Why Firefox?

[ncSkeet]

After reading through the posts, it seems that a lot of people in this
newsgroup are using Firefox as their primary browser. I've been thinking
about trying it out, but I've got IE 6 and it's doing well. Many of my
freeware programs are integrated with it, and I've got everything working
like I want it. (I have XP Home Edition SP2 on a Compaq S4000NX, 40 Gig hard
drive, 2.4 Gig Intel Celeron processor, 376 RAM.) What would be the
advantage of switching to Firefox? Is it more of a security question than
anything else? What about Free Download Manager and other programs...would
they continue to work in FF? Would using both FF and IE work OK? Does
Foxmail integrate well with Outlook Express/Firefox?

Thanks in advance.
_____________
ncSkeet

 

[Bruce the Shark]

What would be the advantage of switching to Firefox?

For me, it's the increased security (as you said), plus the lightning
fast browsing with no popup or in-page advertisements. IE is simply
slower, more annoying, and more risky to use. It means I don't have
to download all those daily Microsoft IE security updates either.

 

[Bill Yerkes]

There is an acknowledged bug that I have experienced where using the
back button brings you to the top of the page, not the location you were
when you clicked a link.

Do you (anyone) have the same behavior and if so, do you have a
workaround, or doesn't it bother you? It's the one thing that keeps me
off of it.

 

[Chakolate]

After reading through the posts, it seems that a lot of people in this
newsgroup are using Firefox as their primary browser. I've been
thinking about trying it out, but I've got IE 6 and it's doing well.
Many of my freeware programs are integrated with it, and I've got
everything working like I want it. (I have XP Home Edition SP2 on a
Compaq S4000NX, 40 Gig hard drive, 2.4 Gig Intel Celeron processor,
376 RAM.) What would be the advantage of switching to Firefox? Is it
more of a security question than anything else? What about Free
Download Manager and other programs...would they continue to work in
FF? Would using both FF and IE work OK? Does Foxmail integrate well
with Outlook Express/Firefox?

I use Firefox because it's so completely customizable, and does exactly
what I want. If there's some feature I think I might want, I just go
browsing through the extensions, and get what I need. That's really sweet.
Plus there is the security angle - I really don't want ActiveX at all.

But I understand your reluctance to give up the setup once you've got it
the way you want it.

Chakolate

 

[Bruce the Shark]

There is an acknowledged bug that I have experienced where using the
back button brings you to the top of the page, not the location you
were when you clicked a link.

Doesn't happen to me with Firefox (v0.9.3). Never seen it.

 

[Bill Yerkes]

WOOHOO! Guess what was released TODAY and got fixed (just tested it)?

 

[Martin R. Howell]

After reading through the posts, it seems that a lot of people in this
newsgroup are using Firefox as their primary browser. I've been thinking
about trying it out, but I've got IE 6 and it's doing well. Many of my
freeware programs are integrated with it, and I've got everything working
like I want it. (I have XP Home Edition SP2 on a Compaq S4000NX, 40 Gig hard
drive, 2.4 Gig Intel Celeron processor, 376 RAM.) What would be the
advantage of switching to Firefox? Is it more of a security question than
anything else? What about Free Download Manager and other programs...would
they continue to work in FF? Would using both FF and IE work OK? Does
Foxmail integrate well with Outlook Express/Firefox?

I switched to Firefox from IE 6 a few months back and have never regretted
it. It is a beautiful and extremely fast browser.

I don't miss IE 6 one bit.

Try it. . .you'll like it.

 

[scootgirl.com]

After reading through the posts, it seems that a lot of people in this
newsgroup are using Firefox as their primary browser. I've been thinking
about trying it out, but I've got IE 6 and it's doing well. Many of my
freeware programs are integrated with it, and I've got everything working
like I want it. (I have XP Home Edition SP2 on a Compaq S4000NX, 40 Gig
hard drive, 2.4 Gig Intel Celeron processor, 376 RAM.) What would be the
advantage of switching to Firefox? Is it more of a security question than
anything else? What about Free Download Manager and other programs...would
they continue to work in FF? Would using both FF and IE work OK? Does
Foxmail integrate well with Outlook Express/Firefox?

[snip]



From my experiences with Firefox, it's not yet better than IE overall. Yeah,
if I want to go to .ru extensions I'll open FireFox, so it's more secure.
And I love how customizable it is.

