OT: Firefox - Page 5

Kamog · #41 July 6th, 2004, 01:54 AM

So far, I haven't had any problems with Firefox. I like how it prevents pop-ups and I like the 'tabs' feature that lets you open multiple web pages under the different tabs. Also, while I'm downloading stuff, I can still surf around, which is nice! With IE while I was downloading something, the browser was more or less locked up and I couldn't do anything else.

Fyron · #42 July 6th, 2004, 07:53 AM

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Originally posted by dumbluck:
no thanx

Installed Firefox to see how it worked. Went ahead and made it the default brouser. Then I turned Trillian on. Then trillian told me that I had a new hotmail email. So I clicked on the trillian MSN icon, clicked on Chech Hotmail...

And my computer came to a sudden, violent stop.

One safeboot later, Firefox was uninstalled....

Hmm... never heard of that happening before. What OS are you running? It is most likely not a problem with Firefox.

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Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
I aslo installed Firefox to give it a run, it felt funny, like wearing a left-handed glove on the right hand. I can't explain why I got this odd feeling, but I uninstalled it and will stick with Mozilla.

Cheers!

Odd... you should just stick with Firefox and the feeling will go away shortly.

[ July 06, 2004, 06:55: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Captain Kwok · #43 July 6th, 2004, 11:41 AM

I can't check hotmail from Trillian either since I started using Firefox, unless I set the default browser back to IE6. I don't get a crash though, just nothing happens.

[ July 06, 2004, 10:42: Message edited by: Captain Kwok ]

David E. Gervais · #44 July 6th, 2004, 12:19 PM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Odd... you should just stick with Firefox and the feeling will go away shortly.

What? Wearing a left-handed glove on my right hand will cause my 'feeling' to go away. I think that will be due to having lost all blood circulation in my right hand.

But seriously, what 'omg must-have' feature is in firefox that would make the upgrade really worth it. I looked at the list of 'features' and didn't see much more than Mozilla. The switch from IE to Mozilla is more than justified, but I'm not convinced that the move from Mozilla to Firefox is really that big a leap.

Anyway, I have them both, so I might eventually upgrade. but right now I'm really enjoying Mozilla.

Cheers!

Lisif Deoral · #45 July 6th, 2004, 06:14 PM

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Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
The switch from IE to Mozilla is more than justified, but I'm not convinced that the move from Mozilla to Firefox is really that big a leap.

Well, Firefox is much slimmer and faster than full Mozilla. I suppose it won't matter much on the kind of computer you use, but on my Pentium 233 MMX it makes a big difference.

[ July 06, 2004, 17:15: Message edited by: Lisif Deoral ]

David E. Gervais · #46 July 6th, 2004, 06:21 PM

Although I have the 'Full Mozilla' package, I only installed the browser. And it still works fine. In fact the more I use the more I like it.

Cheers!

Chronon · #47 July 6th, 2004, 08:08 PM

I, too, am one of Fyron's Firefox converts.

I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how to get Java to plug into Firefox, though. I know it's possible. Does anyone have any suggestions or links to good souces of information? The one's at the Java website are incomprehensible to a newbie like me.

[ July 06, 2004, 19:10: Message edited by: Chronon ]

Aiken · #48 July 6th, 2004, 08:18 PM

David, don't give up! We believe in you! Don't let the adepts of Firefox to lure you into their world domination sect!

Edit: 2 Chronon: try to install JRE before the Firefox. In this case Firefox installation procedure should catch java and correctly set it through the plugins.

[ July 06, 2004, 19:25: Message edited by: aiken ]

David E. Gervais · #49 July 6th, 2004, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by aiken:
David, don't give up! We believe in you! Don't let the adepts of Firefox to lure you into their world domination sect!

I'm content to be a demi-god,... Mo-Zilla! Mo-Zilla! Mo-Zilla! Mo-Zilla! Is my mantra.

For some reason the 'Followers' of Firefox remind me of 'Landru' from the Original Star Trek.

Cheers!

Fyron · #50 July 6th, 2004, 08:41 PM

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Originally posted by Captain Kwok:
I can't check hotmail from Trillian either since I started using Firefox, unless I set the default browser back to IE6. I don't get a crash though, just nothing happens.

What do you expect from Microsoft? You could just have hotmail in one of the homepage tabs of Firefox...

[ July 06, 2004, 19:46: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]