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Mad78
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:38 pm |
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Well basically its IE with: Tabbed browsing, greater security, more stability, an integrated google search box, a HEAP of extensions and themes downloadable for free,...
Ahh yes, i nearly forgot, Its much faster than IE. Switch! It will only take you ten minutes to decide that you need never return to IE 
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Texas_Fett
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:47 pm |
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Joined: Mon Jul 14, 2003 12:00 am Posts: 831 Location: Financing my 'vette...
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Hmm...ponder this, I shall. But...I feel like I'm signing over my first-born only to receive a bunch of spam. Not that I've done it or looked at it yet, but that's my gut instinct.
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Darth-Griffin
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:32 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:00 am Posts: 248 Location: Kent, England
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Texas_Fett wrote: I don't think I've ever used a browser other than IE. What's so great about Firefox? 
Hmmmn everything
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Trejiuvanat
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:27 pm |
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Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2002 12:00 am Posts: 5055 Location: If there's a brilliant center to the Universe, Costa Rica is the farthest away from it.
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Texas_Fett wrote: Hmm...ponder this, I shall. But...I feel like I'm signing over my first-born only to receive a bunch of spam. Not that I've done it or looked at it yet, but that's my gut instinct.
Then don't trust your instinct, then. In addition to what everyoneelse has mentioned, Firefox has an integrated pop-up blocker, is much more customizable than IE, run fasters and prevents you from having dozens from open IE windows in the system bar, keeping them as organized tabs within one window. It's also a lot safer than IE (not that many security gaps (holes, craters?) as in IE.
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Darth-Griffin
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:59 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:00 am Posts: 248 Location: Kent, England
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Listen to the two webmasters. We speak the truth
Firefox v1.01 is the safest browser on the market at the present time. It has none of the security holes of IE.
From Firefox homepage > http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/central.html
Is Firefox more secure than Internet Explorer?
Yes, Firefox and all other Mozilla-based products are more secure. Why? Here is a list of the most important reasons:
* It is not integrated with Windows, which helps prevent viruses and hackers from causing damage if they somehow manage to compromise Firefox.
* There is no support for VBScript and ActiveX, two technologies which are the reasons for many IE security holes.
* No spyware/adware software can automatically install in Firefox just by visiting a web site.
* Firefox doesn't use Microsoft's Java VM, which has a history of more flaws than other Java VMs.
* You have complete control over cookies.
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Krytos
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:32 pm |
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Joined: Thu May 27, 2004 12:00 am Posts: 2640 Location: The Great Bellow
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I've been wanting to upgrade from IE to Firefox, though I just can't be bothered.
Using IE is just simpler for me at the moment, no hasles of trying to get use to a new browser and no problems with any sites.
If you do get Firefox, isn't there a bug that makes it slower than other browsers? I could have sworn there was a thread regaurding this issue somewhere, as well as a fix . . .
EDIT: Found it, here
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JediIgor
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:52 pm |
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Joined: Fri Jan 11, 2002 12:00 am Posts: 1056 Location: Chicago
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Krytos wrote: I've been wanting to upgrade from IE to Firefox, though I just can't be bothered. Using IE is just simpler for me at the moment, no hasles of trying to get use to a new browser and no problems with any sites. If you do get Firefox, isn't there a bug that makes it slower than other browsers? I could have sworn there was a thread regaurding this issue somewhere, as well as a fix . . . EDIT: Found it, here
That wasn't a bug, that was a feature to turn on http pipelining, not available in Internet Explorer, it makes your surfing faster because it uses experimental features (which means a lot of websites don't support it). I tried it a little bit, then had to stop using it cause it wasn't working with Gmail.
If you can't be bothered to upgrade, that's ok, but all my websites work fine in Firefox, and here is the direct download, click install, you're done:
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=fi ... lang=en-US
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Skynxnex
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:02 pm |
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Joined: Mon Feb 25, 2002 12:00 am Posts: 431 Location: Virginia, USA
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I use Firefox and everything displays just fine.
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Lord_La_forge
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:00 pm |
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Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2002 12:00 am Posts: 2786 Location: HuNgArY
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Currently browsing the site in MacOsX with Safari.
The forum looks like crap. There are bright-blue borders and fills everywhere on the table, hat are not visible on my PC at all...
The quoted lines are also blue colored. Even it's background. Strange.
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Evaders99
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:26 pm |
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Joined: Fri Jan 11, 2002 12:00 am Posts: 3173 Location: USA
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Note that Firefox does have security concerns as well. There's already fixes from 1.02, as well as some other security issues that have not been fixed yet. It is not perfect software, so use common sense when online.
Always have to keep your software updated to be safe - even Windows and IE updates.
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ThomasG86
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:55 pm |
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Joined: Fri Jan 02, 2004 12:00 am Posts: 16
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Don't know what's going on, but the forums won't load in Firefox today for me. Just asked a friend and he says the same (both on 1.0.1). This is curious because yesterday and the day before I was using FireFox (as usual) and it worked. Today, not so much. Strange thing is they load in IE just fine... anyways, since someone else I know is having the same issues, I was wondering if something changed/happened today.
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Evaders99
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:39 am |
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Joined: Fri Jan 11, 2002 12:00 am Posts: 3173 Location: USA
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Nothing I can find. Thanxs for the notice, I received from others as well, so its affecting everyone.
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Mad78
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:12 am |
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Joined: Sun May 02, 2004 12:00 am Posts: 8298 Location: Switzerland
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Skynxnex
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Post subject: Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 7:15 pm |
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Joined: Mon Feb 25, 2002 12:00 am Posts: 431 Location: Virginia, USA
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Guys internet explorer is better
Just kidding!
Anyway seriously, I use firefox and sometimes I am forced to use Maxthon and both times I access the website I have had no issues.
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ThomasG86
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Post subject: Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 11:17 pm |
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Joined: Fri Jan 02, 2004 12:00 am Posts: 16
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Whatever it was , it worked itself out the next day. Curious though. 
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