However, it still crashes as much as IE with me, it doesn't have a uniform
spell checker tool like IESpell (instead you must do work arounds which
might or might not work), and when I install a new version - *poof* there
goes all my extensions and themes.

A few days ago I installed 0.9.3 and set it as the default browser. Today, I
set IE back as default. I can't wait until I can ditch IE for good but it's
not there yet.

Karen
http://scootgirl.com/

 

[privacy.at Anonymous Remailer]

SNIP
However, it still crashes as much as IE with me, it doesn't have a uniform
spell checker tool like IESpell (instead you must do work arounds which
might or might not work), and when I install a new version - *poof* there
goes all my extensions and themes.

A few days ago I installed 0.9.3 and set it as the default browser. Today, I
set IE back as default. I can't wait until I can ditch IE for good but it's
not there yet.

Karen
http://scootgirl.com/

I know - it's a pain having to re-install all of the extensions. What I do is, instead of re-
installing each extension from the web-site, save the extensions to a certain folder on your PC
& install the extensions later by opening the files with FireFox. That way they're all there
when you do your next FF install (although some extensions may still need updating).

 

[scootgirl.com]

message [snip]

I know - it's a pain having to re-install all of the extensions. What I
do is, instead of re-
installing each extension from the web-site, save the extensions to a
certain folder on your PC
& install the extensions later by opening the files with FireFox. That
way they're all there
when you do your next FF install (although some extensions may still need
updating).

Yeah, I've though about doing this. But this is just one of the reasons I
say it's not ready for me yet.

I also don't like how it wants to save config info into the user's folder.
It should at least give you the option of storing that data in the
application directory so when I reinstall the OS I don't have to go back and
redo everything.

And again, that extensions and themes issue is just plain rinky-dink.

BTW is the new Firefox 1.0 PR version any different than the last one?

Karen
http://scootgirl.com/

 

[siDetRaked]

I use Firefox because it's so completely customizable, and does exactly
what I want. If there's some feature I think I might want, I just go
browsing through the extensions, and get what I need.

I'm starting out today using Firefox. Where can I find the
extensions?

Thank you kindly

 

[Simone Murdock]

Yeah, I've though about doing this. But this is just one of the reasons I
say it's not ready for me yet.

I use IE6 + Maxthon (ex-MyIE2) on W2000 SP4 and I like it very much.

However, sometime I try other browsers like Firefox or Mozilla, but I
don't find a better choice.

If I add (several) plugins to have the Maxthon's functionality, I don't
see any speed advantage and the software becomes more instable (and not
all sites are displayed correctly).

Firefox is from many releases that starts (I see in task manager) but I
can't see it! (also this RC 1.0). As written in the forum (I'm not alone
with this problem), I've uninstalled, deleted directory,...but nothing
(perhaps I should edit the Registry...I'll try :-(

By the way, take a look to the Mozilla's forum: actually there are many
bugs (big or small) and, I think, the modular nature of the program
doesn't help 'cause everyone has a different program and maybe the bug
come out if a one use a certain plugin with another one...

Indeed, IMHO, at the moment Mozilla isn't mature enough to be a real
alternative to "IE6+ one of the many "mask software" (AvantBrowser,
Maxthon,...)" for an END-USER that want only navigate without spendind
time in installation (plugins,...), debugging, problems...maybe in the
future.

Simone

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[Paul Urquhart]

After reading through the posts, it seems that a lot of people in this
newsgroup are using Firefox as their primary browser. I've been thinking
about trying it out, but I've got IE 6 and it's doing well. Many of my
freeware programs are integrated with it, and I've got everything working
like I want it. (I have XP Home Edition SP2 on a Compaq S4000NX, 40 Gig
hard drive, 2.4 Gig Intel Celeron processor, 376 RAM.) What would be the
advantage of switching to Firefox? Is it more of a security question than
anything else? What about Free Download Manager and other programs...would
they continue to work in FF? Would using both FF and IE work OK? Does
Foxmail integrate well with Outlook Express/Firefox?

Thanks in advance.
_____________
ncSkeet

Why Firefox over IE-SP2? Better popup blocker; ability to selectively
disable display ads; tabbed browsing; better password manager; better
bookmark system; ability to enable session cookies only; built-in google
search bar; excellent built-in download manager; and more. Using both IE
and Firefox does work, and you will still need IE for the occasional site
that works only with IE. Use them both for a while, and you'll probably
make Firefox your default browser.

 

[siDetRaked]

I'm starting out today using Firefox. Where can I find the
extensions?

