up is sweet.

Thanks for the info and advice you rats you.

Enjoy the world of broadband. It is amazing. The porn is just that much better!!

[BallHawk]

Tabs are awesome. It's a faster browser that renders pages more accurately. I love it.

For some odd reason I can't use tabs. I have to have separate windows for all the pages. I don't know why, but there is just something about tabs that annoy me.

Man, I'm a complete spaz.

[Freak Out]

When I hear that someone just got off of dial up I am stunned for a second....
If I had to still use dial up I would stay off the net! Nothing would ever load!

Wow.....

I still like the Fox more than any other Browser including IE7...I still have IE7 and use it sometimes but prefer Firefox for most tasks. I HATE how favorites are set up in IE7.

Safari blows.....

[Freak Out]

Tabs are awesome. It's a faster browser that renders pages more accurately. I love it.

For some odd reason I can't use tabs. I have to have separate windows for all the pages. I don't know why, but there is just something about tabs that annoy me.

Man, I'm a complete spaz.

Go into options and set it not to open a new window for every page...only a new tab.

[MadtownPacker]

I gotta thank Partial for convincing me to try FF last summer. It truly is a superior browser. Pages load faster and depending on how good your videocard and monitor are you can see a huge difference in colors and details for websites.

Its about the only thing Partial has ever been right about! :twisted:


Swede - what are you gonna do with all the free time you have now that you aint waiting on pages to load?

[Partial]

Tabs are awesome. It's a faster browser that renders pages more accurately. I love it.

For some odd reason I can't use tabs. I have to have separate windows for all the pages. I don't know why, but there is just something about tabs that annoy me.

Man, I'm a complete spaz.

Yes, you are. :P I can't deal with a ton of windows, but to each their own.

[Partial]

Safari blows.....

WHAT!?!?!?!?1 SAFARI iS THE BEST BROWSER ON THE WEB RIGHT NOW EXCEPT FOR SHIIRA. They're both webkit based, which means that they're significantly faster than firefox, IE or avant. It also has by far and away the cleanest interface ( except for the lack of a home button by default, but a simple drag and drop fixes that ), with by far and away the best book-marking system.

Shiira is even a step better than Safari because it is open-source, equally fast, identical book-marking system, but it also has tab-expose, which is awesome.

[swede]

I gotta thank Partial for convincing me to try FF last summer. It truly is a superior browser. Pages load faster and depending on how good your videocard and monitor are you can see a huge difference in colors and details for websites.

Its about the only thing Partial has ever been right about! :twisted:


Swede - what are you gonna do with all the free time you have now that you aint waiting on pages to load?

shhh...I told my wife I'm working on our taxes. Every so often I step back into the living room, rub my eyes and say, "Yep. Taxes are tough again this year. Might take a couple of weeks. At least I'm not getting bumped off over and over again...thanks to the broadband. Well, better get back to work."

[Partial]

I gotta thank Partial for convincing me to try FF last summer. It truly is a superior browser. Pages load faster and depending on how good your videocard and monitor are you can see a huge difference in colors and details for websites.

Its about the only thing Partial has ever been right about! :twisted:


Swede - what are you gonna do with all the free time you have now that you aint waiting on pages to load?

Oh snap, its on. I should be on MSN more now that I fixed gaim and don't need two chat clients open at once now. Where have you been hombre?

[Partial]

I gotta thank Partial for convincing me to try FF last summer. It truly is a superior browser. Pages load faster and depending on how good your videocard and monitor are you can see a huge difference in colors and details for websites.

Its about the only thing Partial has ever been right about! :twisted:


Swede - what are you gonna do with all the free time you have now that you aint waiting on pages to load?

shhh...I told my wife I'm working on our taxes. Every so often I step back into the living room, rub my eyes and say, "Yep. Taxes are tough again this year. Might take a couple of weeks. At least I'm not getting bumped off over and over again...thanks to the broadband. Well, better get back to work."

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Bretsky]

I'm onto the Fox

works pretty slick

can log in automatically now after deleting history and clearing the cache and cookies

[billy_oliver880]

I will never go back to IE.

[esoxx]

How does Netscape compare as a browser?

[MadtownPacker]

Oh snap, its on. I should be on MSN more now that I fixed gaim and don't need two chat clients open at once now. Where have you been hombre?What?? You finally respond to me? I thought you where mad cuz I told you to dump your GF.

Im just chillin, waiting to see a bears a SB loss so we can put the 2006 season behind us.

[Freak Out]

Safari blows.....

WHAT!?!?!?!?1 SAFARI iS THE BEST BROWSER ON THE WEB RIGHT NOW EXCEPT FOR SHIIRA. They're both webkit based, which means that they're significantly faster than firefox, IE or avant. It also has by far and away the cleanest interface ( except for the lack of a home button by default, but a simple drag and drop fixes that ), with by far and away the best book-marking system.

Shiira is even a step better than Safari because it is open-source, equally fast, identical book-marking system, but it also has tab-expose, which is awesome.

I knew that would get you fired up Mac-Boy! Ha ha ha....
Safari is ok....does what it's supposed to do on a Mac. Firefox is still a better browser...

[Joemailman]

I installed FF last night. It is definitely faster than IE. Thanks to all for the info. :glug: :glug:

[BallHawk]

How does Netscape compare as a browser?

Netscape, IMO, is the worst of the three(FF and IE.) There's just nothing appealing about it.

[red]

HA

my provider just offered an upgrade to their software

so i got it and can run FF again

i love it, glad to be back to it

[Partial]

How does Netscape compare as a browser?

Netscape, IMO, is the worst of the three(FF and IE.) There's just nothing appealing about it.

Firefox is built upon netscape is my understanding. It is simply updated, etc.

[Joemailman]

One strange thing about the Firefox spell checker. When I type Favre, it comes up as an error. WTF? Don't they know it's the most important word in our vocabulary?

[Jimx29]

One strange thing about the Firefox spell checker. When I type Favre, it comes up as an error. WTF? Don't they know it's the most important word in our vocabulary?Right click it and then choose "add to dictionary"
It takes awhile for the geeks that build the browser to understand sports 8)

[HarveyWallbangers]

Aren't Firefox and Netscape both based off Mozilla? They are related in some way. However, Netscape fell out of favor. Firefox was released as a fresh rival to IE. At one point, Netscape was a better browser than IE, but Microsoft went all out to bury Netscape. At least, that's my understanding.

[Partial]

Aren't Firefox and Netscape both based off Mozilla? They are related in some way. However, Netscape fell out of favor. Firefox was released as a fresh rival to IE. At one point, Netscape was a better browser than IE, but Microsoft went all out to bury Netscape. At least, that's my understanding.

I believe Mozilla was built around the Netscape engine with a few tweaks here and there. They definitely upgraded a lot with the move to Firefox. It is definitely much, much faster now!!