I found them under tools/extensions. Thanks anyway.

I can't believe how fast this browser is.

 

[starwars]

I'm starting out today using Firefox. Where can I find the
extensions?

Thank you kindly

http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/

 

[starwars]

message [snip]


Yeah, I've though about doing this. But this is just one of the reasons I
say it's not ready for me yet.

I also don't like how it wants to save config info into the user's folder.
It should at least give you the option of storing that data in the
application directory so when I reinstall the OS I don't have to go back and
redo everything.

And again, that extensions and themes issue is just plain rinky-dink.

BTW is the new Firefox 1.0 PR version any different than the last one?

Karen
http://scootgirl.com/

I'm not sure about the new version being very different - I usually monitor the feedback for a
few days to see if there are any bugs before I update.

By rights, installing extensions into your user profile should save you from having to redo
installing them, as the application directory is usually cleared when installing a new version
of FF. If you are talking about where you store your extensions, I keep mine in the same folder
as the downloaded FF setup file (on a separate drive to my FF installation).

 

[Ray]

<snip>
it doesn't have a
uniform spell checker tool like IESpell
<snip>
http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=474

 

[Duddits]

After reading through the posts, it seems that a lot of people in this
newsgroup are using Firefox as their primary browser. I've been thinking
about trying it out, but I've got IE 6 and it's doing well. Many of my
freeware programs are integrated with it, and I've got everything working
like I want it. (I have XP Home Edition SP2 on a Compaq S4000NX, 40 Gig hard
drive, 2.4 Gig Intel Celeron processor, 376 RAM.) What would be the
advantage of switching to Firefox? Is it more of a security question than
anything else? What about Free Download Manager and other programs...would
they continue to work in FF? Would using both FF and IE work OK? Does
Foxmail integrate well with Outlook Express/Firefox?

Thanks in advance.
_____________
ncSkeet

Security - built in
Speed - equal to IE or better YMMV
Tabbed Browsing -
http://white.sakura.ne.jp/~piro/xul/_tabextensions.html.en
Ad blocking -
http://texturizer.net/firefox/adblock.html
Search Engine Bar with multiple engines -
http://mycroft.mozdev.org
Themes -
http://texturizer.net/firefox/themes/
Customizable UI -
http://texturizer.net/firefox/extensions/

regards

Dud

--

What did the fish say when he hit a concrete wall?


Dam!

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

After reading through the posts, it seems that a lot of people in this
newsgroup are using Firefox as their primary browser. I've been thinking
about trying it out, but I've got IE 6 and it's doing well. Many of my
freeware programs are integrated with it, and I've got everything
working like I want it. (I have XP Home Edition SP2 on a Compaq S4000NX,
40 Gig hard drive, 2.4 Gig Intel Celeron processor, 376 RAM.) What would
be the advantage of switching to Firefox? Is it more of a security
question than anything else? What about Free Download Manager and other
programs...would they continue to work in FF? Would using both FF and IE
work OK? Does Foxmail integrate well with Outlook Express/Firefox?

There are flaws in pretty much all software. Now that other browsers are
becoming more popular more and more vulnerabilities are being discovered in
them as well. My recommendation is to practice safe surfing and avoid
questionable sites and links (as well as tinyurl and makeashorterlink). Find
a supported browser (timely patches released to address bugs) you like and
keep it patched and locked down.

FWIW I use Avant <www.avantbrowser.com> which is simply a shell for IE that
includes numerous other features including a pop-up stopper, flash blocker,
ad blocker, tabbed browsing and more.

 

[Chris Lee]

"privacy.at Anonymous Remailer" <[email protected]>
wrote in
message [snip]

I know - it's a pain having to re-install all of the extensions.
What I
do is, instead of re-
installing each extension from the web-site, save the extensions
to a
certain folder on your PC
& install the extensions later by opening the files with FireFox.
That
way they're all there
when you do your next FF install (although some extensions may
still need
updating).

Yeah, I've though about doing this. But this is just one of the
reasons I
say it's not ready for me yet.

I also don't like how it wants to save config info into the user's
folder.
It should at least give you the option of storing that data in the
application directory so when I reinstall the OS I don't have to go
back and
redo everything.

There's a reason for this. Unlike crap like IE, Firefox is a
*MULTI-PLATFORM* browser.

This means it runs on more than one OS.

Saving config information into the users's folder makes things simpler
especially when you realize Firefox is also designed to run on OS's that
aren't as screwed up as Windows is.